Crime

Sheriff’s Office: West Rowan Middle teacher confesses to inappropriate exchanges with student

SALISBURY —  A 29-year-old teacher at West Rowan Middle School is facing criminal charges after confessing to having inappropriate ...

Crime

Blotter: Mocksville man faces identity theft charges

SALISBURY — A Mocksville man faces more than a dozen charges after being charged Friday with identity theft. ...

Crime

Two shot during robbery on Parrish Street

SALISBURY — Two people are in stable condition after being shot Saturday night during a robbery on Parrish ...

Crime

District Attorney adds charges against Power Cross coach, mother of victim speaks

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Rowan County District Attorney’s Office has brought additional assault charges against ...

News

Blotter: Rowan sex offender charged with failing to notify of address change

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Rowan County sex offender was charged this week with failing to ...

News

Police in Granite Quarry looking for arcade robbery suspect

GRANITE QUARRY — The Granite Quarry-Faith Police Authority is looking for three men who police said robbed the ...

News

Mount Ulla man charged with death by vehicle, other offenses in three-vehicle collision

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Mount Ulla man was charged this week with felony death by ...

News

Spencer Police looking for robbery suspect

SPENCER — Spencer Police are looking for a man who they say robbed a convenience store this morning. ...

News

Police: Former Belk employee accused of using money from customers’ purchases for gift cards

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Spencer woman was accused of using unfulfilled Belk customer orders to ...

Crime

Carjacking suspects identified, whereabouts unknown

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office has identified two people in connection with a November carjacking and ...

News

Salisbury doctor to serve nearly four years after over-prescribing opioids

SALISBURY — A Salisbury medical doctor who unlawfully prescribed oxycodone was sentenced to prison, announced Matthew G.T. Martin, ...

News

Charlotte men charged with having counterfeit money, other offenses

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two Charlotte men remain in the Rowan County jail charged with possession ...

Crime

Felon charged with transporting sawed-off shotgun on I-85, possessing crystal methamphetamine

SALISBURY – A Rockwell man faces weapons and drug charges as well as traffic citations after an incident ...

Crime

Erica Parsons’ adoptive father pleads guilty to murder, sentenced

Editor’s note: For the Post’s full story on the plea and sentencing, read “Erica Parsons’ adoptive dad to ...

News

Suspect in carjacking, robbery sought

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in the investigation of a ...

Crime

Blotter: Marijuana citation issued to man sleeping in car

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police issued a citation to a man for marijuana possession after an ...

Crime

Crime blotter: Dec. 15

• Brandon Brent Sullivan, 37, of Salisbury, was charged by Rowan County Sheriff’s Office with misdemeanor larceny of motor ...

News

Kids in need ‘Shop with a Cop’ for Christmas presents

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After picking out Nerf guns, skateboards and Barbies on Saturday, kids will ...

Crime

Police investigating North Ellis Street shooting

SALISBURY — Police are investigating an early Sunday morning shooting that left a local woman with a gunshot ...

News

Blotter: Sheriffs investigating reports of shots fired into home

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A man reported shots fired into his mobile home on Rockwood Drive ...

Crime

Salisbury police arrest one for September apartment fire

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police have made an arrest for a fire they believe was intentionally ...

News

Blotter

SALISBURY — According to the Salisbury Police Department, Frank Larry Graham, 32, was charged with preventing activation of ...

News

Blotter: Dec. 9

In Salisbury Police Department reports: • A man reported three credit cards stolen from Rooms 2 Suites, at 1300 ...

News

Police charge 18-year-old with trespassing on Salisbury High campus

Staff report The code-yellow lockdown at Salisbury High School early Friday afternoon was connected to the arrest of ...

News

“Bond doesn’t equal punishment:” How a tool is used to keep accused from fleeing

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It’s been 33 days since Madison Drew Harrington walked out of the ...

News

Blotter: Man assaulted, robbed on Merritt Avenue

SALISBURY — A man was robbed in the 200 block of South Merritt Avenue after returning from a ...

Crime

Man arrested after being spotted on Salisbury High School campus

SALISBURY — Salisbury High School was placed on a code-yellow lockdown early Friday afternoon after reports of a ...

Crime

Salisbury man gets 28 years in prison on child pornography charges

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man who pleaded guilty in August to production of child pornography was sentenced Friday ...

< Newer|Older >

SportsPlus