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Staff Reports | Cleveland County Sheriff's Office Margaret Hager Greene CRIME – Cleveland County is a little safer and a woman is behind bars after a seizure of narcotics this past Friday by the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office Community Interdiction Team (CIT). In a press release sent to media on Monday evening, it stated of a vehicle search which resulted in a reported arrest of Margaret Hager Greene. On Friday, June 12, members of the CIT encountered a suspicious vehicle

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Crest fb page public courtesy photo CREST HIGH SCHOOL – A potential gunman at a school or a tornado; either one would frighten students, teachers and parents alike, but for both to happen at the same time, is both scary and yet a sigh of relief, once it was discovered the incident at Crest was a false alarm. As the skies swirled above southwest Cleveland County, an active shooter alert sounded in the classrooms at Crest High Scho

Staff Reports | Press Release Courtesy photo CCSO On Tuesday, Jan. 20, deputies with the Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office Community Interdiction Team conducted a traffic stop on South Post Road, near East Dixon Boulevard, for a vehicle registration violation. During the stop, a Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office K-9 was deployed and gave a positive indication for the presence of narcotics. Based on this indication, deputies conducted a probable cause search of the vehicle. As