A Morganton man is arrested for exposing himself on separate occasions at a local business.

20-year-old Cameron Allen Johnson of 2908 Jeeter Carswell Road was charged with felony indecent exposure.

Public Safety reports say Johnson allegedly exposed himself to a pair of young girls on different days last fall while at the Dollar Tree on Morganton Heights Boulevard – on September 29^th and again October 11^th.

Authorities had reviewed video surveillance of the suspect and additional photos of the suspect provided by a parent of a victim.

Wednesday, one of the two victims recognized the suspect standing behind her at WalMart.

Johnson was then taken into custody and placed in the Burke Catawba Confinement Facility under a 20-thousand dollar secured bond.

His court date is set for today.

A Lenoir woman is sentenced to at least six years in prison for larceny convictions.

60-year-old Sharon Denise Logan was convicted for larceny by defeating an anti-theft device, habitual larceny, and admission of her habitual felon status during Burke Superior Court Wednesday.

Reports with Morganton Public Safety say Logan was identified by store security for stealing three women’s handbags from a Burke County business on April 20^th 2016.

Surveillance showed her removing the anti-theft devices from the bags before leaving the store.

Logan’s habitual larceny charge is a result of multiple convictions in Burke and Caldwell Counties.

Her prison sentence was enhanced by Logan’s habitual felon status – including Caldwell convictions for felony larceny in 1998, possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine in 1995, and obtaining property by false pretense in 1987.

A Maiden man faces up to 30 years in prison for a child sexual assault case reported last September.

29-year-old Douglas Glenn Queen Junior appeared in court on charges of first-degree statutory sex offense, indecent liberties with a child, and felony child abuse.

Queen entered a plea of guilty to all charges.

Records state the victim in the case is related to Queen.

A permanent no contact order has been put into place preventing Queen from ever having contact with the victim. 

The SBI is investigating a deputy-involved shooting in Rutherford County that occurred Wednesday night.

The officer was sent to check out a suspicious vehicle between Lake Lure and Union Mills.

Reports say the officer was checking for warrants on the occupants inside the vehicle, when he discovered one of the passengers - 31-year-old Paul Michael Wrenn had an outstanding warrant for failure to appear.

Wrenn reportedly fled the scene, and as the officer caught up with him; Wrenn hit the deputy in the head repeatedly with a flashlight and attempted to take his taser.

During the assault, the officer shot Wrenn in the arm and was then able to summon help.

Both Wrenn and the deputy wee taken to Rutherford Regional Hospital and later released.

Wrenn was then arrested and charged with assault on a law enforcement officer causing physical injury, and resisting a public officer.

He is currently being held on a 500-thousand dollar bond.

Wrenn’s next court date is January 23^rd.