Death Investigation

Authorities in McDowell County are involved in a death investigation after finding a man deceased inside his Old Fort home.

A news release from Wednesday afternoon states McDowell deputies were called to a Griggs Road address late Tuesday night.

Reports say officers found the body of 31-year-old DeAngelo Maurice Rushing.

The release says an investigation into Rushing’s death is underway, and there is no threat to the community.

Hickory Fatality

A Hickory man was killed Wednesday evening in a two-vehicle mishap.

55-year-old James Nelson Poovey Junior was reportedly driving north on NC 127 in Hickory around 7.

Highway Patrol reports indicate Poovey drove left of center and collided with a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Hannah Ollis of Granite Falls.

Poovey died on the scene reports say while Ollis sustained non-life threatening injuries.

Troopers say Poovey was not wearing a seatbelt.

Mountain View firefighters assisted at the scene.

Sex Charges

A couple is facing sex crime charges in Alexander County.

According to the Alexander Sheriff’s Office, 44-year-old Colan Lewis Swink of Newton is charged with 109 felony counts of sex acts by a substitute parent or custodian, along with 25 felony counts each of statutory rape and sex offenses.

Reports say 49-year-old Tammy Reedy Brown of Taylorsville is also charged with one felony count of conspiracy of a sex act by a substitute parent or custodian.

A news release says Swink is accused of committing the crimes while he and Brown were living together in Taylorsville.

His bond was set at 5-million dollars secured, Brown received a 75-thousand dollar secured bond.

The Catawba County Sheriff’s office assisted in the investigation.

App State Employee Accused

An Appalachian State University employee has been accused of hiding a cellphone inside an all-girls dorm.

College police received a report on October 15^th that a phone was in the third-floor bathroom in Eggers Residence Hall.

The girls-only dorm is filled with mostly freshmen.

According to reports, 49-year-old Jerry Alan McGlamery of Wilkes County has been charged with secret peeping after officials seized the phone from the vent inside a bathroom.

McGlamery works with the school’s facilities operations department and was taken into custody October 22^nd.

Reports say he has been placed on investigatory leave and is not allowed back on campus.

The investigation continues.