Oct. 3, 2017. The Avery County Sheriff’s Office has conducted Operation Rattlesnake, an undercover drug operation which has taken place over an eight month period. Operation Rattlesnake was named as law enforcement is attempting to get those spreading poison out from hiding and brought to the light of justice. / Read more…

Sept. 27 Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Kate Herman

Sept. 25, 2017. Avery County Sheriff’s Office turned into the Avery County School System over $10,000 of drug-related money that was forfeited to the school system in court. The North Carolina Constitution prohibits the use of fines or forfeitures for any other use. “I am so happy to see that money which was forfeited by drug dealers can and will have a positive impact on helping children of Avery County,” Avery County Sheriff Kevin Frye said. / Read more…

Sept. 14, 2017. On Sept. 13, Boone Police Department along ASU Police, and Watauga County Sheriff’s Office came together in effort to help locate and identify the campsites of homeless persons in the area of the Greenway Trail. In addition to the Town of Boone, ASU and Watauga County both have properties that they patrol located close to the Greenway Trail. / Read more…

Sep. 13, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

Sep. 6, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

Sept. 6, 2017. Boone Police, in conjunction with other Town departments and community partners, will be hosting a Bike Rodeo on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, 9 a.m. to noon, at Hardin Park School, 361 Jefferson Road, to kick-off our fall Watch For Me NC campaign. / Read more…

Aug. 31, 2017. High Country Crime Stoppers and Blowing Rock Police seek the public’s assistance in solving the following crime: On Aug. 20, 2017, between 5 and 7 p.m., an unknown black male and two unknown black females presented counterfeit $100 bills at several stores at Shops on the Parkway. / Read more… 

Aug. 30, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

Aug. 30, 2017. On Wednesday, Aug. 30, at 10:10 a.m., Boone Police responded to the parking lot of 1469 W King Street for a report of a man armed with a knife threatening to harm himself. Officers made contact with the man and began crisis intervention steps in an attempt to calm him. / Read more…

Aug. 28, 2017. On Thursday afternoon, the Banner Elk Police Department closed the Bank of America branch on Main Street because of a suspicious package that was located in the bank. Police Chief Kevin Hodges said that as a precautionary measure the State Bureau of Investigation was called to examine the package, which was found “inert or not dangerous.” By Jesse Wood / Read more…

Aug. 24, 2017. On Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2017, the Boone Police Department arrested Thomas Arthur Ritten, 73, of Bamboo Road in Boone on six counts of 2nd degree sexual exploitation of a minor.  / Read more…

Aug. 23, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

Aug. 22, 2017. High Country Crime Stoppers and Boone Police seek the public’s assistance in solving the following crime: On July 24, 2017, two black females used a stolen debit card to make purchases at Sak’s Grill, 450 E King St. The two females were seen leaving in a silver passenger car. / Read more…

Aug. 16, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

Aug. 15, 2017. The ‘poaching season’ for ginseng is in full swing until the legal harvest season opens on the first of September. Yesterday evening, the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office arrested two individuals and charged them with felony larceny of ginseng – in addition to resist, delay and obstructing an officer. By Jesse Wood / Read more…

Aug. 3, 2017. High Country Crime Stoppers and the Watauga County Probation and Parole are requesting the public’s assistance in locating Michael Eric Perry, born July 14, 1962, of Boone NC. Mr. Perry is currently and absconder from probation/parole supervision. / Read more…

Aug. 2, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

Aug. 1, 2017. The White House has announced that Sgt. William Buchanan, a deputy with the Avery County Sheriff’s Office, is being honored with the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor for rescuing someone in severe car crash while off duty. The Medal of Valor is the Nation’s highest award for valor by public safety officers, and serves to recognize extraordinary acts above and beyond the call of duty. / Read more…

Aug. 1, 2017. On Tuesday, July 18, 2017, the Boone Police Department and the State Bureau of Investigation concluded an investigation of a Boone man, Nicholas Hogue, 24, for the Possession and Distribution of Child Pornography. / Read more…

Aug. 1, 2017. A panel of three Superior Court judges unanimously upheld the 1996 conviction of Robert Charles Bragg in the murder of Coy Hartley, who was killed in his home in Boone in December of 1994. The panel held the evidentiary hearing last week and the decision was made on July 28. / Read more…

July 26, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

July 26, 2017. One person died from an overnight car crash on N.C. 105 near the edge of Boone. The accident occurred near the Vulcan rock quarry. State Highway Patrol told WJHL.com that the “car was traveling south when the driver hit a guard rail and over-corrected. The vehicle then overturned several times.” strong> By Jesse Wood / Read more…

July 25, 2017. High Country Crime Stoppers and the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office seek the public’s assistance in solving the following crime: Between May 27 and 30, a residence on Ironweed Road was broken into. Game cameras on the property captured images of a white male and white female who were possibly driving a newer model VW or Fiat, small white hatchback. / Read more…

July 12, 2016. One of two people convicted with murdering Coy Hartley in the first degree in a Greenway Trailer Park mobile home in Boone in 1994 is one step away from being exonerated by the N.C. Innocence Inquiry Commission (IIC). / Read more… By Jesse Wood

July 24, 2017. High Country Crime Stoppers and Boone Police seek the public’s assistance in solving the following crime: During the overnight hours between July 15 and 16, 2017, an unknown person damaged a community sign at Meadow Hill Apartments, 219 Meadow Hill Drive.  / Read more… 

July 19, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

July 18, 2017. After receiving a report of a “suspicious device” on a sidewalk near the Dan’l Boone Inn and Phill’s Citgo on Tuesday afternoon, the Boone Police Department checked it out and erred on the side of caution, calling in the Wilkes County Sheriff’s Office Explosives Disposal Unit. The out-of-town bomb squad found the item, a pressure cooker, empty.  Jesse Wood / Read more…

July 13, 2017. Mountain Electric has reported to us an attempted scam that has been reported to them. Someone seems to be placing random calls to both businesses and residences and stating the following from number 800-342-3625.  / Read more…

July 13, 2017. This week’s crime report publication contained an inaccurate address. The address of Charlotte Mizelle, Boone Town Council member, was used in connection with a male suspect charged with left of center and DWI; however, Mizelle, nor her family, were involved with the crime in any way. / Read more…

July 12, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

July 10, 2017. High Country Crime Stoppers and Blowing Rock Police seek the public’s assistance in solving the following crime: On June 29, between 2 and 7 p.m., a 2014, Green, Road Runner Scooter with the NC registration plate MA22614 was stolen from a parking space on Maple Street in Blowing Rock. The scooter is missing the right-side mirror and the storage compartment located on the back. A picture of a similar scooter is attached. / Read more…

July 5, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

June 28, 2017. Looking to stay up-to-date on what’s happening in your neighborhood? Want to keep an eye on criminal activity in your area? Take a look at these recent incident and arrest reports from the Watauga County Sheriff’s Office and the Boone Police Department. Read more…
Compiled by Katie Benfield

June 28, 2017. On June 16, John Edward Heelan, 56, was convicted of taking indecent liberties with a child and solicitation of a child by a computer. A Watauga County jury found Heelan guilty as charged after a week-long trial. / Read more…