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Man convicted of being a habitual felon

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was convicted this week in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of two counts ...

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Salisbury Police respond to armed robbery at Little Caesars

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Little Caesars manager was cut during an armed robbery at the ...

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Local sex offender added to Sheriff’s most wanted list

A sex offender has been added to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office’s most-wanted list. Grover Todd Sartain, 43, ...

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Suspicious behavior at car dealership leads to drug arrests

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police say three people were charged Tuesday with crystal meth possession after ...

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Salisbury teenager charged with possession of stolen vehicle

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury police charged a local teenager with possession of a stolen vehicle ...

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Jury convicts local man of assault with a deadly weapon in 2016 shooting

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Rowan County jury found a Salisbury man guilty of assault with ...

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Sheriff: Man smokes crack before jail stint, charged with possession

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man who said he was “trying to smoke as much as ...

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Police: Victim chases suspect after vehicle break-in

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was charged with breaking into a vehicle after the owner ...

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East Spencer man awaiting trial for murder faces more charges

An East Spencer man awaiting trial for murder could see additional charges despite being jailed for nearly a ...

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Statesville man charged with 23 felony sex offenses

STATESVILLE — Jacob Allen Kranhenbuhl, 23, of Celeste Eufola Road, is facing 11 counts of felony first-degree sex ...

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Preliminary autopsy findings confirm murder-suicide of Salisbury couple

SALISBURY — After receiving preliminary autopsy findings, Rowan County authorities have closed a case involving a Salisbury couple ...

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Rowan authorities charged three with assault following Facebook exchange

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — A local woman was left with black eyes and other injuries after ...

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Rowan Sheriff’s Office removes two from its most wanted list

Rowan County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Michael Ray Trapp of 802 East Lafayette Street for felony failure to notify ...

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Rowan authorities identify Salisbury couple found dead in Jackson Road home

SALISBURY — Authorities continue to investigate the deaths of a Salisbury couple found dead Tuesday in their locked ...

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Salisbury police charge local man with May murder of man on North Shaver Street

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man has been charged in the May 28 murder of a man outside a ...

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Husband, wife found dead in home near Faith identified

UPDATE: Rowan County Sheriff’s officials have identified a husband and wife who were found dead in their Jackson ...

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Wisconsin court documents show blogger Steve Mensing assaulted wife

Steve Mensing, the curator of the blog Rowan Free Press, was charged after a July 7 verbal altercation ...

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Salisbury police patrols to turn on blue-bar lights in effort to stop vehicle break-ins

Salisbury Police Department SALISBURY — You’ll see more blue lights on the streets of Salisbury, but the Police ...

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Rowan Free Press blogger charged with domestic-abuse offenses in Wisconsin

Former Salisbury blogger Steve Mensing, who now lives in Madison, Wisconsin, was recently charged with domestic-abuse offenses, according ...

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Kannapolis teacher charged with trafficking in heroin or opium

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com KANNAPOLIS — A Kannapolis teacher was charged with conspiracy to traffic in heroin or ...

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Salisbury man charged with firearm theft from Walmart parking lot

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local man was charged in the May theft of a firearm ...

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Kannapolis man charged with sexual exploitation of a minor

KANNAPOLIS — A Kannapolis man was charged Thursday with a sex offense after an FBI investigation, according to ...

Crime

Three South Carolina men charged with ‘fish arcade’ robbery

SALISBURY — Three men were arrested in Monday’s robbery of the Salisbury Biz Center fish arcade, where they ...

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Man meeting another to buy baby items robbed at gunpoint in Gold Hill; one suspect later found shot in legs

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com GOLD HILL — A man who thought he was meeting someone to purchase baby ...

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Pair charged with drug possession after drugs found in car they claimed to test drive

SALISBURY — A man and woman were charged with drug possession after drugs were found in a vehicle ...

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Two men arrested, removed from Rowan County most-wanted list

SALISBURY — Two men have been removed from the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office’s most-wanted list after they were ...

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Woman shot at Brookview Apartments, Salisbury Police Department says

SALISBURY — A woman was injured in a shooting at Brookview Apartments complex Wednesday. The Salisbury Police Department ...

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No arrests made yet in Salvation Army vandalism

SALISBURY — Police continue to search for vandals who damaged the Salvation Army of Rowan County food pantry. ...

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