Durham County Sheriff's Office investigating GPS tracker found on deputy vehicle :: WRAL.com

2022-06-10 20:22:53 By : Mr. Michael Zhang

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Durham County Sheriff's Office employees made a disturbing discovery. They found a GPS tracking device under one of their vehicles.

IN CUSTODY BEING TREATED THIS EVENING. BACK TO SO DISTURBING. MARK, THANK YOU. THE DURHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE EMPLOYEES MADE A DISTURBING DISCOVERY FINDING A GPS TRACKING DEVICE UNDER ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES. THIS COMES AFTER MONTHS OF THREATS AND THEY WERE INVESTIGATING FOR THEFT >> WRAL'S MONICA CASEY SPOKE WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT HOW SERIOUS THIS TYPE OF SITUATION CAN BE. >> TONIGHT, THE DURHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING AFTER DEPUTIES FOUND A GPS TRACKER UNDER ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES. A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS I SPOKE WITH TELL ME THIS THREAT CROSSES A LINE. >> COURT RECORDS SHOW DEPUTIES EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT ON A SUSPECT BACK IN AUGUST OF 2021. THAT MAN FLED THE SCENE AND BEGAN MAKING THREATENING PHONE CALLS TO DEPUTIES THE WAR AND SAYS HE JOKED ABOUT PUTTING A TRACKER ON A DEPUTY STRUCK, BUT IT WASN'T UNTIL LAST WEEK WHEN 2 OTHER EMPLOYEES DROVE THE TRUCK TO ALABAMA THAT THEY FOUND THIS DEVICE A LITTLE JUST A MATTER OF GPS TRACKER WHILE HOLDING UP THE TRAILER. HITCH. >> FORMER DURHAM COUNTY SHERIFF MIKE ANDREWS CALLS THE DISCOVERY CONCERNING. >> IT APPEARS THAT MAYBE THAT WAS DONE WITH SOME TYPE OF A VOLUNTEER TO TRACK WHOMEVER OR OVER THAT VEHICLE IS A FORMER DCSO SERGEANT BRAD KIRBY RETIRED IN 2018. HE SAYS HE USED TO WORRY ABOUT BEING FOLLOWED >> GOOD YOU KNOW, >> THAT THAT IS, HE SAYS PEOPLE HOLDING GRUDGES CAN BE DANGEROUS. PEOPLE. >> HAD A PEOPLE. IT. >> BUT. >> BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, IF THE U.S. WE DID IT BUT OTHER PEOPLE TO EVERYBODY ELSE. AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT ANDREWS SAYS WHILE HE'S NEVER HEARD OF A GPS TRACKER LIKE THIS, TARGETING DURHAM, LAW ENFORCEMENT, HE'S NOT SURPRISED ABOUT THE THREAT. >> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE SUPPORT THE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT THERE WHEN WEARING THAT UNIFORM WEARING THAT BADGE. >> SO FAR, NO CHARGES IN THE CASE. AND THE DURHAM COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE IS NOT