Robbinsville – A repeat offender had two charges voluntarily dismissed in Graham County District Court on July 1, but was also arrested on two charges of failure to appear the same day.
In court, 19-year-old Alex Kane Dutcher had charges of second-degree trespassing and resisting a public officer voluntarily dismissed. In the state of North Carolina, voluntary dismissal permits a plaintiff to dismiss its claims without prejudice at anytime before resting its case. The plaintiff must also pay the defendants costs for the case.
However, records show that Dutcher was taken into custody on the same day for two counts of failure to appear in court.
Dutcher is no stranger to law enforcement in the area, having been arrested on several prior occasions, including a November 2020 incident in which he allegedly assaulted his grandmother and damaged the door to her vehicle.
The same court session also saw the Robert G. Kays case continued to July 19. Kays is accused of stealing a Graham County Sheriff’s Office Humvee, driving through the front wall of Robbinsville Pharmacy and eluding officers from several agencies through multiple counties on May 8.
He faces a litany of charges, including larceny of a motor vehicle, breaking or entering of a motor vehicle, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, breaking and entering of a pharmacy, injury to real property, feeling and eluding arrest with motor vehicle, assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, reckless driving to endanger, driving left of center, tampering with vehicle, going armed to the terror of the people, disorderly conduct in public building, use of red or blue light, impersonating law enforcement, overtaking a vehicle, reckless driving, leaving scene of a hit and run, unsafe movement, failure to maintain lane control, driving left of center passing right, failure to burn headlamps, rear lamps violation, failure to reduce speed and exceeding safe speed.
Phillip James Graham – who was recently arrested and charged with indecent liberties with a child – also saw his case continued until Oct. 25.