Blotter for Nov. 16: charges revealed for arrested armed fugitive

Published 12:00 am Thursday, November 16, 2023

SALISBURY — The man who police arrested on Tuesday that they say stole multiple cars and was “armed and dangerous” had a long list of charges revealed on Wednesday.

Rowan County Sheriff Travis Allen said when 19-year-old Ethan Bradley Ghent was arrested that he had been assured there would be multiple charges for probation violations and breaking and entering of vehicles.

According to police records, Ghent was charged with one count of felony breaking and entering of a motor vehicle, two counts of felony larceny, five counts of larceny of a motor vehicle, one count of possession of a firearm by a felon, three counts of possession of a stolen vehicle, one count of possession of stolen goods, three counts of resisting an officer, three counts of failure to appear or comply, one count of speeding, three counts of driving while his license was revoked, one count of felony flee to elude, one count of aggressive driving and one count of directional equipment signal violation.

Ghent’s bond was also updated to be $430,000, instead of the originally reported $400,000.

In Salisbury Police Department reports:

  • Communicating of threats occurred in the 700 block of Klumac Road at 9:25 p.m. on Nov. 14.

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports:

  • A theft of a motor vehicle occurred at Auction Drive between 4 p.m. on Nov. 10 and 8:03 a.m. on Nov. 13.
  • A larceny from a motor vehicle occurred at Providence Church Road between 2:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 and 8:21 a.m. on Nov. 13.
  • An assault occurred at Phaniel Church Road in Rockwell at 5:50 p.m. on Nov. 13.
  • An assault of an officer occurred at North U.S. Highway 29 in China Grove at 4:34 p.m. on Nov. 13. According to police reports, someone released “bodily fluids” onto two sheriff’s office employees.
  • Randell Smith, 65, was charged with violating a 50B order on Nov. 13.
  • Keith Tyrone Carroll Jr., 24, was charged as a fugitive from justice on Nov. 13.
  • Dyquaon Kenner Brawley, 34, was charged with taking a financial transaction card and obtaining property by false pretenses on Nov. 13.