Category: Press Releases
Sheriff’s Office Conducting Homicide Investigation After Shooting on Hillside Drive
The Carter County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate a Saturday morning shooting that left one man dead.
Deputies were dispatched to Hillside Drive in the Sinking Creek community at approximately 1 a.m. after multiple people called and reported shots fired in the area. When they arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound to…
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Investigators Searching for Suspected Shooter on Attempted Murder Charges

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CCSO Raising Money for Annual Shop with a Cop Event – Donate Here
It's that time of year again, and we are raising money for our holiday Shop With a Cop event! Last year, we did a No Shave November fundraiser that was so successful, we've allowed deputies to grow their beards out year-round in exchange for a donation. The result is we'll be able to have twice…
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Roan Mountain Man Found Guilty of Raping a Child
One Woman Dead in Structure Fire, Sheriff’s Office Investigating
Deputies of the Carter County Sheriff’s Office are investigating a fatality that occurred during a structure fire Sunday night on Dayton Hayes Circle near Elizabethton.
The West Carter County Volunteer Fire Department, Hampton Volunteer Fire Department and deputies were called to a report of a fire around 9:30 p.m. 83-year-old Mary Lou Livingston was found unresponsive…
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Suspects in Church Vandalism Charged
UPDATE: As of October 1, both suspects have been taken into custody. 18-year-old Casey Hayden was arrested by deputies, and 23-year-old Israel Harrah turned himself in at the Carter County Detention…
Two Fugitives Arrested in Hampton, One Convicted Murderer
Deputies of the Carter County Sheriff’s Office arrested two suspects wanted for crimes in Maine early Friday morning in Hampton.
51-year-old Neil Roy Canney and 49-year-old Selena Ann…
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Sheriff Lunceford’s Statement on the Thomas Hastings Investigation
Due to inaccuracies being reported concerning the investigation into the disappearance of Thomas Hastings in the Roan Mountain Community, and subsequent recovery, we would like to take this opportunity to clear up some misinformation which is currently circulating.
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North Carolina Man Arrested in Carter County with Body in His Car

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Joint Investigation Leads to Arrest of Suspected Drug Dealer

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