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Rowan authorities Taser, struggle with East Spencer man, family says force excessive

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com EAST SPENCER — Rowan authorities say they had to use a stun gun on a man ...

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Blotter: Woman charged on active warrants during traffic stop

A Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputy stopped a tan 1979 Chevrolet just before 11 a.m. last Thursday in ...

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Police: Man charged with cocaine possession

Police charged a Salisbury man with cocaine possession following a South Main Street traffic stop. Officers seized drugs, ...

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Trooper: Investigation into fatal weekend crash still ongoing

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Investigators are still looking into a Saturday night crash that took the life of ...

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Blotter: Kannapolis pair faces heroin charges

A Kannapolis pair is facing heroin trafficking charges. Shana Ashley Byrum, 29, and Ernest Jerome Mason, 32, – ...

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Police: Man skips out on check, takes police on foot chase

A Salisbury man remains behind bars after he tried to skip out on the check at a local ...

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Driver charged after fatal wreck

A Statesville woman with a history of impaired driving is facing charges in Rowan County after authorities say ...

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Peter Kiever faces new sex offense charges including rape

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com GRANITE QUARRY — Authorities have brought additional charges against a Granite Quarry teen charged ...

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Blotter: Salisbury woman charged with harassing Health, Human Services employee

A Salisbury woman with a history of making harassing and threatening phone calls has been accused of doing ...

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Kannapolis Police charge Davidson man with robbing CVS

KANNAPOLIS — Kannapolis Police charged a Davidson man with robbing the CVS there just a few days after ...

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Police: 72-year-old man points shotgun at neighbor, is charged

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Salisbury man was charged Thursday after he allegedly pointed a shotgun at his ...

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Police: Woman charged with inhaling toxic fumes twice, days apart

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Police stopped a Woodleaf woman on two occasions and found her with a number of ...

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Blotter: Counterfeit money being used at area businesses — again

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com Sheetz reported someone used two counterfeit $20 bills with matching serial numbers at the ...

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Sheriff: Men charged, found with meth lab in Rockwell home

ROCKWELL — Two men were charged Thursday with having a potentially highly explosive meth lab at a Rockwell ...

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Man found asleep on front porch faces drug charge

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Police say they found a sleeping man on a front porch at a West ...

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Police: Man found with crack cocaine after traffic stop

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Concord man was charged with crack cocaine possession following a traffic stop and ...

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Ralph Wager to serve life in prison; victim, mother speak out

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com John Cannon was 13 years old when he was molested by then Catawba College ...

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Former Catawba coach gets life in prison, victim speaks out

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com John Cannon was 13 years old when he said he was molested by then ...

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Suspect sought in Kannapolis CVS robbery

KANNAPOLIS — Just before 9:15 a.m. this morning, a white male came into the CVS at 2002 Shiloh Church ...

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Former Catawba coach Ralph Wager pleads guilty to molesting boys, gets life in prison

UPDATE: Former Catawba College and youth soccer coach Ralph Wager will spend the rest of his life in ...

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Sheriff looking for two who used stolen gas card

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is conducting an investigation involving the fraudulent use of a gas credit card. ...

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Salisbury man faces resist, assault charges after weekend incident

A Salisbury man charged days ago with resisting arrest after deputies went to his John Michael Lane home ...

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More charges for Concord man involved in helping teen run away

Rowan authorities have added charges for a Concord man who they say helped a Salisbury teen run away ...

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Couple charged with possession of a little over half a pound of marijuana

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Police charged a Salisbury couple on Wednesday with possession of a little over half ...

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Sheriff: Salisbury teen on probation charged with selling heroin

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com A Salisbury teen, already on probation, was charged Wednesday with selling heroin to an ...

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In Rowan County Sheriff’s reports: • A man reported on Tuesday someone broke a window in the back ...

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Blotter: Intoxicated woman charged after birthday celebration at local bar

By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com Police charged a woman who got out of hand celebrating her own birthday and ...

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Woodleaf woman has pet and TV stolen from home

Staff report WOODLEAF — A Woodleaf woman reported a break-in of her home on Monday where items, including ...

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