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Two men beat up another man in jail holding cell

A man booked into the Rowan County Detention Center on Sunday night was beaten by two other inmates ...

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Blotter: Salisbury pair found with marijuana smoking pipes during traffic stop

A Salisbury pair were cited after an officer stopped them during a traffic stop and found smoking pipes ...

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Rowan authorities charge West Rowan Middle student who brought knife, mask to schoool

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office has filed charges against a 14-year-old who they say brought two butcher knives ...

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Sheriff: Man found in vacant mobile home, charged with marijuana possession

A neighbor alerted Rowan authorities to a man who had been living in a vacant mobile home just ...

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Police: Standish Street house fire result of arson

Authorities say a fire that damaged a house on Standish Street late Wednesday appears to have been intentionally set. ...

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Police: Salisbury woman charged with drug trafficking

A Salisbury woman remains in the Rowan County jail under a $250,000 secured bond following a complaint at her ...

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Cleveland man charged with taking boss’s credit card, vehicle

A Rowan County man, accused of using a card that belonged to his boss in Rowan and Iredell ...

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Blotter (11-13-14)

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports: • An inmate at Rowan County Detention Center was assaulted Monday by ...

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Robber holds gun to clerk’s head, takes money from BP

A convenience store clerk got a close encounter with an armed robber who took an unknown amount of ...

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Blotter (11-11-14)

In Salisbury Police reports: • A man reported on Monday someone stole his moped in the 400 block ...

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Two men found unconscious inside parked vehicle charged

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com Police found two men unconscious inside a vehicle parked on the square late Saturday ...

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Woodleaf man charged with firing shots near Benchwarmers

Police served arrest warrants on a Woodleaf man who they said rode through downtown Salisbury late Saturday night ...

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Rock Hill Police, other agencies looking for robber who hit Salisbury Ulta twice

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com It appears a man who stole $1,800 worth of high-end beauty products from a ...

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Pair found asleep in stolen pick up, charged with theft

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com A Salisbury pair found Sunday sleeping in a stolen pickup were also charged with ...

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Salisbury man known as ‘the Chemist’ faces additional meth related charges

Rowan authorities filed additional charges against a man who was arrested a few days ago and charged with ...

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Dog owners hope Jake’s alleged shooter will be tried under ‘Susie’s Law’

FAITH — Jake, a brown-and-white, blue-eyed hound dog, will be 4 years old Christmas Day. The past year ...

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Salisbury man charged after threatening ex-girlfriend who works at Henderson

A man with a history of assault was charged with violating a domestic protective order after he threatened ...

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Four charged with breaking into vacant East Cemetery Street home

Police said a man who alerted officers that he’d been “jumped” by a group was charged with breaking ...

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Mary Bradley, David Bradley the mother, son in Saint Paul Church Road deaths

Rowan County authorities say they don’t suspect foul play in the deaths of a mother and son found ...

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Sheriff: Two 13-year-olds charged after pipe bomb discovery at Southeast Middle

Rowan authorities say the suspicious package brought to Southeast Middle School on Friday was a pipe bomb. Two ...

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Blotter: 11-10-14

In Salisbury Police reports: • Kristyn Wale, 28, 1305 Ashbury Road, Salisbury,  was arrested Saturday for breaking or ...

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Blotter

In Salisbury Police reports: • Kristyn Wale, 28, 1305 Ashbury Road, Salisbury,  was arrested Saturday for breaking or entering ...

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Elderly woman and son found dead at Saint Paul Church Road home

Rowan investigators are trying to determine how a 95-year-old woman and her 63-year-old son died this afternoon at ...

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Police say thief stole Chanel merchandise from Ulta

Police believe a thief struck a local beauty supply store twice in the same week making off with ...

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Two Southeast Middle School students found with suspicious package

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a suspicious package that was discovered Friday at Southeast Middle School ...

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Blotter: Police catch man hiding in bushes, charged on outstanding warrant

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com Salisbury Police caught up with a man who they say tried to hide from ...

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Police: Woman charged with punching 7-year-old boy at school bus stop

A Salisbury woman turned herself in to authorities, they say, after she punched a 7-year-old boy at a ...

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Blotter: Nervous Salisbury man winds up with marijuana citation

Police issued a citation to a Salisbury man for simple marijuana possession after he appeared nervous during a ...

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