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Police: Michigan hitchhiker charged with assault, larceny

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Michigan man was charged this weekend with assaulting a man whom ...

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East Spencer man charged with the rape of 13-year-old girl

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A 22-year-old East Spencer man has been charged with raping a teenage ...

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Behind the Investigation: How Salisbury Police investigations unfold

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury Police detectives are looking into who killed a 75-year-old Salisbury man ...

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Albemarle man killed in Salisbury arcade

Salisbury Police Department SALISBURY — At 1:18 a.m. Saturday morning, Salisbury police were dispatched to the Fishzilla Arcade ...

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Blotter: Salisbury man charged with stealing cosmetics, other items from Rite Aid

SALISBURY — A local man was charged with stealing feminine products, cosmetics and other items valued at more ...

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Salisbury police investigating early-morning homicide at East Franklin Street home

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A 75-year-old man was found dead in his East Franklin Street home ...

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Blotter: Woman charged with assault after police called for welfare check

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury police officers were called to a Lincolnton Road home for a ...

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Rowan sheriff: How an inmate was able to escape the county jail

SALISBURY — The burning question for many people this weekend was how an inmate charged with murder was ...

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Man who escaped county jail takes plea in 2016 murder

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man charged in the 2016 murder of a woman whose partially burned body was ...

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Blotter: Woman assaulted in the parking lot of Waffle House

A woman was assaulted Monday in the parking lot of the South Jake Alexander Boulevard Waffle House. According ...

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Inmate who escaped Rowan jail in custody

SALISBURY — A man charged with murder escaped the Rowan County Detention Center late Saturday evening. According to ...

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Blotter: Two people cited after breaking into a Rockwell home

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — Two people face misdemeanor charges after they were cited with breaking into a ...

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Man charged with murder escapes Rowan County Detention Center

SALISBURY — A man charged with murder escaped the Rowan County Detention Center late Saturday evening. According to ...

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Suspect sought in shooting on Ivy Street turns himself in

Update: The suspect turned himself in around 5 p.m. at the Rowan County Magistrates offic. The Salisbury Police ...

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Fire officials say a belt sparked, ignited cotton bales at Gildan Yarns

SALISBURY — A belt sparked and ignited bales of cotton at Gildan Yarns early Thursday morning. Multiple fire ...

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Police investigating overnight incident at Livingstone College

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Livingstone College campus police and the Salisbury Police Department are investigating a shooting ...

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Rowan DA to seek death penalty in Casey Parsons murder case

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County District Attorney Brandy Cook will seek the death penalty for ...

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Salisbury police say woman shot twice at Ivy Street home

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A woman was shot twice at a home on Ivy Street when two men ...

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Detectives hopeful new technology will help with 34-year-old Reesa Trexler murder case

SALISBURY — Although Jodie Trexler Laird appeared on the “Dr. Phil” show with the intent to clear her ...

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Blotter: Break-ins reported in Westcliffe subdivision

SALISBURY — Salisbury police are looking into a number of vehicle break-ins in the Westcliffe subdivision, most of ...

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Salisbury Police looking into break-ins of three local restaurants

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Thieves broke into three area restaurants overnight Tuesday, according to the Salisbury Police ...

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Blotter: Woman accuses ex-boyfriend, his brother of assault

SALISBURY — A woman says she was “jumped” Friday by her ex-boyfriend and his brother while she and ...

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Search warrant: Joshua Clark shot grandmother Melanie Clark in the head

SALISBURY — Joshua Dimitri Clark, the 25-year-old man charged with killing his grandmother, has confessed to Rowan County Sheriff’s ...

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Police are looking for man who wore employee vest, stole TVs from Walmart

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A man used a Walmart employee’s vest to steal two 58-inch televisions from ...

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Blotter: Former caregiver charged with stealing, using client’s bank card

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A former Comfort Keepers employee was charged Friday with taking a bank ...

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‘Dr. Phil Show’ exonerates Jodie Trexler Laird in the 34-year-old unsolved murder of her sister Reesa Trexler

SALISBURY — After 34 years of being suspected as the person who killed her sister, Reesa Dawn Trexler, ...

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Authorities looking into vehicle break-ins in western Rowan

SALISBURY — Investigators are looking into a number of vehicle break-ins in a western Rowan County neighborhood. According ...

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Stepfather faces child abuse charges, accused of beating up 11-year-old

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man faces child abuse charges after he was accused of punching ...

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