Repeat Felon found with Illegal Guns

On Tuesday the 27th Deputies and Investigators with the Catawba County Sheriff’s Office obtained information that David Christopher Ballard, a convicted felon, was in possession of numerous firearms. Ballard has previous convictions for Burglary, Kidnapping, Assault with

Young Man Fired into an Occupied Property

20-year-old Johnathon White of North Oxford Street in Claremont was arrested Wednesday (December 28) by Catawba County Sheriff’s Officers. He’s charged with two felony counts of discharge of a weapon into occupied property, one felony count of

Identity of Fire Victim Confirmed

We reported earlier in the week that there was a fire that claimed the life of a man.  As of now the man has been identified as 74-year-old Victoriano Aguirre Jimenez.  By the time the authorities arrived