CHEROKEE COUNTY, NC – The Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an unidentified person whose body was discovered late Tuesday night in the Hiwassee Dam community. According to a news release issued Feb. 26, deputies responded to Cross Creek Lane on the night of Feb. 25 after the individual was located. Authorities […]

SWAIN COUNTY, N.C. — Two suspects are in custody following a multi-county manhunt, the Swain County Sheriff’s Office reports. Luis Alfredo Reynosa, 23, wanted for a Thursday shooting near Hyatt Creek and Walker Woody Road, faces charges including assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling […]

CHEROKEE COUNTY, NC — A Peachtree community man has been arrested and charged with multiple counts of child sexual exploitation following an investigation sparked by online reports to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Corey Benjamin Sneed, 39, was taken into custody without incident after investigators linked him to the possession and […]

CHEROKEE COUNTY, NC – A two-year investigation into two local drug traffickers culminated in their arrest in Georgia. A joint operation between Narcotics Agents with Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office, Union County, GA Sheriff’s Office, Fannin County, GA Sheriff’s Office and Gilmer County, GA Sheriff’s Office came to a close on June 26, 2025 with the […]

CHEROKEE COUNTY, NC – A joint operation on 05/20/2025 between the Narcotics and Patrol Divisions of Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office assist by the Narcotics Division of Clay County Sheriff’s office led to a traffic stop which resulted in four arrests and two subsequent search warrants. On May 21, 2025 a traffic stop was conducted on […]

CHEROKEE COUNTY, NC. – A local doctor has been arrested and charged with four counts of felony sexual contact in Cherokee County. Thomas Vann Clayton, the chief of staff at Erlanger Western Carolina Hospital, was charged as the result of a ‘lengthy investigation’ that began last year. According to a press release from Cherokee County […]

CLAY COUNTY, NC – A man in Clay County North Carolina, Ryan West James, has been arrested and charged with the murder of another individual on April 16. According to a press release issued by Clay County Sheriff’s Department, deputies arrived at the scene around 8:44 p.m. Deputies were originally called to Mountain Laurel Drive […]

MURPHY, NC – A repeat offender from Georgia has finally been arrested in Cherokee North Carolina after 50 break-ins in the Cherokee County area. The arrest came on March 31, 2022 when Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office apprehended 35 year old Jack Earnest Smith, of Baldwin Georgia, in connection with multiple break-ins committed on 30 March […]

PRESS RELEASE – On Tuesday Feb. 15 2022 the Clay County Sheriff’s Office moved into the final stages of an investigation into the distribution of illegal controlled substances in Clay County.  After a lengthy investigation, arrest warrants were obtained for 15 people for numerous drug charges in Clay County including manufacture, sell and delivery of […]

On Feb. 15, 2022, while assisting the ECI Tribal Police on a traffic stop near the Tobacco Branch Community, a deputy with the Graham County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Division detected a strong odor of Marijuana coming from inside the vehicle. The vehicle was operated by Josie James Brady, 20, of the Lower Tuskegee Community. Brady […]