Tip leads to arrest of man on Rowan Sheriff’s most wanted list

Published 4:20 pm Monday, October 16, 2017

SALISBURY — Rowan County authorities say a tip led police to arrest a Salisbury man on its most-wanted list.

The man was found hiding in a vacant home.

Officers with the Salisbury Police Department arrested Jeffrey Scott Jordan, 44, of the 1000 block of Middle Road, about 4 p.m. Saturday at 2000 Old Concord Road. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office had warrants for his arrest for felony failure to inform the Sheriff’s Office of an address change by a registered sex offender and felony interfering with an electronic monitoring device.

Jordan was convicted in 2011 on charges of attempted rape and taking indecent liberties with a minor in 2007. He remains in the Rowan County Detention Center under a $30,000 secured bond.

— Shavonne Walker