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Blotter: Livingstone Headstart reports break-in

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Livingstone Headstart reported Monday that someone broke into the front door of ...

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Driver charged with death by motor vehicle

Michael Anderson Wertz, 19, of Salisbury was charged Friday with misdemeanor death by motor vehicle following a December ...

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Blotter: Jan. 7

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports: A woman reported a motor vehicle theft in the 200 block of ...

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Blotter: Local agencies, state authorities charge two with selling fake goods at flea market

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The N.C. Department of the Secretary of State and the Landis Police ...

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Rowan County: 25 await trials for murder

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — There are 25 men and women who remain in the Rowan County ...

Crime

Blotter: Third person arrested in Speedway robbery

SALISBURY — Police made another arrest Thursday in the Dec. 30 robbery of a Speedway store. Percy Penn, ...

Crime

Blotter: Rowan man charged with publishing obscene material

A China Grove man remains in the Rowan County jail after he was charged Wednesday with publishing obscene ...

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Rowan sheriff’s most-wanted list updated

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office has removed one man from its most-wanted list and added another. ...

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Blotter: Man charged with drug possession during traffic stop

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County sheriff’s deputies charged a man with felony drug possession after ...

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Salisbury man wanted in December home invasion turns himself in

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man who was wanted in connection with a Dec. 21 ...

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Blotter: Woman charged with meth possession, removing security devices at store

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Rockwell woman was charged Friday with felony possession of methamphetamine and ...

Crime

Albemarle man charged with stealing Cub Scout trailer, vehicle

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — An Albemarle man has been charged with stealing a trailer used ...

Crime

Statesville woman violates pre-trial order

A Statesville woman faces new charges in a case of statutory rape of a child. Christina Davis Jolly, ...

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Police charge two with weekend convenience store robbery

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police say a man who was wanted for robbing a convenience store ...

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Blotter: Man charged with breaking into vehicles, stealing guns

Staff report SALISBURY — Authorities have charged Eric Eugene Burgess, 28, with multiple offenses, including breaking and entering ...

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Two charged after officer smells marijuana coming from car

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two men were arrested on drug charges Thursday after they drove toward ...

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Former police officer L.C. Underwood, convicted in notorious murder case 20 years ago, dies in prison

SALISBURY — A former Salisbury police officer who was convicted more than 20 years ago of kidnapping and ...

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Police say local man charged with East Cemetery Street home invasion/robbery

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local man was charged this week after a home invasion and ...

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Rockwell man charged with stealing TV from Walmart found to have cocaine

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Rockwell man stole a 55-inch television from Walmart and returned to ...

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Sheriff: Reason for rise in murders hard to pinpoint

SALISBURY — Murders in Rowan County increased in 2018 over the previous year, but Sheriff Kevin Auten said ...

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Rowan authorities add kidnapping, other charges against Statesville man involved in teen’s disappearance

SALISBURY — A Statesville man faces additional charges in the disappearance of a 14-year-old China Grove girl, who ...

Crime

Blotter: Salisbury man arrested for spitting blood at police officer

SALISBURY — Ray Allen Glen Spry was arrested Friday for malicous conduct by a prisoner and drug related ...

Crime

Man faces additional charges after missing China Grove teen found in Charlotte

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A China Grove teenager who had been missing since Thursday was found in Charlotte ...

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Police: Claymore Jones wanted in Old Navy theft, four days after gas station robbery

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury Police say the search for a local man continues after he ...

Crime

Kannapolis investigating robbery and shooting at Carolina Taxi

KANNAPOLIS – The Kannapolis Police Department is investing a robbery that took place this morning at Carolina Taxi ...

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Police chief optimistic about Santa Patrol initiative to reduce crime

SALISBURY — Salisbury Police Chief Jerry Stokes is optimistic that the numbers will show his department’s holiday initiative ...

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Local woman charged with attempting to rob Pop Shoppe gas station

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury police say a local woman tried to rob an Innes Street ...

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Police looking for suspect in Pop Shoppe robbery

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Salisbury Police Department is looking for a man connected to a ...

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