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(Shooting follow / meyland) Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege (center), flanked by Sgt. C. Tarleton (L) and Detective Kevin Johnson (R), refers to an aerial map as the investigation team tries to narrow where the fatal gunshot might have come from. (staff photo: august l. meyland iii / 4-4-02)

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Catherine Berthillier (far left with video camera) shoots video of Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege (foreground, far right) while interviewing him after Hege and his deputies ran through a mock hostage rescue at a county garage near Lexington, N.C., Wednesday, August 14, 2002. Berthillier is shooting a 26-minute story on Sheriff Hege. (Stf./Nelson Kepley)

HEG--7/17/03---LEXINGTON--WOLFORD--Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege talks on the phone with a deputy while refusing to do an interview. ***PHOTOGRAPHERS NOTE**** THIS PHOTO WAS A "GRAB SHOT." ONLY ONE FRAME MADE. THIS PHOTO IS NOT 100 PERCENT IN FOCUS. IT CAN NOT RUN LARGER THAN ABOUT 2 COLUMNS WIDE WITHOUT LOOKING REALLY BAD. ****DO NOT CROP IT****

Berets worn by Davidson County Sheriff's deputies and Sheriff Gerald Hege. Photo courtesy of Davidson County Sheriff's Department's Bill Ellis.

new dis hege12(jaime dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege signs thousands of posters every month. "You learn to keep your wrist stiif," Hege says.

new dis hege19(Jaime Dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Jail inmate Donovan Wiggins looks out through the bars of his new pink cell. Wiggins was awaiting trial on a felony charge when the new pink cell block opened a year ago.

new dis hege11(jaime dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Sheriff's famous K.A.T.N. spider patch stands for "Kicking Ass and Taking Name."

new dis hege2(jaime dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Sheriff Gerald K. Hege fires off a clip of 9mm ammunition out of his M-3 machine gun at a swamp in rural Davidson County. Hege just purchased the assault weapon for $3,500.00.

new dis hege15(jaime dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege's Spider Car has his name painted on the roof above the doors.

Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege gives his religious testimony at Faith Baptist Church on Sunday, Jan. 31, 1999. (stf/tom copeland)

new dis hege1(jaime dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Sheriff Gerald K. Hege prefers a hi-tech machine gun and a suped-up Chevy Impala as his crime fighting weapons. Hege wears a .45 caliber pistol on his his monogramed bullet proof vest.

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LEXINGTON — By the end, all the toy Spider cars and all the finger-lickin’ barbecue dip couldn’t put the Gerald Hege political machine back together again.

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(Shooting follow / meyland) Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege (center), flanked by Sgt. C. Tarleton (L) and Detective Kevin Johnson (R), refers to an aerial map as the investigation team tries to narrow where the fatal gunshot might have come from. (staff photo: august l. meyland iii / 4-4-02)

Catherine Berthillier (far left with video camera) shoots video of Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege (foreground, far right) while interviewing him after Hege and his deputies ran through a mock hostage rescue at a county garage near Lexington, N.C., Wednesday, August 14, 2002. Berthillier is shooting a 26-minute story on Sheriff Hege. (Stf./Nelson Kepley)

HEG--7/17/03---LEXINGTON--WOLFORD--Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege talks on the phone with a deputy while refusing to do an interview. ***PHOTOGRAPHERS NOTE**** THIS PHOTO WAS A "GRAB SHOT." ONLY ONE FRAME MADE. THIS PHOTO IS NOT 100 PERCENT IN FOCUS. IT CAN NOT RUN LARGER THAN ABOUT 2 COLUMNS WIDE WITHOUT LOOKING REALLY BAD. ****DO NOT CROP IT****

Berets worn by Davidson County Sheriff's deputies and Sheriff Gerald Hege. Photo courtesy of Davidson County Sheriff's Department's Bill Ellis.

new dis hege12(jaime dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege signs thousands of posters every month. "You learn to keep your wrist stiif," Hege says.

new dis hege19(Jaime Dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Jail inmate Donovan Wiggins looks out through the bars of his new pink cell. Wiggins was awaiting trial on a felony charge when the new pink cell block opened a year ago.

new dis hege11(jaime dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Sheriff's famous K.A.T.N. spider patch stands for "Kicking Ass and Taking Name."

new dis hege2(jaime dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Sheriff Gerald K. Hege fires off a clip of 9mm ammunition out of his M-3 machine gun at a swamp in rural Davidson County. Hege just purchased the assault weapon for $3,500.00.

new dis hege15(jaime dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege's Spider Car has his name painted on the roof above the doors.

Davidson County Sheriff Gerald Hege gives his religious testimony at Faith Baptist Church on Sunday, Jan. 31, 1999. (stf/tom copeland)

new dis hege1(jaime dispenza,News&Record) Davidson County Sheriff Gerald K. Hege prefers a hi-tech machine gun and a suped-up Chevy Impala as his crime fighting weapons. Hege wears a .45 caliber pistol on his his monogramed bullet proof vest.

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