On January 22, 2011, members of the Henderson Police Department’s Patrol Division arrested and charged Rufus Thomas Watkins, 44,, of 204 Howard Drive in Oxford, North Carolina with carrying a concealed weapon and felony possession of a firearm by felon.
Rufus Thomas Watkins
Watkins received a $16,000 secured bond pending a court hearing on March 10, 2011.
Watkins’ arrest was related to a call regarding a man asleep in the Bojangles’ bathroom on Dabney Drive after closing hours. Officers approached Watkins and located a .22 caliber revolver on his person.