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Man here illegally charged with using FedEx to sell drugs

A Mexican national who has been in the United States illegally for 25 years was arrested by federal, ...

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Blotter: March 12

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com • Allied Universal reported Friday that someone stole a firearm from a closet at ...

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Mooresville man charged with sending child pornography

MOORESVILLE — A 19-year-old Mooresville man is being held under a $30,000 bond on charges of sharing child ...

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Blotter: Woman caught trying to break into vehicle

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A woman was charged with tampering with a vehicle after the owner ...

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Rowan Sheriff’s Office looking for man wanted for abuse of toddler

SALISBURY — Authorities are looking for a man they say abused a 4-year-old boy, including holding the child ...

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Final testimony heard in Abbitt, Albarran murder trial

SALISBURY — Jurors heard the last testimony Monday in the murder trial of Sindy Abbitt and Daniel Albarran, ...

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Pair charged with breaking into outbuilding after eviction from home

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office charged a man and woman with breaking into an outbuilding that ...

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Kannapolis man charged with sex offenses after victim’s mother catches him in the act

KANNAPOLIS — A Kannapolis man was charged with sex offenses against a 7-year-old girl after the victim’s mother ...

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Caregiver charged with breaking into safe, felony larceny

ENOCHVILLE – A caregiver for an 80-year-old man whose wife was hospitalized to have surgery was charged with breaking ...

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Salisbury police investigating vehicle break-ins in business parking lots

SALISBURY — Salisbury police are investigating a number of vehicle break-ins near Interstate 85 on Saturday. All of ...

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In separate cases, men arrested for sex crimes related to children

Staff report The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office charged Homer David Compton, 47, of Kannapolis, with committing a statutory ...

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Murder trial: Jurors watch emotional video in which mother points out daughter’s killers

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Jurors watched a video in which an emotional Mary Gregory saw the ...

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Man who tried to hide faces cocaine, marijuana charges

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man who tried to hide in a car from deputies ...

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Two convicted as habitual felons

SALISBURY — Two habitual felons were convicted in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court last week. Rickey Wayne Carroll ...

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Shooting reported in Lee Street parking lot

(This story has been updated) SALISBURY — A man was shot in the left shoulder during a fight ...

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Murder trial: Defense attempts to poke holes in police investigation

SALISBURY — During much of Thursday afternoon’s testimony, defense attorneys tried to poke holes in the investigation of ...

Crime

Woman charged as an accessory in Woodleaf murder

WOODLEAF — A 21-year-old woman has been charged with being an accessory to murder in a fatal shooting ...

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Emotional testimony opens trial in 2016 murder of waitress

SALISBURY — In emotional testimony Wednesday, Mary Gregory cried as she recalled seeing her daughter, 38-year-old Lacynda Feimster, ...

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Blotter: Teens cited for damaging field, simple marijuana possession

CHINA GROVE — Two teenagers and others were cited for damaging property after they fired guns Saturday in ...

Crime

Mooresvile man faces numerous charges after domestic dispute

MOORESVILLE — A Mooresville man was charged Friday with trying to run over his wife and bystanders with his ...

Crime

Wanted man hid inside apartment, police say

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man wanted on a number of offenses, some of which ...

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Two charged in weekend murder in Woodleaf

WOODLEAF — A man wanted by Rowan County authorities in connection with a weekend murder in Woodleaf was ...

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Blotter: Man charged with marijuana possession at traffic checkpoint

SALISBURY — Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputies charged a man with simple possession of marijuana while conducting a ...

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Sheriff’s deputies charge pair with theft of vehicle from Denton

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a man and woman Thursday in ...

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Salisbury Police charge man with 2017 game of skill robbery

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury police charged a local man with a 2017 armed robbery at ...

Crime

UPDATE: Murder suspect arrested in Robeson County

UPDATE: Rowan County Sheriff’s detectives have determined that murder suspect Hayden Godair fled the Woodleaf crime scene with ...

Crime

Blotter: Salisbury man charged with drug trafficking

Salisbury Police arrested Burlee Tobias Kersey, 35, of Salisbury, with trafficking heroin or opium on Friday. He sold ...

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UPDATED: One dead, suspect at large after Woodleaf murder

WOODLEAF — One man is dead and another is wanted for murder after a 1 a.m. Sunday murder, ...

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