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  • Rocky Mount convicted felon tossed narcotics out window during livestreamed car chase, deputies say

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    A Rocky Mount man was arrested Saturday for allegedly taking deputies on a chase and tossing narcotics out the window, all while livestreaming on social media. 

    According to the Nash County Sheriff’s Office, a traffic unit deputy conducted a traffic stop on Dunbarton Road in Rocky Mount for an equipment violation.

    During the stop, the office said that the driver, 28-year-old Jonathan Kendall Bulluck, attempted to hand a family member a firearm he had concealed. The deputy ordered the unidentified family member to surrender the firearm, which she immediately complied with. 

    Bulluck then fled the traffic stop and took the deputy on a car chase down N.C. Highway 97 to West Tarboro Road into Edgecombe County. During the pursuit, he allegedly reached speeds of 80 miles per hour and tossed packaged narcotics out the window during the chase. 

    When the chase reached Bullock School and Green Pasture roads in Edgecombe County, a deputy was able to cut Bulluck off and end the pursuit, afterwhich he was taken into custody.

    The narcotics Bulluck attempted to discard were located by Nash County deputies and found to be methamphetamine and fentanyl in individual packages. The firearm that was seized was not reported stolen at the time of his arrest. The car used in the chase was also taken based on the “Run and Done” law, deputies added. 

    Upon further investigation, deputies found that Bulluck had been livestreaming parts of the chase on Facebook. 

    The office said that while Bulluck was being taken into the Nash County Detention Center, he made several threats toward law enforcement and allegedly attempted to spit on one of the deputies. 

    He was issued no bond, and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday at 9 a.m. He was charged with the following:

    • felony flee to elude arrest with a motor vehicle
    • felony possession of a firearm by convicted felon
    • felony possession with intent to sell/deliver heroin/fentanyl
    • felony possession with intent to sell/deliver methamphetamine
    • felony malicious conduct by prisoner
    • misdemeanor communicating threats
    • misdemeanor resist/obstruct/delay a law enforcement officer
    • various traffic violations from the vehicle pursuit

    NCSO added that Bulluck has a lengthy criminal history prior to Saturday’s events and is a multi-convicted felon, which prohibits him from possessing any firearms. Currently, he has 22 pending cases in various counties that range from traffic violations to narcotics and firearm violations. 

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  • Nash County equips SROs with breaching shotguns for enhanced school emergency response

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    A tool once mostly reserved for SWAT teams is now in the hands of school resource officers in eastern North Carolina.

    Every SRO in Nash County will have access to a breaching shotgun, a weapon designed to break through locks and reach students quickly in an emergency.

    “We’ve got to do what we can to ensure that we are combat-ready to take care of the community and ensure the safety of our kids, and this is just another tool in our toolbox,” said Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone.

    Instead of firing traditional projectiles that could ricochet into a classroom, the guns use a special powder.

    Nash County Sheriff’s Sergeant Kevin Bissette helped Stone implement these guns across the district.

    “The powder moves forward, impacts the door, and as soon as it’s released from the barrel, it starts to disperse. So, it’s the gas wave and the powder dispersion that’s actually going through and bypassing the locks,” Bissette said. 

    WRAL News checked with every district in the area. Most of them responded, saying their SROs don’t use these guns.

    Stone believes it’s a tool worth considering because it could save valuable time and lives in the event of a school emergency.

    “Some of the places that have had these bad incidents, the doors have been locked and chained and things of that nature, and EMS and law enforcement cannot get into the schools immediately. Time is of the essence,” he said.

    The addition of breaching shotguns is part of a broader push in Nash County to give school resource officers more tools to protect students. All SROs in the district were recently trained on ballistic shields as well.

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