Press Release

Scam Alert

PRESS RELEASE - Our office has received numerous calls today regarding spam calls circulating today. These calls seem to be…

3 weeks ago

Wanted woman found and arrested

PRESS RELEASE - On the afternoon of January 26, 2023 the Cherokee Indian Police Department’s Community Response Team obtained information…

3 years ago

Multiple bear encounters reported

PRESS RELEASE - The U.S. Forest Service - National Forests in North Carolina is receiving reports of bear encounters throughout the Pisgah…

3 years ago

Traffic Stop Results in Approx. 19 Grams of Meth and $1175 in Cash Seized

January 19, 2022 - Vehicle stop. Phillip Morris (PWIMSD METH, RESIST/OBSTRUCT/DELAY) $5000 bond. Tonia Rutledge (PWIMSD METH, MAINTAIN VEHICLE, POSS…

4 years ago

Cherokee County Announces 106th and 107th COVID-19 Related Deaths

Two Cherokee County residents have died from complications of COVID-19. One individual was in their late-forties, and the other individual…

4 years ago

Homicide Investigation

The Cherokee County Sheriffs Office with assistance from the NC State Bureau of Investigations is currently investigating a suspicious death…

4 years ago

Traffic Stop and Search Nets Two Drug Traffickers

Murphy, NC—The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office reports the December 21, 2021 arrest of 42 year old Barron Jermel Sudderth and…

4 years ago

Clarkesville Man Arrested on Multiple Frauds

Murphy, NC—The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office reports the December 11, 2021 arrest of Robert James Allen, a 63 year old…

4 years ago

Absconding Sex Offender Captured

Murphy, NC—The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office reports the December 08, 2021 arrest of convicted sex offender Anthony Wayne Dendy, a…

4 years ago

Murphy Man Arrested for Secretly Peeping

Murphy, NC—The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office reports the December 10, 2021 arrest of Shawn Michael Robinson, a 34 year old…

4 years ago