anson county sheriff’s office

  • Law enforcement agency contract is much ado about nothing

    Law enforcement agency contract is much ado about nothing

    ANSON COUNTY — In an email first released by Sheriff Scott Howell exclusively to the Anson Record, Wadesboro Town Manager Wiley Ross Jr. wrote to County Manager Len Sossoman the Wadesboro Police Department no longer has a need to contract the services of the Anson County Sheriff’s Office, the terms…


  • Fraud, schemes, and scams

    Fraud, schemes, and scams

    ANSON COUNTY — When it comes to fraud, schemes, and scams, one Anson County woman is determined to tell others of her experience with being financially defrauded. As she wishes to remain anonymous, she will be referred to as Ana to protect her identity.


  • WPD officer asks; “Where is the thin blue line?”

    WPD officer asks; “Where is the thin blue line?”

    ANSON COUNTY — This week, woes within the Wadesboro Police Department spilled into public view during Monday’s Wadesboro town council meeting highlighting a disagreement brewing between the Wadesboro Town Council, the WPD, and the Anson County Sheriff’s Office regarding the safety of Wadesboro’s officers and the duties of Anson County…


  • Murder Tuesday

    Murder Tuesday

    ANSON COUNTY— At approximately 2:39 a.m. Tuesday, February 4, deputies with the Anson County Sheriff’s Office responded to 75 Global Road in Wadesboro following a report of someone shot during a home invasion.


  • Domestic violence call spans the county

    Domestic violence call spans the county

    ANSON COUNTY — A December 28 early morning call into the Anson County Sheriff’s Office reporting a domestic violence incident in Morven concluded with allegations of stalking, gunshots, and a stabbing in Ansonville.


  • Anson County shops with the sheriff

    Anson County shops with the sheriff

    WADESBORO — The Anson County Sheriff’s Office annual Shopping With the Sheriff once again went off without a hitch.


  • Anson participates in Wreaths Across America

    Anson participates in Wreaths Across America

    ANSON COUNTY — Many from across the area gathered to celebrate and honor the lives of America’s fallen veterans Saturday at Anson Memorial Park.


  • Shootout in Peachland

    Shootout in Peachland

    PEACHLAND — Deputies with the Anson County Sheriff ‘s Office responded to a residence on Monroe White Store Road following a report of shots fired in the area Nov. 10 at 12 :24 a.m. after a social gathering devolved into an altercation and shoot-out in the parking lot.


  • Uptown Wadesboro and ACSO delivered tricks and treats this Halloween

    Uptown Wadesboro and ACSO delivered tricks and treats this Halloween

    ANSON COUNTY — Uptown Wadesboro and the Anson County Sheriff’s Office (ACSO) served up plenty of scares, tricks and treats for Halloween.


  • Law enforcement partnership produces felony arrests, drug and firearm seizures

    Law enforcement partnership produces felony arrests, drug and firearm seizures

    WADESBORO — While the Wadesboro Police Department struggles with staffing issues, the Anson County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to assist the department. A joint effort between the two agencies over the October 18-20 weekend resulted in two felony arrests; five felony charges, two misdemeanor charges, and the seizure of three…


  • Missing man’s body discovered near Ponds Mill Road

    Missing man’s body discovered near Ponds Mill Road

    POLKTON — The Anson County Sheriff’s Office announced they have located the body of a man who went missing following an atlercation earlier this month.


  • County Commissioners throw support behind Wadesboro’s embattled town manager

    County Commissioners throw support behind Wadesboro’s embattled town manager

    ANSON — After a story from an Anson County Board of Commissioners meeting appeared in the October 16 publication of the Anson Record, Chairman Jamie Caudle released a prepared statement clarifying comments he made at the meeting where he appeared to express support for Wadesboro’s town manager, Wiley Ross Jr.


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