April 29, 2024

Charges against ex-county worker, husband, dismissed

GARNER — A former Hancock County employee and her husband no longer face charges stemming from a bid for county-owned land. Sharon Rockow had been charged with felonious misconduct in office and forgery. Her husband, Gary Rockow, had been charged with aiding and abetting misconduct in office and forgery. Investigators say that while Sharon Rockow worked in the engineer’s office, they delivered a sealed bid in someone else’s name for county property, knowing the bid would later become public record.