Alan Pangborn

He looked wired. What seemed to ease the situation was a simple, uncalculated question. "Where's Alan Pangborn these days, Sheriff?."

Ridgewick answers Mike’s question about Pangborn’s current whereabouts in New Hampshire.

… years older than Gwendy and has occupied the Castle County Sheriff’s Office since taking over for Alan Pangborn in late 1991. Standing a hint over five-foot-six and weighing in at an even one hundred and fifty pounds (wearing his uniform, shoes, and sidearm), …

Ridgewick’s history explicitly says he succeeded Pangborn in late 1991.

The dog killed good old Sheriff George Bannerman, too. Alan Pangborn is doing that job these days, and he’s a good man, but he won’t never stack up to Big George in the eyes of the town.

The town history names Pangborn as Bannerman’s replacement.

CHAPTER THREE 1 Castle Rock’s newest port of commerce had been closed for nearly two hours when Alan Pangborn rolled slowly down Main Street toward the Municipal Building, which housed the Sheriff’s Office and Castle Rock Police Department. He was behind the wheel of the ultimate unmarked car: a 1986 Ford station wagon.

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The new Sheriff (he had been in office going on eight years, but Alan Pangborn had decided he was going to be “the new Sheriff” at least until the year 2000—always assuming, he told his wife, that he went on running and being …

The narrator introduces the incumbent sheriff Alan Pangborn.

There was a click on the line. A young woman spoke to him in a slightly apologetic tone. “Can you hold a little longer, Chief Pangborn? The computer is having one of its slow days.” Alan considered telling her he was a Sheriff, not a Chief, and then didn’t bother.

The Dark Half explicitly identifies the man addressed as Chief Pangborn as Alan, the Castle Rock sheriff, matching Needful Things.

Next to it, Polly Chalmers was sweeping her walk and talking to Alan Pangborn, the county sheriff. She looked young and fresh with her hair pulled back in a horsetail; he looked young and heroic in his neatly pressed uniform.

Pangborn talks with Polly outside her shop.

Next to it, Polly Chalmers was sweeping her walk and talking to Alan Pangborn, the county sheriff. She looked young and fresh with her hair pulled back in a horsetail; he looked young and heroic in his neatly pressed uniform. But things were not always the way they looked; even Kevin, at fifteen, knew that.

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