Lee County Man Arrested For Various Sex Charges

1/27/2020 Bruce Wayne Vaughn (50) of Lee County NC was arrested this morning and charged with the following charges:

19 counts Statutory Sex Offense w/ a child by an adult
18 counts Indecent liberties with a child
19 counts Felony child abuse
1 count Statutory sex offense with a child 15 yrs. old or under
1 count Incest




These charges stem from an investigation which started in August 2019. These charges are alleged to have taken place over a period of time between 2011-2019.

Vaughn is being held under $19,000,000 secured bond.

Two Men Arrested During Traffic Stop on US1

On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, Lee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics agents arrested Andrew Duane Trump, age 43, of 136 Bunny Trail, Sanford, and Robin Leonard Whitt Jr., age 30, of 699 Kentrywood Farm Road, Sanford.

Agents initiated a traffic stop of the vehicle operated by Andrew Trump on US highway #1 southbound at or near the US 421 exit of US #1. Agents had positively identified the passenger Robin Whitt Jr. and confirmed that Whitt had two outstanding orders for arrest. Trump refused to stop and for a short time attempted to elude agents by pulling off the shoulder of the highway and as agents pulled over both in front and behind Trump, Trump tried to re-enter the outside lane of travel to continue and struck an agents vehicle. Shortly after making contact with the agents vehicle Trump was stopped approximately one tenth of a mile south of the Spring Lane exit. At this time both Andrew Trump and Robin Whitt Jr. were removed from the vehicle and placed in custody. Both Trump and Whitt were transported to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for processing.

Andrew Trump was processed and charged with one count of felony assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, one count of failing to heed blue lights and siren, and one count of attempting to flee and elude arrest. Trump was jailed under a $50,000.00 secured bond.

Robin Leonard Whitt Jr., was processed for the two outstanding orders for arrest and jailed under a $51,500.00. Soon after being place into the custody of the Lee County Jail, agents were contacted and asked to respond back to the jail. During a search of Whitt’s articles of clothing and body, Lee County Jail staff had discovered that Whitt was in possession of approximately 7 grams of crystal methamphetamine. Agents processed and charged Robin Whitt Jr. with one count of felony possession with the intent to sell and deliver crystal methamphetamine, one count of felony possessing a controlled substance in a jail facility, and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. Robin Whitt Jr. was jailed under an additional $25,000.00 secured bond.

San-Lee Drive Man Arrested For Drugs

On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, Lee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics agents arrested Junathean Fulmore, age 22, of 428 San-Lee Drive, Sanford.

Fulmore was arrested at 105 Hunters Glenn apartments, and transported by agents to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for processing.

Fulmore was processed and charged with two counts of felony possession with the intent to sell and deliver heroin, two counts of sell and deliver heroin, and two counts of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Fulmore was jailed under a $25,000.00 secured bond. 

Bayberry Lane Man Arrested For Drugs

On Wednesday, January 15, 2020, Lee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics agents arrested Usiel Albarez Perez, age 26 of 38 Bayberry Lane, Sanford. 

Perez was processed and charged by agents with one count of felony possession with the intent to sell and deliver a schedule II controlled substance namely 5 dosage units of Oxycodone, one count of felony possession with the intent to sell and deliver a schedule IV controlled substance, namely 35 dosage units of Xanax and one count of felony maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of storing and selling a controlled substance. 

Perez was released under a $15,000.00 unsecured bond.  

Kendale Drive Man Arrested During Traffic Stop

On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, Lee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics agents arrested Dylan Bear Pate age 33, of 3230 Kendale Drive, Sanford. 

During the course of an investigative traffic stop, agents discovered Pate was in possession of one tenth of a gram of heroin, and one gram of crystal methamphetamine. Agents transported Pate to the Lee County Sheriff’s for processing. 

Pate was processed and charged with one count of felony possession of heroin, one count of felony possession of methamphetamine, and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. 

Dylan Bear Pate was jailed under a $5,000.00 secured bond.

Rice Road Woman Arrested During Traffic Stop

On Friday, January 10, 2020, Lee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics agents arrested Kristan Paige Hilliard, age 21, of 2127 Rice Road, Sanford. During the course of an investigative traffic stop, agents determined that Hilliard was in possession of one tenth of a gram of heroin. 

Agents transported Hilliard to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for processing and charges. Hilliard was charged with one count of felony possession of heroin, and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia. 

Kristan Paige Hilliard was jailed under a $3,000.00 unsecured bond.

Rocky Fork Church Road Man Arrested During Traffic Stop

On Wednesday, January 8, 2020, Lee County Narcotics agents arrested John Patrick McPherson, age 40, of 2432 Rocky Fork Church Road, Sanford. During the course of an investigative traffic stop, agents determined that McPherson was in possession of approximately one tenth of a gram of heroin.

Agents transported McPherson to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for processing and charges. McPherson was charged with one count of felony possession of heroin, and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

John Patrick McPherson was released under a $15,000.00 unsecured bond.

CERT Training - Open to the Public - March 2020

What is CERT?

CERT (Community Emergency Response Team) is a training program that prepares community volunteers to help themselves, their families, and their neighbors in the event of a major disaster.  During a major disaster, first responders may not be able to reach everyone right away.  By getting trained in CERT, you will learn the skills needed to help save lives and protect property.

What do CERT teams do in an emergency?

Under the direction of the Lee County Director of Emergency Services, CERT volunteers provide critical support by giving immediate assistance to victims, providing damage assessment information and organizing other volunteers at a disaster site.  Volunteers trained in CERT also offer a potential workforce for performing duties such as traffic and crowd control, shelter support and evacuation.

How does CERT help the community?

In addition to supporting emergency responders during a disaster, the CERT program builds strong relationships between the emergency responders and the people they serve.  CERT teams also participate by helping with neighborhood emergency plans, exercises, emergency preparedness information and education.

The Benefits of CERT Training

We work with local agencies to provide some of the best and most interactive response training available.  CERT training starts with a 21-hour basic course approved by FEMA and taught here in Lee County at the Central Carolina Community College’s Emergency Services Training Center.  The basic course provides critical skills in emergency preparedness and response. 
Participants learn to:Anticipate hazards; Extinguish small fires; Conduct search and rescue operations

Apply basic first aid; Set-up medical treatment areas; Help reduce survivor stress
You may also participate in additional CERT related training including drills and exercises.

Who Should Join CERT?

If you are at least eighteen years old, and have the desire to become involved, you are eligible to join CERT.  Now is the time to get involved and discover what other CERT Volunteers have already experienced learning to prepare for, respond to, and recover from a disaster.  There is no cost for CERT training to Lee County residents, and there is a job for everyone, regardless of age or physical condition.  The next CERT Basic Course is scheduled for March 2020:  Friday, March 6th 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM, Saturday, March 7th 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM, Friday, March 13th 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM and Saturday, March 14th 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM.
   

To sign up, contact Lee County CERT Coordinator:  Penny Turner at pbturner@windstream.net

Doing the greatest good, for the greatest number.”

Suspect Wanted; Residential Burglary on Lee Ave

UPDATE: 1/10/2020

1/10/2020       Derrick Rachan Benson of 1530 Winslow Dr. Sanford NC was arrested and charged with breaking and entering two homes on Lee Ave. on 1/8/2020. He was held under $15,000 secured bond.

1/8/2020

The homeowner residing at 3600 Lee Ave. in Sanford reported her residence had been burglarized and items were taken, including a video game system and jewelry.

Detectives are asking the public that if anyone can ID this suspect, please contact the tip line @ 919-718-4577

Larceny From Tramway Fire Department

UPDATE:  1/10/2020

Jordan Terrelle Blue (23) of 706 W. Williams St. Sanford NC was arrested and charged with misdemeanor larceny of aluminum cans from Tramway Volunteer Fire Department on 1/1/2020; he was release under $1,000 unsecured bond.

The suspect attempted to sell the cans at Lee Iron & Metal today.



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On New Years day morning at approximately 6AM, Tramway Fire Department reported a larceny of donated aluminum cans.

As most of may know, cans are collected at our county fire departments and City of Sanford fire stations, then are sold to a recycling center, with all proceeds going to support the Lee County Chapter of the North Carolina Firefighters Burned Children's Fund. 


Anyone having information of this incident, please contact the Sheriff's Office Investigative Division @ 919-718-4563.

Video can be seen on Sheriff Tracy Carter's Facebook page, which can be viewed by anyone by visiting this link.

Agents Cleaned Up At The Scrubbing Board

    

On Friday, January 3, 2020, Lee County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics agents were conducting surveillance on the Scrubbing Board, located at 900 North Horner Boulevard.

Lee County Sheriff’s Office agents had received numerous complaints of possible drug activity in the area. A short time after beginning surveillance, agents observed a white male subject sitting on a moped in the parking lot of the Scrubbing Board. As agents continued to watched the white male, they noticed that the male subject was attentively watching every car that pulled in. This lead agents to believe that the subject was waiting on someone.

At approximately 11:15am, agents observed a white Honda Accord pull into the parking lot and the white male got off the moped and began to walk over to the car before the car came to a stop. Agents observed the white male subject get into the passenger seat of the Honda.

Agents approached the two occupants of the Honda, and the passenger quickly and frantically dumped a small object into his mouth. Agents removed the passenger from the vehicle and once out of the vehicle, the white male subject identified as Jacob Sink, spit an object out of his mouth. The object Sink spit out was a folded piece of paper containing a brown in color substance that Sink stated was Fentanyl.

Both the driver identified as Robert Terrell Bush and the passenger were taken into custody. Robert Terrell Bush age 29, of 301 Wheel Hollow apartments unit 306, and Jacob Christopher Sink, age 29, of 1509 Clearwater Drive, were transported to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office for processing.

Bush was processed and charged with one count of sell Heroin, one count of deliver Heroin, one count of felony maintaining a vehicle used for the purpose to store and sale a controlled substance.

Sink was processed and charge with one count of felony possession of Heroin, and one count of misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.

Bush was jailed under a $15,000.00 secured bond and Sink was jailed under a $10,000.00 secured bond.