Two High-Risk Subjects Arrested After Search in Polk County NC
By Marge | Published 2025-08-29T20:08:04.928+00:00
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Polk County -- August 29, 2025: After a series ofcoordinated searches that started on August 6, 2025, the Polk County Sheriff's Office captured two high-risk suspects: Robert Lee Strough III, 24, of Mill Spring, and Megan Leigh Conner, 31, of Columbus.
Deputies carried out a search warrant at a Mill Springs home on August 6. Conner and Strough escaped out the back door into the surrounding woods while the search warrant unrelated to the suspects was being executed. In order to finish searching the house, deputies decided not to pursue them right away. Subsequently, there were numerous fruitless attempts to find the suspects in nearby locations. The two suspects were apprehended by deputies at the 1100 Block of John Shehan Road on August 19, wh