RFP Staff
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In the public interest in strange and aberrant crime we our reaching back to Saturday May 5th when an alleged crime took place at the usually quiet and serene East Winds Apartments at 920 N. Boundary Street in East Spencer N.C.
According to Rowan County Sheriff’s Office sources and residents of the East Winds Apartments the bucolic serenity at the complex was suddenly shattered and the complex’s parking lot entered the RFP’s annals of oddball crime. Rebecca Leigh Staley, 40, a visual artist and resident of the East Winds, was reportedly clad only in panties allegedly bolted out into the parking lot around 9 a.m. screaming profanities and began assaulting a vehicle with a hammer and a large “sex toy”. Shocked neighbors described her as allegedly “possessed”. The hammering and strange caterwauling echoed throughout apartment buildings. Neighbors watched from their windows.
Someone called 911 Dispatch and an E. Spencer patrol car soon pulled into the lot. Staley allegedly shifted her attention to the officer and began to assault him. Quickly the officer overpowered her, placed her in handcuffs, and took her into custody being careful not to be bitten. Within the hour she would be held at the Rowan County Detention Center charged with assault on a law enforcement officer, disorderly conduct, and injury to personal property. Under a secured $4,000 bond, Staley will have a hearing on June 26th.
No motives for the behavior have been provided.
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Posted on May 13, 2018