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Blotter: Couple charged with writing bad checks, meth possession

SALISBURY — A couple who live on Gold Knob Road have been charged with larceny, multiple counts of ...

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Teen charged with sex offenses involving 11-year-old girl

SALISBURY — A Salisbury teenager has been charged with sex offenses involving an 11-year-old girl after the girl’s ...

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Woman charged with stealing jewelry; boyfriend pawns jewelry

SALISBURY — A man and woman are accused of using a cleaning business to steal and pawn thousands ...

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Police blotter: Salisbury couple arrested on multiple charges

Staff report SALISBURY — A couple living on Gold Knob Road have been charged with larceny, multiple counts ...

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Woman accused of stealing from Walmart, using ID of dead woman

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVER — A China Grove woman is charged with stealing from Walmart, where ...

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Man wrongfully accused demands DA resign, wants internal investigation

SALISBURY — Witt Darnell Alexander, who was wrongfully accused of murder and spent 444 days in the county ...

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Salisbury man sentenced to prison for nearly eight years for firearm conviction

GREENSBORO — A Salisbury man was sentenced to 92 months in prison on a charge of possession of ...

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Inmates charged with weapons offenses after sharpened toothbrushes found in jail

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two teenage inmates face felony weapons charges after authorities found sharpened toothbrushes ...

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Blotter: Oct. 3

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports: • Hanford Dole Elementary School reported Monday that an out-of-control student damaged ...

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Cooleemee man sentenced to prison on drug, weapon charges

SALISBURY — Randy Lee Church of Cooleemee was convicted this week in Rowan County Superior Court on charges ...

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Failure to stop at sign leads to arrest for stolen vehicle

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A man who stole a vehicle from the Walmart parking lot failed ...

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Blotter: Oct. 2

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com In Salisbury Police Department reports: • A man reported Monday that items were stolen ...

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Rockwell man faces felony sex offense charges

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — A Rockwell man sent cellphone pictures of his private parts to an ...

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NC Supreme Court holds sessions in Salisbury

SALISBURY — It’s not often that the North Carolina Supreme Court justices leave Raleigh to hear cases. In ...

Crime

Federal grant will create Regional Crime Intelligence Center

SALISBURY — Criminals don’t care about municipal borders, and that’s part of the reason the Rowan Regional Crime ...

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Blotter: Man charged with having meth after search of mo-ped

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local man was charged with possession of methamphetamine after a deputy ...

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Blotter: Salisbury man charged with trafficking opioids

SALISBURY — Kenneth Wayne Miller, 32, of Salisbury, was charged Sunday by Rowan County Sheriff’s Office with two ...

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State asks for help in finding missing historical markers in Rowan, Davidson counties

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Someone stole historical markers from Rowan and Davidson counties within the last ...

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Salisbury man sentenced to over six years in prison for marijuana convictions

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was sentenced this week to serve six to eight years in prison for ...

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Police: Man spotted on Livingstone College campus with gun arrested

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local man was charged with weapons offenses after he was spotted ...

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Blotter: Student charged with disorderly conduct

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports: • A toolbox was stolen off the back of a truck Tuesday ...

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Investigators raid two homes, seize drugs, weapons

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Detectives with the Salisbury Police Department and Rowan County Sheriff’s Office raided ...

Crime

Blotter: Burglary reported at City Park rec center

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — City employees reported a burglary at City Park overnight Monday. The Salisbury ...

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Shots fired at Zion Hills Apartments

SALISBURY — Multiple reports of gunshots fired were investigated at Zion Hills Apartments early Monday morning, and police ...

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China Grove man sentenced to life in prison for 2016 murder

SALISBURY — A China Grove man was sentenced to life in prison for the 2016 stabbing death of ...

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Rowan County man wanted on rape charges

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man is charged with forcing an 11-year-old Missouri girl to ...

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Blotter

In Salisbury Police Department reports • A man reported Friday that items were stolen from his vehicle while ...

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Salisbury Police Department’s strategic goals strike a chord with the community

Editor’s note: This story follows one published Sunday (“SPD uses new tech to adapt to future”) about new ...

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