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Police: Thief steals nearly 80 cellphones from Cricket Wireless

Salisbury Police say someone broke into a local cellphone store and walked away with 79 cellphones. Officers responded ...

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Blotter: Oct. 22

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com In Salisbury Police Department reports • State Employees Credit Union reported on Friday the ...

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Police: Lexington man charged with cocaine possession

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Lexington man was charged on Friday night with cocaine possession after police said ...

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Teen killed in Cabarrus discovered in Rockwell

An investigation is underway after a Concord teen was found dead inside a vehicle in Rockwell, Rowan County ...

Crime

Police: 71-year-old man is city’s second murder of the year

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Salisbury Police say a 71-year-old man who died Saturday after being shot inside his ...

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Blotter: China Grove man faces felony possession, other drug charges

SALISBURY — A China Grove faces a list of drug charges after an indictment and Saturday arrest. William ...

Crime

Police start gun safety initiative to prevent stolen weapons

SALISBURY — The police department has created a new gun crime initiative that encourages citizens to not leave ...

Crime

Salisbury police hope to draw attention to cold cases with new website

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Crischelle Patterson lost her brother Rico Baker in 2008 to gun violence. ...

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Rowan men charged with marijuana trafficking after drugs found in car hauler

Rowan County Sheriff’s officials say two local men were charged with marijuana trafficking after the drug was found ...

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Blotter: Wanted man found hiding in attic

SALISBURY — A man found hiding in the attic of a home on South Main Street was arrested ...

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Two men charged in Foster Road shooting death

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — Two men are charged with weapons and robbery offenses after a botched ...

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China Grove man accused of inappropriately touching two young girls

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — A China Grove man is charged with inappropriately touching two young ...

Crime

CANCELED Amber Alert: 15-year-old girl from Fayetteville

The Fayetteville Police Department is searching for a missing child:   Nevia Maihyanna Nixon. Nevia Maihyanna Nixon is a 15-year-old Black ...

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Blotter: Shooting reported in Sheetz parking lot

SALISBURY — Detectives are looking for a man involved in an early-morning shooting in the Sheetz convenience store ...

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Winston-Salem man charged with trafficking in heroin

SALISBURY — A Winston-Salem man was charged with heroin trafficking after a Tuesday evening vehicle chase. Authorities with ...

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Kannapolis teens charged with breaking into China Grove church

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Two Kannapolis teenagers were charged this week with breaking into a ...

Crime

Robbery of Spencer Circle K may be linked to attempted Salisbury robbery

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SPENCER — A gunman robbed the Circle K convenience store early Tuesday morning and ...

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Blotter: Pizza delivery woman robbed while making delivery

SALISBURY — A Marco’s Pizza delivery driver was robbed Friday night, according to the Salisbury Police Department. At ...

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Man identified as victim in fatal, five-vehicle collision

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — James Edward Burris, 54, has been identified as the person who died ...

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Teenager accused of shoplifting charged with assaulting officer

SALISBURY — A teenager accused of stealing alcohol from Walmart on Friday kicked the police officer who was ...

Crime

Blotter: Two men charged with selling stolen car for scrap

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office charged two men with selling a stolen vehicle to ...

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Two Rowan men sentenced to prison for drug offenses

GREENSBORO — Two Rowan County men were sentenced to prison late last week for unrelated drug offenses, according ...

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Blotter: Oct. 10

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports: • A man reported a break-in Tuesday in the 100 block of ...

Crime

Goldsboro man charged with breaking into Jackson St. home

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Goldsboro man was charged with breaking into a South Jackson Street ...

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Argument at local restaurant leads to hospital stay

SALISBURY — Two men got into an argument at a local restaurant, and one of them ended up ...

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Convenience store robbed at gunpoint in Granite Quarry

GRANITE QUARRY — Two people robbed a convenience store at gunpoint early Monday morning, according to the Granite ...

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Police investigating battery theft at Salvation Army

SALISBURY — Someone damaged a Salvation Army truck and stole its battery while it was parked outside the ...

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Blotter: Police investigate shots fired at Salisbury apartment

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Gunshots were reported at a Salisbury apartment complex Thursday night. A Salisbury ...

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