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Blotter: Kannapolis man faces drug trafficking charges

Staff reports SALISBURY — A Kannapolis man faces multiple drug charges after allegedly transporting heroin. Tevin Marcell Moore, ...

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Salisbury Police looking for a man wanted in Shawn Spry murder

SALISBURY — Salisbury authorities say they are looking for a man wanted in the murder of 22-year-old Shawn ...

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Opioid abuse, addiction a growing problem in Rowan County

  SALISBURY — In the 1990s and early 2000s, the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office didn’t see a lot ...

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The deaths of Gill, Robertson: ‘It’s tough for all of us’

By Savannah Morgan, Anna Grace Thrailkill and Mark Wineka news@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Anthony Gill, laid to rest Thursday ...

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Rowan authorities looking for men who broke into eastern Rowan convenience stores

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Authorities are looking for two men who broke into convenience stores in ...

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Kannapolis man sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for kidnapping

Brian Charles Chiccarello of Kannapolis was convicted on July 27 in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of felony ...

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Two arrested in connection with Saturday double murder

SALISBURY — Police on Tuesday arrested two men in connection with a weekend double murder in downtown Salisbury.

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Body found on Link Avenue; police say it was likely city’s third homicide in days

  SALISBURY — The Salisbury Police Department is investigating the Monday shooting death of a Salisbury man whose ...

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Salvation Army transport bus vandalized, deemed nonoperational

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Salvation Army is looking to see how it can continue some ...

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Two people killed in downtown shooting, two others hospitalized

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two people were killed and two others were hospitalized after an early Saturday ...

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Two people dead in early morning Salisbury shooting, police ID others

SALISBURY — An early morning shooting in the 100 block of West Fisher Street left one person dead ...

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Police called to same house for drug overdose twice in three days

By Jessica Coates jessica.coates@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Salisbury Police Department was called to the same house in the ...

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Habitual felon convicted, sentenced to four to five and a half years

SALISBURY — Lindsey Lenell Hayes of Reidsville was convicted this week by a Rowan County Superior Court jury ...

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More charges for pair captured after on most-wanted list

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County authorities have brought additional breaking-and-entering charges against a couple who had ...

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Man charged with multiple drug offenses, possession of gray death heroin

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Lincolnton Road man was behind bars Wednesday under a $501,000 bond ...

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Pair on most-wanted list captured during Mooresville traffic stop

SALISBURY — A man and woman who were added to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office most-wanted list earlier this ...

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Sheriff: Man accused of using stolen debit card at local stores

  SALISBURY — A Salisbury man is charged with using a State Employees’ Credit Union debit card that ...

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Sheriff: Woman uses old bank account to receive fraudulent funds

SALISBURY — Rowan County authorities say a Salisbury woman used personal checks for a closed bank account to make ...

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Two added to sheriff’s most-wanted list as suspects in western Rowan break-ins

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office has added two people to its most-wanted list after a multijurisdictional ...

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Habitual felon convicted, will serve up to 93 months

SALISBURY — Orlando Rojas Jr. of Rockwell was convicted Friday in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of felony ...

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Couple face multiple drug, weapons charges

SALISBURY — After a yearlong investigation, a Stokes Ferry Road couple have been arrested on multiple drug and ...

BREAKING NEWS

Both mother, ex-boyfriend now in custody, face murder charges in infant’s death

Staff report SALISBURY — An 18-year-old mother and her ex-boyfriend face murder and felony child abuse charges in connection ...

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Man charged in Kauffman shooting charged with cell in jail

  SALISBURY — Rowan County authorities say they are looking into how a county detention center inmate obtained ...

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Three charged with drug possession following probation check

  SALISBURY — Salisbury authorities say a probation check at a Pine Street home led them to charge ...

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New strategies take hold in fight against crime; Salisbury and Rowan County agencies adapting

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com It’s 3 a.m., and a domestic call comes in at the 911 communications center ...

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Jury convicts Salisbury man on child sex offense; judge sentences him to at least 26 years in prison

SALISBURY — A Rowan County jury Thursday convicted Jimmy Lee Farmer of Salisbury on charges of felony first-degree ...

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Police: three-month long drug investigations leads to charges

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was behind bars Thursday on charges stemming from a ...

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Police: Woman charged with assaulting 73-year-old man following car accident

SALISBURY — Authorities say a local woman pushed a 73-year-old man to the ground after he caused a ...

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