Crime

Former Rowan jail officer charged with providing drugs, phone to inmate

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A former Rowan County Detention Center officer was recently charged with providing ...

Crime

Man on Sheriff’s Most Wanted list captured, charged with rape

SALISBURY — A Salisury man on the Rowan Sheriff’s Most Wanted list has been captured and charged in ...

Crime

Man in country illegally convicted 17 years ago, deported; returns

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Kannapolis man could face some serious prison time if convicted after ...

Crime

Salisbury woman charged with breaking into vehicle, attempted home break-in

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Clay Street woman was charged with breaking into a vehicle and ...

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Korean War vet fends off would-be purse-snatcher

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — It all happened so fast, but Virginia Graves knows one thing for ...

Crime

Elm Street man charged in shooting at Colonial Village Apartments

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — An Elm Street man was charged with assault with intent to kill ...

Crime

Man fires gun into Colonial Village Apartment complex

SALISBURY — Police are investigating a Tuesday afternoon shooting at the Colonial Village Apartments that sent children running ...

Crime

Statesville man charged with indecent liberties with child

A Statesville man has been charged with six counts of indecent liberties with a child following an investigation ...

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Salisbury man takes computer to be fixed, is charged with sex offense

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man who took his computer to be repaired was charged with sex offenses after ...

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Woman charged Thursday with trespassing

From Staff Reports A local woman was charged last week after allegedly remaining at a local hotel after being being ...

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Salisbury man arrested on eight sex-related crimes

From staff reports news@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man on Friday was arrested on eight counts of sex-related ...

Crime

Police investigate homicide at Zion Hills, Salisbury man ID’d as victim

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Salisbury Police continue to investigate the Friday morning shooting death of a ...

Crime

Woman accused of setting fire to home she was restoring

SALISBURY — A China Grove woman was charged with arson Friday. On July 21, the Rowan County Sheriff’s ...

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Salisbury man arrested after jumping off bridge to elude deputies

STATESVILLE — A Salisbury man has been arrested in Statesville after the man jumped off a bridge to ...

BREAKING NEWS

Update: Police identify man killed at Zion Hills Apartments

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com UPDATE: Salisbury Police have identified a man who was shot and killed at Zion ...

Crime

Where is Erica? Investigators still following leads

SALISBURY — Three years after Erica Parsons was reported missing, the search for the Rowan County teen continues. “We’ve faced ...

Crime

Warrants: Grandson used ceramic bowl to bludgeon grandmother to death

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan investigators reveal in detailed search warrants that a ceramic bowl from ...

Crime

Man wanted in Mooresville murder arrested in China Grove

MOORESVILLE — Authorities found a Mooresville man wanted for the murder of his mother asleep inside a China ...

Crime

Police charge two men with breaking into local businesses

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police charged two men with breaking into area businesses; one man was caught on ...

Crime

‘Like somebody brutally murdered her’: 911 call foreshadows man’s arrest in grandmother’s murder

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — In a 911 call, Curtis Wayne Trexler pleads for help to arrive ...

Crime

Rowan man charged with running over mother-in-law, assaulting estranged wife

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com RICHFIELD — A 29-year-old Rowan man was charged after authorities said he ran over ...

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Mooresville man charged in murder of mother

MOORESVILLE — A Mooresville man has been arrested and charged in the beating death of his 79-year-old mother. ...

Crime

Blotter: Man turns self in on felony drug charges

SALISBURY — One month after warrants were first issued, a Salisbury man turned himself in Friday on multiple ...

Crime

Crime Blotter

In Salisbury Police Department reports: A man reported a burglary at the 1100 block of Lexington Avenue on ...

Crime

Salisbury man charged with ramming girlfriend’s car

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man released earlier this year from prison was charged this ...

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Rockwell woman tries to cut anti-theft device at Walmart, leaves bloody trail behind

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Rockwell woman was charged with damaging property in Walmart and leaving ...

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Man accused of killing grandmother makes first court appearance

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man who is accused of killing his grandmother made his ...

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Woodleaf couple charged with heroin possession after passing out in car

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Woodleaf couple were charged with heroin possession after an officer getting ...

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