Bad boys, bad boys, whatcha’ gonna to do. Wake Forest Police gonna come for you.
Sgt. Anthony Puckett and his canine partner met us recently for an outing to learn more about the role of highly trained police dogs with WFPD. Sgt. Puckett has been around K-9 teams for the past 18 years and is now a trainer himself so he’s the guy in the know. When you think of … Read more
No disrespect to over the road truck drivers but this accident today seemed avoidable. The driver should probably have seen the circle jump out as he passed by. But alas, no. All clear now. Just a damaged wall and a fractured wallet as we are sure a bill will be sent to repair the beautiful … Read more
This afternoon an emergency call went out about an accident with injuries at the intersection of Galaxy Drive and Rt 98. You can listen to the emergency dispatch call below. In the theme of Lowe’s, this is what we like to call a hammer and nail accident. It looks like the Buick SUV got nailed … Read more
Wake Forest Police don’t have a clue who these dudes are so they are crowdsourcing this identification. WFPD wants to know, “who they be” from the surveillance camera images. We’ve provided our best guesses but please give WFPD a bell at 919-435-9610 if you know. The guys are wanted for questioning in connection with an … Read more
This afternoon around 3 pm two unfortunate Wake Forest drivers became suddenly introduced at the intersection of Rogers Road and Forestville Road. You can hear the emergency call below that was dispatched. We will have to wait a couple of days for the official accident report but from the look of it the white car … Read more
Around 4:30 Saturday morning Wake Forest Engine 2, and one very tired Wake Forest News reporter, responded to an accident with injuries call on Capital Blvd. and S. Main Street. The good news is there was no traffic on the road and we hit all the lights green. Sweet! You can listen to the call … Read more
On Sunday afternoon October 13, 2013 around 6 PM a couple of Wake Forest transportation devices had a most unfortunate collision on Stadium Drive. Engine 4 responded from Station 1 and took care of business on arrival. It appeared Battalion Chief Royce Fuoco, Firefighter Bobby Neal, Lieutenant William Schultz, and some other guy showed up … Read more
The Wake Forest Police Department has joined the party and charged a Raleigh man in connection with the October 8th armed robbery of a Wake Forest woman along the 6200 block of Ridgemount Street. Our exceptionally brilliant Wake Forest resident reportedly triggered her car alarm when she was allegedly confronted and scared off the robber … Read more
In an effort to engage in effective policing but also to be sensitive to the budding artistic community in Wake Forest, the progressive and very cool Wake Forest Police Department has released its first perp drawing by their new volunteer artist Mary Margret Muckenfuss. The “be on the look out” notice, BOLO in police lingo, … Read more
When I heard sleepy Wake Forest had a badass armored SWAT truck the first thought that came to mind was donuts. Can’t help it, my years working through college on the graveyard shift as a police dispatcher created some sort of Pavlovian response. We did eat a lot of donuts. It’s not just a stereotype. But … Read more