Bomb-loving repeat offender who kept getting released now charged with murdering cop
A 55-year-old Virginia man with a lengthy rap sheet was arrested Sunday after authorities said he killed a police officer in Carroll County days earlier.
Michael Puckett fled Virginia after allegedly shooting two Carroll County Sheriff’s Office deputies during a Friday night welfare check at his home, killing one and injuring the other, according to the FBI. Puckett’s prior record includes convictions for explosive, gun and assault charges and pending arson and bomb-related charges, court records show.
He was arrested at least four times before his latest case and in 2016 received a 41-year sentence for multiple felonies, court records show. All but eight months of that sentence was suspended for unspecified reasons.
North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) captured Puckett after using a drone to observe him moving through a neighborhood, the agency said Sunday. Agents found him armed with a handgun and arrested him as he rang the doorbell of someone’s residence, the SBI said.
Michael Puckett fled Virginia after allegedly shooting two Carroll County Sheriff’s Office deputies during a Friday night welfare check at his home, killing one and injuring the other, according to the FBI. Puckett’s prior record includes convictions for explosive, gun and assault charges and pending arson and bomb-related charges, court records show.
He was arrested at least four times before his latest case and in 2016 received a 41-year sentence for multiple felonies, court records show. All but eight months of that sentence was suspended for unspecified reasons.
North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) captured Puckett after using a drone to observe him moving through a neighborhood, the agency said Sunday. Agents found him armed with a handgun and arrested him as he rang the doorbell of someone’s residence, the SBI said.
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