The man accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy in Virginia during a welfare check Friday was arrested two days later in North Carolina.
CARROLL COUNTY, Virginia — The man accused of killing a sheriff’s deputy during a welfare check Friday night in Virginia was arrested two days later in North Carolina, law enforcement confirmed.
Michael Puckett was taken into custody Sunday without incident by North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation agents. He was reportedly armed with a handgun at the time of his arrest. Puckett has been booked into the Surry County Detention Center in Dobson, North
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