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FUGITIVE
CASE #: 2025-141
FUGITIVE CASE #: 2025-141
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Dexter Lamar Scales Sr

Dexter Lamar Scales Sr
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Reidsville, North Carolina

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up to $18,000 via Reidsville Police Department & United States Marshals Service

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Summary:

Dexter Lamar Scales Sr. is wanted for a double homicide. Authorities allege that he shot Shanika Penn and Samuel Brooks to death. Shanika and Samuel were cousins but a suspected motive for the crime has not been publicized. Shanika was a mother-of-seven and Samuel was a father-of-five. Two women have been arrested as accessories to this crime.

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Thursday, June 12, 2025 12:00am

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