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Crime

Blotter: Thief steals equipment from Perdue Grain

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com CLEVELAND — Rowan County Sheriff’s investigators are looking into who stole small equipment from an outbuilding from Perdue Grain. An employee ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, February 26, 2019 10:09 am

Crime

Blotter: Charges pending after fight between women at the Fish Bowl

SALISBURY — A drunken fight between two women turned violent when one of them struck the other over the head with a beer bottle at ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, February 25, 2019 9:56 pm

East Spencer

East Spencer board asks for meeting with city to talk about water-sewer rates

EAST SPENCER — East Spencer aldermen say town residents are paying some of the highest water and sewer rates in Rowan County, and they’d like ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, February 25, 2019 9:11 pm

Local

Altercation turns violent after man stabbed

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A man was stabbed and drove himself to the hospital in a weekend altercation that turned violent. Salisbury Police ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, February 25, 2019 3:20 pm

Crime

Intoxicated man in parking lot charged with drug possession

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was charged Monday with possession of methamphetamine after a witness said he appeared to be unconscious ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, February 25, 2019 10:38 am

Erica Parsons

Local group to honor Erica Parsons on her birthday, create proclamation

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A local group who has followed the twists and turns of the case involving missing teen Erica Lynn Parsons and the ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Saturday, February 23, 2019 6:43 pm

Crime

Darius Abel, James Robinson guilty of 2014 murders, sentenced to life in prison

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two men will spend the rest of their lives in prison after jurors on Friday found them guilty of ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, February 22, 2019 10:43 pm

Crime

Kannapolis man convicted as habitual felon on drug, firearms offenses

SALISBURY — Jason Howard Milam of Kannapolis was convicted this week in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court on drug and firearms charges. Milam admitted his ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, February 22, 2019 7:03 pm

Crime

Thieves break into vehicles at Matika Villa mobile home park

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Residents’ vehicles were broken into and ransacked at Matika Villa mobile home park, according to the Salisbury Police Department. ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, February 22, 2019 6:58 pm

Crime

U.S. Marshals Service arrests China Grove shooting suspect

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — The U.S. Marshals Service on Friday arrested a man wanted in a Feb. 3 shooting in China Grove. ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, February 22, 2019 11:27 am

Crime

Salisbury woman charged with assaulting officer, paramedics

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury woman was charged Thursday with assaulting a police officer and two paramedics who were taking her to ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, February 22, 2019 11:18 am

Crime

Prosecutor says evidence puts defendants at crime scene; defense disagrees

SALISBURY — Rowan County Assistant District Attorney Paxton Butler said Thursday that the evidence in the 2014 murders of a Spencer man and his uncle ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, February 21, 2019 9:40 pm

Crime

Blotter: Rowan authorities charge Salisbury sex offender with being at Dan Nicholas Park

SALISBURY — A Salisbury sex offender who was found at Dan Nicholas Park has been charged with violating sentencing conditions. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, February 21, 2019 7:04 pm

Crime

Salisbury Police investigating shooting in West End

SALISBURY — A man was shot twice in the stomach Monday night in the West End community, the Salisbury Police Department reported. Police are continuing the investigation. Marquise ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, February 21, 2019 6:51 pm

Crime

Attorney says Darius Abel has alibi; murder trial to continue

  SALISBURY — Darius Abel, one of two men on trial for the 2014 murders of two Spencer men, says he has an alibi, his attorney ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, February 20, 2019 9:40 pm

Crime

Blotter: Man reports sunglasses stolen from vehicle

SALISBURY — A man told the Salisbury Police Department on Tuesday that someone stole items from his vehicle while it was parked at his home ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, February 20, 2019 9:18 pm

Crime

Two people charged with breaking into vacant Lloyd Street house

SALISBURY — A man and woman were charged with breaking into a vacant Lloyd Street home after a neighbor spotted them going into it. Laquerius ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Wednesday, February 20, 2019 9:14 pm

Local

Chaplain Rice a voice of inspiration for police officers

SALISBURY — When disaster strikes, it’s often that officers of the Salisbury Police Department turn to a man of God for spiritual guidance and inspiration. ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, February 19, 2019 9:35 pm

Crime

Forensic scientists testify about DNA, other evidence in murder trial

SALISBURY — Forensic scientists with the N.C. State Crime Lab in Raleigh testified Tuesday about evidence that was examined from items seized in and near ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, February 19, 2019 8:38 pm

Crime

Blotter: Local man charged with possession of meth

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — A man was charged with possession of methamphetamine after a Rockwell police officer stopped a Honda Civic on Saturday ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Tuesday, February 19, 2019 9:53 am

Crime

Blotter: Intoxicated Kannapolis man enters church, faces charges

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS – A Kannapolis man faces misdemeanor and felony charges after he walked into a church intoxicated and caused a disturbance, ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Monday, February 18, 2019 12:00 am

Local

Three injured in furnace explosion at Granges plant

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Three employees were injured Sunday in a furnace explosion at the Granges plant on South Jake Alexander Boulevard, fire ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, February 17, 2019 10:50 pm

Local

Searchers, emergency personnel discontinue search for Rick Travis

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SPENCER — After a five-day exhaustive search for missing 66-year-old Richard “Rick” Travis, local emergency personnel along with area, regional search ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, February 17, 2019 12:10 am

Kannapolis

MURDOCK Study celebrates 10 years with study participants

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — On Feb. 16, 2009, Bobbie Beam walked onto the N.C. Research Campus in Kannapolis where she signed up to ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Sunday, February 17, 2019 12:05 am

Crime

Homes, vehicle shot into early Thursday morning

SALISBURY — Salisbury police say multiple homes and one car were shot into Thursday morning in the 1100 block of Celebration Drive. Investigators said four ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Friday, February 15, 2019 12:35 am

Crime

Salisbury man charged with arson, assaulting firefighters

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man faces felony charges after authorities say he set fire to his parents’ camper and assaulted firefighters who were extinguishing the ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, February 14, 2019 11:41 pm

Crime

Attorneys, prosecutor set Casey Parsons murder trial date

SALISBURY — During a short hearing Thursday, defense attorneys and Rowan County District Attorney Brandy Cook said they have agreed to separate murder trials for ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, February 14, 2019 10:23 pm

Crime

Investigators testify in murder trial about collected evidence

SALISBURY — Local and regional investigators testified in court Thursday about the evidence they collected, stored and examined in the October 2014 double murders of ... Read more

by Shavonne Potts, Thursday, February 14, 2019 9:12 pm

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