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Crime

Rowan authorities charge woman with felony drug possession

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Rowan authorities charged a woman with felony drug possession following a Gold Hill traffic stop earlier this week. On Monday, the ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, July 3, 2019 2:29 pm

Crime

Salisbury man charged with larceny after substituting Walmart price tags

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man is charged with substituting price tags on items at Walmart, then returning the merchandise to get ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, July 3, 2019 11:24 am

East Spencer

East Spencer passes 2019-20 budget with water/sewer fee increase

EAST SPENCER — East Spencer’s $2.5 million budget for the new fiscal year, which started Monday, includes an increase in the fee for large water ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, July 2, 2019 5:52 pm

Crime

Iredell authorities looking for man accused of stealing, pawning $34,000 of jewelry

MOORESVILLE — Iredell County authorities are looking for a Mooresville man accused of stealing $34,000 worth of jewelry from a relative. Officials said he and ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, July 2, 2019 11:52 am

Crime

Blotter: Midland man charged with heroin, cocaine trafficking

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Rowan County authorities on Saturday charged Michael Angelo White Jr., 39, of the 11200 block of Gipson Drive, Midland, with two ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, July 1, 2019 12:00 am

Crime

Salisbury Police investigating morning Waffle House shooting

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police are looking for a man they say shot another man following an early morning argument at Waffle House. ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, June 30, 2019 3:35 pm

Faith

Family fun’s on tap at Faith Fourth celebration

FAITH — Devon Blalock has attended the Faith Fourth of July festivities every year since he and his sister, Mackenzie Bezdziecki, were little. He wanted ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, June 30, 2019 12:00 am

Crime

Blotter: Woman reports gunshots at her Blackwelder Road home

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Someone fired gunshots into a Salisbury home early Tuesday morning. The homeowner and another occupant weren’t injured, officials said, ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, June 27, 2019 11:26 pm

Local

Iredell oral surgeon ordered to pay $2.2 million after adulterous affair

SALISBURY — A Mooresville police officer says he had a loving marriage until an oral surgeon had an affair with his wife. This week, jurors ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, June 27, 2019 11:14 pm

Crime

Check of license plate reveals arrest warrants, cocaine possession

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local man was charged with possession of cocaine and served with arrest warrants stemming from a separate incident ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, June 27, 2019 11:57 am

Crime

Salisbury man charged with weapons offenses after fire call

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was charged with weapons offenses after officers were called to help firefighters and EMS crews who were responding to a ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 11:51 pm

Local

Family, friends remember East Rowan graduate killed in crash

ROCKWELL — East Rowan High School graduate Cole Franklin Mabry is being remembered as a young man whose infectious smile lit up every room he ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 11:46 pm

Crime

Salisbury pair charged with drugs, weapons offenses

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man and woman were charged this week with drug and weapons offenses after a traffic stop in the 2600 block of ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, June 26, 2019 6:46 pm

East Spencer

Charter school’s founding principal takes job in eastern NC

EAST SPENCER — Jonathan Pullin, the founding principal of Essie Mae Kiser Foxx Charter School, wrapped up his last day Monday and will begin the ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, June 24, 2019 11:09 pm

Crime

Salisbury Police, NAACP to partner with community activists to ‘interrupt’ violence

SALISBURY — The Salisbury-Rowan NAACP and the Salisbury Police Department, along with other community partners, are collaborating on a crime reduction initiative they call Summer ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, June 24, 2019 11:06 pm

Crime

Salisbury police investigating early Sunday shooting

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Salisbury Police Department is investigating an early Sunday morning shooting at Pine Hill Apartments. One man was shot ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, June 24, 2019 2:05 pm

Local

Police Department launches camera action network

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com The Salisbury Police Department hopes residents with home surveillance cameras can add to the tools they employ to fight crime as ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, June 23, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Family remembers Salisbury Police Department’s first ‘lady cop’

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Virginia Cox Burleson may have been one of the first female police officers at the Salisbury Police Department, but ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Saturday, June 22, 2019 12:00 am

Crime

Salisbury police investigate vehicle break-ins

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police are investigating a number of a vehicle break-ins reported Thursday across the city. A woman reported that between ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, June 21, 2019 1:20 pm

Entertainment

Local musician Destiny Sloan, Salisbury resident Devora Neely host festival

Local artist/musician Destiny Stone and Salisbury resident Devora Neely have teamed up to host a Saturday event inspired by Stone’s hit song “Black Girl.” The ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, June 21, 2019 1:18 pm

Crime

Charlotte man charged with drug offenses after traffic stop

SALISBURY — A Charlotte man faces marijuana and identity theft charges after a traffic stop on Interstate 85. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office charged Carlos ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, June 21, 2019 10:51 am

Local

Missing man’s wife persuades DOT to change alerts policy

SPENCER — When Jean McCoy’s husband went for a jog in February and never returned, she made it her mission to press for changes in ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, June 21, 2019 12:00 am

Crime

Salisbury man wielding machete charged with carwash, Food Lion burglaries

SALISBURY — A man wielding a machete was charged Thursday with two burglaries — one at Sam’s Car Wash and the other at Food Lion, ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, June 20, 2019 6:53 pm

Crime

Albemarle pair charged with drug possession after stop at abandoned store

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Authorities charged an Albemarle man and woman with drug possession after a passer-by reported that they were unconscious inside a vehicle ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, June 20, 2019 6:47 pm

Crime

Salisbury man charged with arson also faces cruelty to animals count

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man remains behind bars days after he was charged with setting fire to his girlfriend’s apartment after ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, June 20, 2019 11:20 am

Crime

Woman robbed at knifepoint near Forest Hills Park

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Salisbury Police say a woman was robbed at knifepoint after walking Sunday night at Forest Hills Park on Grove Street. The ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, June 20, 2019 12:00 am

Crime

Rowan registered sex offender on most wanted list arrested

Rowan authorities say a man placed on the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office most wanted list last year was arrested this week. Derick Scott Moore, 33, ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, June 20, 2019 12:00 am

Crime

Rowan man charged with ID theft, breaking and entering arrested in High Point

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Rowan County investigators charged a local man with a number of offenses, including breaking and entering as well as identity theft, ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, June 19, 2019 1:44 pm

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