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2290 Us Highway 70 E Crime & Safety Report

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Full report contains 45 offenders within 5 miles and 1305 crime incidents in the last 12 months.

45 Registered Sex Offenders within 5 miles Near 2290 Us Highway 70 E, Morganton, NC 28655

5 Rape

26 Child Involved

1 Assault

17 Other

Name / Age / Tags	Arrest / Conviction	Address	Distance	Risk
STOVALL, JAMES EDWARD 62 years old Child Involved	INDECENT LIBERTY MINOR 2024-12-17T08:38:16 INDECENT LIBERTY MINOR 2024-12-17T08:38:16 SOLICITATION OF CHILD BY COMPUTER TO COMMIT UNLAWFUL SEX ACT 2024-12-17T08:38:16 SOLICITATION OF CHILD BY COMPUTER TO COMMIT UNLAWFUL SEX ACT 2024-12-17T08:38:16	701 HAUSS RIDGE RD SE VALDESE, NC, 28609	4.7	Medium
BAME, CALVIN R 30 years old Child Involved	INDECENT LIBERTY MINOR 2024-12-17T08:38:16	HOMELESS MORGANTON, NC, 28655	3.1	Medium
BRANCH, DAVID PATRICK 47 years old Child Involved	INDECENT LIBERTY MINOR 2024-12-17T08:38:16	1400 ANTIOCH RD MORGANTON, NC, 28655	3.7	Medium
CALDWELL, SHELDON JARRAH 50 years old	REGISTERED AS A RESULT OF OUT-OF-STATE CONVICTION 2024-12-17T08:38:16	3731 HWY 126 MORGANTON, NC, 28655	3.1	Medium
CAUSBY, CHARLES PATRICK 58 years old Child Involved	INDECENT LIBERTY MINOR 2024-12-17T08:38:16 INDECENT LIBERTY MINOR 2024-12-17T08:38:16	305 NORTH MAIN STREET MORGANTON, NC, 28655	1.8	Medium

1305 Crime & Incidents in the Last 12 Months

114 Severe

198 Medium

260 Low

733 Other

Crime	Location (Approx.)	Severity	Description
Medical Emergency 07/16/2026 04:20 AM	S Sterling St, Morganton, NC 28655	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, a medical air transport is reportedly flying a 68-year-old man with a ruptured liver mass to the emergency department at UNC Blue Ridge Morganton, with three people on board and stable vital signs last reported.
Medical Emergency 07/14/2026 10:01 PM	Summit St, Morganton, NC 28655	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency crews and law enforcement responded near Summit Street in Morganton for a reported sixty-year-old man who was depressed and suicidal. He was contacted outside, had no reported self-inflicted injuries or weapons, and was later detained and taken away with EMS.
Medical Emergency 07/14/2026 09:50 PM	Summit St, Morganton, NC 28655	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, psychiatric call for a person reported feeling suicidal near Summit Street. EMS requested, with responders instructed to stage.
Medical Emergency 07/14/2026 09:39 PM	Margie Page St, Valdese, NC 28690	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, emergency medical units were dispatched to a reported hemorrhage at a residence on Margie Page Street near Messer Road. Crews later learned the incident may have occurred earlier and that it involved an apartment unit, and they reported the person was not responding to voice.
Medical Emergency 07/14/2026 08:34 PM	Asheville St, Morganton, NC 28655	Unknown	As discussed during the dispatch call, police responded to a welfare check near Asheville Street where a male was reportedly taken out of a car, walked to a door, then disappeared. The male was later found asleep in a closet with his head in his knees.

School	Distance
Drexel Elementary	1.3 mi
Hallyburton Academy	1.6 mi

Crime & Safety Report for 2290 Us Highway 70 E, Morganton, NC 28655