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Rowan authorities: teens cited for drug possession after traffic stop

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Three people were cited for drug possession after a driver was pulled ...

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Former trooper expected in court next month, charged with punching suspected DWI driver

SALISBURY — A former State Highway Patrol trooper assigned to Rowan County will face misdemeanor charges in court next month on ...

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Blotter: March 6

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A man reported Friday that someone broke into his home and stole ...

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Sex offender placed on Rowan County most-wanted list arrested hours after list goes public

SALISBURY — Authorities say a sex offender who was placed on its most-wanted list late last week was arrested ...

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Five convicted in Superior Court this week

SALISBURY — Three habitual felons and two drug traffickers were convicted this week in Rowan County Criminal Superior ...

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Blotter: Man reports arson of car

SALISBURY — A man reported that someone broke the driver’s side window with a brick, poured gasoline into a ...

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Two-alarm fire reported in lake-side community

Staff report SALISBURY — Fire destroyed a camper Friday morning off St. Matthew’s Church Road near High Rock Lake. ...

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Man placed on Rowan County Sheriff’s Office most-wanted list arrested this week

SALISBURY — A local man who was placed on the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office most-wanted list in December was ...

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Three fugitives added to Rowan County Sheriff’s Office most wanted list

SALISBURY — Three fugitives were added to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office’s most-wanted list for March. Two of ...

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Blotter: East Rowan High student cited for bringing hunting knife to school

SALISBURY — An East Rowan High School student was cited for bringing a knife to school, the Rowan ...

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Blotter

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A man told the Salisbury Police Department on Tuesday that someone stole ...

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Freshman charged with making threats at Salisbury High

SALISBURY — A 14-year-old student copied a Facebook post threatening to “shoot up SHS,” prompting administrators to put ...

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Blotter: Drugs seized on U.S. 52, East Innes Street

In Salisbury Police Department reports: • The theft of automobile accessories was reported Saturday in the 200 block ...

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Social Services investigated Parsons household twice

SALISBURY — Social workers in Rowan County investigated possible abuse of Erica Parsons when the girl was 4 and ...

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Blotter: Police charge man with felony cocaine possession

SALISBURY — Salisbury police charged a man with felony cocaine possession after a short vehicle chase following a traffic stop Thursday ...

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Woodleaf man sentenced to over six to 12 years in prison for 2016 rape

SALISBURY — A Woodleaf man was convicted of felony second-degree forcible rape this week in a four-day jury trial. ...

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Stolen tractor leads to charge for Cleveland man

CLEVELAND — A John Deere tractor worth $14,500 was reported stolen Feb. 13 from an address on Triplett ...

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Mooresville man charged with statutory rape

MOORESVILLE — A Mooresville man has been arrested on 24 charges of sexual offenses with at least two children. ...

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Three cars broken into outside gym

SALISBURY — Three cars were broken into in the Planet Fitness parking lot between 7 and 9:05 p.m. Monday, ...

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Police Blotter 2/21/18

In Salisbury Police Department reports: • Credit card fraud was reported at Gamestop on Faith Road on Monday. ...

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A timeline of the Erica Parsons case

Provided by the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office July 30, 2013: Jamie Parsons, son of Casey and Sandy Parsons ...

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Press conference on Erica Parsons at 11

Rowan County Sheriff Kevin Auten will hold a press conference later today, 2-20-2018, at 11 a.m., in Courtroom 6, ...

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Man arrested for alleged connection to international smuggling operation

CHINA GROVE — The trail stops here for an alleged international smuggling operation. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office ...

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Man arrested three times in eight days

GOLD HILL — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office says it took Jason Scott Dillard a few times to ...

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Search warrant: Jeff Athey walked into a Granite Quarry bank prior to robbing Rockwell F&M bank

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Jeff Athey, a Salisbury man and former Davidson County sheriff’s deputy, walked ...

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Mocksville man convicted of heroin trafficking, sentenced to 13 to 18 years in prison

SALISBURY — A Mocksville man was convicted in court this week and sentenced to 13 years to 18 ...

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Salisbury man will remain in prison for 20 to 28 years for Walgreens robberies, heroin trafficking

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man who robbed a number of Walgreens in Rowan, Surry and Wake counties will ...

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Thieves break into local church twice in two months

SALISBURY — Thieves broke into a local church twice in two months, according to the Salisbury Police Department. ...

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