Denver Man Arrested for Bathroom Footage of Teenage Girl

Forty year-old Wilford Dwight Avery, II was arrested Friday after a 17 year-old girl told police he had footage of her while she was in her bathroom.

According to Lincoln County Sheriffs, the girl found the footage on a camera in Avery's tractor-trailer. When she discovered herself on the camera, she went to police.

Avery, of Denver, is charged with secretly peeping into a room occupied by a female, a felony. He is being jailed in Lincoln County under a $15,000 bond.

Lincoln Co. Prostitution Sting Operation Produces 1 Arrest

Elizabeth Anne Winter

Law enforcement agencies from two counties worked together in a prostitution sting in Lincolnton this week. Elizabeth Anne Winter was arrested on charges of prostitution after she arranged to meet an undercover police officer at a hotel in Lincolnton.

Officers from the Lincolnton Police Department teamed up with officers from the Cleveland County Sheriff's Department and Shelby Police Department to make the arrest.

Winter was jailed in Lincoln County on a $1,000 bond.

Lincolnton Police Arrest Local Man for Sexual Assault Charges

Thirty-four year-old Anthony Thomas Ruffino was arrested Sunday by Lincolnton police on sexual assault charges.

A Lincolnton woman reported an incident involving Ruffino, prompting police to arrest him. Ruffino faces six charges including first-degree kidnapping, domestic assault on a female, possession of a firearm by felon, assault by pointing a gun, communicating threats, and interfering with emergency communications.

Because of the nature of his charges, Ruffino is jailed in Lincoln County without bond.

Lincoln County Sex Offender Arrested For Invalid Address

Elvis Setzer

Lincoln County Sheriffs arrested 33 year-old Elvis Setzer for felony failure to notify change of address of a sex offender, after the address he gave authorities was almost a decade old. Setzer, a registered sex offender, is required by law to give a valid address.

Officials were taking part in a new initiative to authenticate the residency of convicted sex offenders when they called to check Setzer's address. He is jailed in Lincoln County under a $10,000 bond.