WLOS reports that the Buncombe County Farm Bureau is offering a $5,000 reward for information related to four barn fires in the county that may have been intentionally set. Fires broke out at four barn structures in the western part of the county on Wednesday morning. One of the barns was 80 years old. Keep reading for more news. Granville. The News & Observer reports that former Granville County Sheriff Brindell Wilkins was indicted last week on charges of falsifying law enforcement training records from 2012 through 2018. The report says that Wilkins was charged with obtaining property by false pretenses for allegedly using deception to retain his certification from the N.C. Sheriff’s Education and Training Standards Division. He already faces other criminal charges related to allegations that he allegedly advised a person to kill a former sheriff’s deputy. The same N&O report also says that Charles Noblin, who was serving as Granville County Sheriff, resigned his position last week in part because of new information discovered during the investigation of the Sheriff’s Office. Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said in a letter to the Sheriff’s Education and Training Standards Division that there was evidence that Noblin had signed a firearm qualification form without completing required training. Freeman said that the incident was isolated and should not be the subject of criminal prosecution. New HQ. BlueRidgeNow reports that the Hendersonville Police Department recently moved into a new station. The department hosted the public for a tour and ribbon cutting ceremony [...]
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