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VA police officer charged with manufacturing marijuana

SALISBURY — Rowan authorities say a W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical Center police officer was charged this week ...

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In Salisbury Police reports: • A woman reported Saturday a larceny occurred in the 1100 block of Old ...

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Police: Task force crackdown leads to drug, weapons arrest

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man faces felony drug and a weapons charge this week ...

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Man charged with break-in at home of couple who took him in

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was charged with breaking into an outbuilding of a couple who let him ...

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Mooresville teen charged with breaking into multiple vehicles

MOORESVILLE — A 19-year-old Mooresville man on a bike has been charged with breaking and entering cars in ...

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DA: Wayne Hill told police he slept beside Roxanne Maddry’s dead body

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Wayne Eugene Hill told investigators he slept beside the dead body of ...

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Wayne Hill sentenced to more than 18 years in death of Roxanne Maddry

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Well-known China Grove karate instructor Wayne Eugene Hill, who has been in ...

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Sheriff: Most wanted suspects arrested, search for two continues

SALISBURY — Rowan authorities say they have arrested three people who were on the Sheriff’s Office most wanted list, ...

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Local basketball star shot in Charlotte early Saturday morning, misses graduation

Details are limited, but two-time Rowan County Basketball Player of the Year Jalen Sanders of North Rowan High School ...

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Deputies arrest what they call heroin ‘big player’

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com ROCKWELL — For the past three years, residents have been filing complaints against 375 Nazareth ...

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Sheriff’s Office looking for four wanted on drug charges

SALISBURY — Three people have been arrested and four more are wanted after the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office ...

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Rushco employee charged with embezzlement

SALISBURY — Crysta Lynn Jordan, 43, was arrested Thursday after she allegedly embezzled from her employer. According to ...

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Spencer man convicted of robbery

Rasheed Anthony Stephens-Maddox was convicted by a jury this week in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of felony ...

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One person injured by gunfire in Spencer

SPENCER — Spencer Police reported that a shooting occurred on Monday morning. Witnesses reported hearing multiple shots on ...

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Eight goats dead after dog attack

KANNAPOLIS — A vicious dog is loose on Unity Church Road after an attack on a Kannapolis man’s ...

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Kannapolis man convicted on burglary, weapons charges

SALISBURY — Ronnie Alexander Day of Kannapolis was convicted this week in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court of ...

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Two arrested after undercover operation

Two men were arrested as a result of an undercover operation that brought five organizations together.

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Salisbury man wanted in connection with meth lab turns himself in

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man wanted in connection with a meth lab at his Candlewick Drive home has ...

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Police: Shots fired in West End, four people charged

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police say they charged four people, three of whom are teens, in connection ...

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Local youth pastor sentenced to up to 23 years in prison

Benjamin Ross Hollifield, 26, of Salisbury was convicted this week in Rowan County Superior Court of seven counts ...

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Brothers with federal convictions charged with heroin

SPENCER — Authorities charged two brothers who already have federal convictions with heroin possession following multiple undercover drug purchases. ...

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Undercover operation ends in two arrests

SALISBURY — Two were arrested Wednesday after Salisbury Police executed a search warrant on a Maple Avenue home. ...

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Sheriff’s office investigating string of car break-ins

By Rebecca Rider rebecca.rider@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Sheriff’s deputies are looking for clues after multiple vehicle break-ins at an ...

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Crime Blotter: Shots fired on West Bank Street

SALISBURY — Residents reported shots fired Wednesday evening at West Bank, West Horah and Institute streets. According to police, witnesses ...

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Concord police ID suspects in fatal attempted robbery

CONCORD — Police have identified two suspects in an attempted armed robbery Tuesday that left a third would-be robber dead. ...

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Crime Blotter: Man shot in calf

ROCKWELL — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said that one man was wounded in a shooting Saturday. According to ...

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Man tells police girlfriend came at him with butcher knife

CHINA GROVE — A 59-year-old China Grove woman was arrested Friday after her boyfriend said that she came after him ...

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Man arrested on drug, weapons charges after traffic stop

CHINA GROVE — A man was arrested on five charges after he was pulled over for driving with with ...

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