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District Attorney clears police officer in Ferguson Laurent shooting

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury Police officer Karl Boehm has been cleared in the November shooting ...

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Rowan authorities looking for two masked men who robbed Dollar General

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County authorities say they are looking for two masked men who ...

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Search warrant: Shooting victim intervened in argument with sister, suspect

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Greensboro man who was shot and killed in Salisbury on May ...

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Mooresville man charged with murder in hit-and-run death

A Mooresville man has been charged with second-degree murder in a hit-and-run accident in Mooresville. Davidson Christopher Hollister, ...

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Man charged with opening, using credit card in mom’s name

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan County authorities charged a Salisbury man with opening a Wal-Mart credit ...

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Two Cleveland men charged with assault; one stabbed with BBQ fork

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com CLEVELAND — Two Cleveland residents were charged with assault and jailed after a fight ...

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Search leads to nearly $28,000 found in paint cans with false bottoms

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Kannapolis man was charged with drug possession after deputies accompanied probation ...

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Traffic stop yields fake checks and fraudulent prescriptions

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Four people face felony charges after Rowan County authorities made a traffic ...

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Police: Mount Ulla man charged with vehicle, ID theft

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A suspicious vehicle parked behind a local business led police to charge ...

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Blotter, June 2: Vehicle break-ins reported in restaurant parking lots

In Salisbury Police Department reports: • A man reported his vehicle was broken into Wednesday while parked in ...

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Police: Man wanted for murder of Timothy Grady surrenders, arrested at East Lafayette apartment

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man wanted in the Saturday murder of 34-year-old Timothy Lee ...

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Man charged with stealing from father, selling items

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — Rowan County authorities charged a Kannapolis man with the theft of ...

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Man assaults girlfriend, holds gun to her head

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com GOLD HILL — A Kannapolis man was behind bars Wednesday after authorities say he ...

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City officials challenged on warrants, Laurent death

By Josh Bergeron josh.bergeron@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In a two-hour community forum, local residents debated and challenged three City ...

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Blotter: Gun goes off during cleaning

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reported an accidental shooting Saturday. According to reports, Mark Hackworth, 49, of Salisbury ...

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Teen shot at Laurel Point Circle apartments

An 18-year-old man was injured in a shooting Monday night outside the 200 building of Laurel Point Apartments, ...

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Greensboro man dead in Ellis Street incident; police identify suspect

SALISBURY — A Greensboro man is dead following a shooting that occurred late Saturday night. Police are now ...

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UPDATE: Teen arrested (Granite Quarry-Faith police looking for teenager wanted for bank card theft)

Update: The Granite Quarry-Faith Police Department report that Andrew Adcock was arrested last night at a location off Happy Lake ...

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Kannapolis man faces felony hit and run charges in pedestrian death

KANNAPOLIS — A Kannapolis man has been charged in a May 19 hit-and-run that resulted in the death of ...

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NC woman convicted in 1986 for the murder of her infant up for parole review

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A North Carolina woman convicted more than 30 years ago of murdering her infant ...

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Family of A’yanna Allen hopes billboard will help catch her killer

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The family of A’yanna Allen hopes that a planned billboard on West ...

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Concord teen charged following fatal accident

CONCORD — A man has been charged in the death of another man in an accident in Concord. ...

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City, county authorities to erect billboard to solve A’yanna Allen murder

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — City and county authorities hope a billboard will help close the unsolved ...

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Police charge 3 teens with planning to beat, shoot homeless man and recording it

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police authorities say three teenagers recorded video on their cellphones as they ...

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City to hold press conference on status of A’yanna Allen murder

City and county officials have scheduled a press conference Wednesday to discuss the status of the A’yanna Allen ...

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Inmate assaulted by another inmate in detention center

SALISBURY — A Rowan County inmate was charged with assaulting another inmate after an altercation about a television ...

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Man on Sheriff’s Most Wanted List located

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man placed on the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office’s most wanted ...

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Piano shatters downtown window

By Rebecca Rider and Shavonne Walker news@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Organizers of a local public art installation are trying to ...

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