Richmond County Jail
Coverage of Richmond County Jail in the Nexus archive.
- Rockingham man arrested after security camera captures carport intruder
A Rockingham man was arrested after security camera footage captured him entering a carport storage room and stealing items. David Lee Duncan, 39, faces multiple felony charges, including breaking or entering and larceny, linked to two residential property crimes in the Chalk Road area, with Sheriff Mark Gulledge crediting law enforcement coordination for the arrest.
- Woman faces felony drug trafficking charge after arrest in Richmond County
Whitney Marie Smith, a 26-year-old woman from Asheboro, was arrested in Richmond County for allegedly injecting heroin in a judicial center parking lot. Deputies found additional syringes and grams of heroin in her vehicle, leading to felony drug trafficking charges and a misdemeanor for possessing drug paraphernalia.
- Deputies: Man cut down utility pole, stripped copper wire
A 48-year-old man named Robert Gray Gainey was arrested by the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office for cutting down a utility pole and stripping copper wire. He faces felony charges related to damaging utility property and stealing nonferrous metals, with a $25,000 bond, and the case has provided leads in other local copper thefts.