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New sheriff in town: Robert Graves

ASHEBORO — GravesRobert Graves, a retired state trooper, will be the next Randolph County sheriff.

Graves will take the oath of office at the Feb. 1 meeting of the Randolph County commissioners.

“I’m very humbled and excited to go to work,” Graves said Monday night moments after members of the Randolph County Republican Executive Committee tapped him as their nominee to fill the unexpired term of Sheriff Maynard Reid.

“I look forward to the challenge of working with all the fine employees at the sheriff’s office. I’m ready to go to work.”

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Randolph County sheriff dies from pneumonia complications

ASHEBORO, N.C. — Randolph County Sheriff Maynard B. Reid Jr., who served in the post since 2006, has died of complications from pneumonia. He was 69.

Lt. Jason Chabot said Reid died at 9:40 p.m. Tuesday at Randolph Hospital, where he had been since Dec. 18.

Chabot said Deputy Chief Ed Blair will become interim sheriff until a new sheriff is appointed.

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