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Police: Shelby man charged with heroin possession

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Shelby man was charged with heroin possession Wednesday morning after someone alerted police that ...

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Blotter: Woodleaf man charged with insurance fraud

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Woodleaf man faces a felony charge of insurance fraud after officials with the ...

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Court finds Rockwell man not guilty of assault on a female

Scott Derryl Keyes, 52, of Rockwell, was found not guilty of misdemeanor assault on a female following a ...

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Police: Grove Street home fire confirmed arson

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Salisbury Police have confirmed a Grove Street fire that displaced Sidney Nicol and his ...

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Blotter

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com In police reports: • Police responded on Saturday to a shots fired call in ...

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Police: Man shocked with Taser, marijuana, gun seized

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Police say they had to shock a man with a Taser after he refused ...

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Weekend crime briefs

Stopped car leads to several charges A Salisbury man who refused a blood-alcohol content test and threatened police ...

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Weekend crime roundup

Man arrested after shouting profanities A Dunn man was arrested in Salisbury after screaming profanities at customers in ...

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Blotter: Rockwell man cited for marijuana possession at traffic checkpoint

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Rockwell man was issued a citation during a traffic checkpoint after Rowan County ...

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Woman refuses to leave ER, is arrested

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Salisbury woman who refused to the leave the hospital emergency room faces misdemeanor ...

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Rowan man charged with taking 160 pieces of lumber from company

SALISBURY — Paul Anthony Ewing was charged Tuesday with felony larceny from Bingham-Smith Lumber at 6010 Bertie Ave. ...

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Salisbury man sentenced to 18-26 years for raping child

A Salisbury man was convicted this week of raping a child and sentenced to at least 18 years ...

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Bomb threat at Harris Teeter Wednesday night turns out to be hoax

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Harris Teeter grocery store at 850 W. Jake Alexander Blvd. was ...

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Salisbury Police looking for suspects in Circle K armed robbery

By Mark Wineka mark.wineka@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A pair of men, armed with a handgun, robbed the Circle K ...

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Crime blotter: Break-ins reported at several businesses

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com In police reports: • A man reported on Monday someone broke into a vacant ...

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Rockwell woman pleads guilty in boyfriend’s 2014 vehicular death

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Rockwell woman has pleaded guilty more than a year after her boyfriend was ...

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Police: Women charged following early morning altercation

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com An early morning altercation over a guy landed two women in jail, both facing ...

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Richfield man charged in eastern Rowan burglary ring

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Rowan County Sheriff’s officials say a Richfield man was charged with felony safe cracking ...

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Blotter

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com In sheriff’s reports: • A man reported on Monday someone took items from his ...

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Sex offender on most wanted list in custody

Just a few days ago, Rowan Sheriff’s officials were seeking the public’s help to locate a sex offender ...

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Blotter: Man charged with groping jogger in downtown Salisbury

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Salisbury man was charged Saturday after he groped a jogger, authorities said, as ...

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Police: Man touching himself in public charged with indecent exposure

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Rowan authorities say a Kannapolis man was charged after he was discovered masturbating repeatedly ...

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Police respond to domestic incident, charge mother with child abuse

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Salisbury woman remains behind bars this morning after her child flagged down an ...

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West End area sees lower crime rates

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Less than a year and a half ago, Carolyn Rice had grown accustomed to ...

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Salisbury Police hires new officers to help fight crime

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com One of the goals Salisbury Police Chief Rory Collins set out to accomplish this ...

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Blotter: Man answers the door with marijuana joint tucked behind ear, faces misdemeanor charges

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Salisbury man answered the door to his Green Street home with a rolled ...

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Authorities looking for two sex offenders who failed notify of an address change

Rowan County authorities are looking for two registered sex offenders who’ve moved from their listed residences without notifying ...

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Window-tint stop leads to cocaine possession charge

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Police charged a Salisbury man with cocaine possession following a traffic stop for his ...

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