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Blotter: Two 16-year-olds arrested for breaking and entering

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Four teenagers fled from a home on Lantz Avenue on Thursday after ...

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Jermail Blake sentenced to 5 to 8 years for voluntary manslaughter

By Liz Moomey liz.moomey@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After being convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the death of Altereck Shields ...

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Pizza delivery man robbed by 3 in Salisbury

SALISBURY — Police are looking for three people who robbed a pizza delivery man after midnight Thursday. A man ...

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Blotter: Salisbury woman takes police on high-speed vehicle chase

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Salisbury woman was charged Wednesday after she took police on a high-speed chase ...

Crime

Jurors find Jermail Blake guilty of voluntary manslaughter

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Jurors on Friday found Jermail Blake guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the murder of ...

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Medical examiner says murdered barber stabbed 3 times

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Local barber Altereck Shields, who was reportedly stabbed to death in 2016 ...

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Driver cited for marijuana following traffic checkpoint

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Salisbury man was issued a citation Tuesday after an officer smelled marijuana during ...

Crime

Conflicting testimony begins Jermail Blake murder trial

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Testimony began Tuesday in a murder trial against Jermail Blake, who is accused of ...

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blotter 5/21

In other Salisbury Police Department reports: • A man reported that someone stole a firearm from his residence ...

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Murder trial begins for man in 2016 stabbing death

SALISBURY — Three years after a Rowan County man was stabbed to death during a fight at a ...

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Blotter: Intoxicated man assaults police officer

An intoxicated man assaulted a police officer downtown after the Cheerwine Festival on Saturday. He also had a ...

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Two men robbed at gunpoint in separate incidents

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Newsome Road man says he was robbed while sitting on his ...

Crime

Police blotter: Officers busy over weekend

Staff report Here are Friday and weekend arrests made by local law enforcement, based on reports from the ...

Crime

Salisbury pair charged after accidentally calling former narcotics officer

A pair of Salisbury men were charged this week with methamphetamine-related offenses after they accidentally called the number ...

Crime

Pair from Mocksville lead chase, face number of charges

In an incident that began in Iredell County and ended on Interstate 77, two people from Mocksville led ...

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Blotter: May 17

Carolina Quarries in Rockwell on Tuesday reported a break-in and vandalism at the business, 280 Comolli Road, according ...

Crime

Family of murder victim speaks out; suspect in court

SALISBURY — Mya Miller overcame childhood turmoil and was excited about the next chapter of her life, her ...

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Local man accused of stealing $2,000 worth of merchandise from Walmart

Police are looking for a Salisbury man they say took over $2,000 worth of merchandise from Walmart over ...

Crime

Charlotte man faces murder charges after Kannapolis man died of drug overdose

KANNAPOLIS — Police have charged a Charlotte man with the July 2018 murder of 37-year-old Shaun Antonio Alexander, ...

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Blotter: Man threatens Marshalls staff with gun after theft

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local man was charged with armed robbery after he and a ...

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Blotter: 5/15

Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports • A woman reported an assault Friday in the 1700 block of Rainey ...

Crime

Woman shot Monday night near Union Heights and Crown Point boulevards

SALISBURY — A Salisbury woman is in stable condition after being shot Monday night, according to the Salisbury ...

Crime

Update: Suspect in custody in homicide on Long Street

SALISBURY — The murder of a 19-year-old woman Tuesday at North Long and 11th streets was a random ...

Crime

Woman convicted of obtaining property by false pretenses

SALISBURY — Elizabeth Dawn Mullis West was convicted this week in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of felony ...

Crime

UPDATED: Hodges identified as woman shot Monday

UPDATE: Police have identified the shooting victim as Debra Jane Hodges, who is in stable condition. Officials said ...

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Blotter: May 13

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports • A man reported vandalism to his vehicle in the 100 block ...

Crime

Missing teen Michael Earley was beaten, buried at suspect’s home, warrant says

SALISBURY — Michael Elijah Earley, of Rockwell, was beaten to death and transported from Sides Road, and taken ...

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Salisbury man sentenced to 14 years in prison for first-degree sex offenses

SALISBURY — Thomas James Nicholas, 29, was sentenced Monday to at least eight years in prison on two ...

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