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Salisbury man faces numerous sex charges Warrants say victim was under age of 13

Editor’s note: This article has been amended from a previous version to correctly state the first name of ...

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Weapon, drug citations issued at school

A Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputy on Wednesday found two knives and a joint in a West Rowan ...

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Argument leads to hit and run

A man hit another man with his gold-colored minivan Wednesday, and then drove home, according to police reports. ...

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Pregnant woman charged with disorderly conduct, other charges

A belligerent pregnant woman was charged with communicating threats, disorderly conduct and resisting, delaying or obstructing a public ...

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Salisbury man charged with robbing, drawing knife on a woman during carjacking

A Salisbury man was charged Tuesday with robbery after an August incident where he was accused of drawing ...

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Police: Woman with history of drug conviction charged with cocaine, marijuana possession

Police charged a Salisbury woman with cocaine and marijuana possession after searching her home Tuesday morning. Diane Marie ...

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Sheriff: Intoxicated man with history of DWI charged with punching deputy

Rowan authorities charged a Rowan County man with driving while impaired following a two-vehicle crash on Old Beatty ...

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Rowan County man with lengthy criminal record charged with making threatening calls

A Rowan County man with a lengthy, and sometimes violent, criminal record was charged this week with making ...

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Blotter: Charlotte teen charged with felony marijuana possession

Police charged a Charlotte teen Tuesday with marijuana possession after responding to a disturbance at the former Hotel ...

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Police charge man, seize pound of marijuana in freezer, handgun found in child’s bedroom

Police seize drugs, pills, cash and a weapon in the Grace Street apartment of a man on electronic ...

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Warrants: Salisbury man charged with possessing child porn

The State Bureau of Investigation charged a Salisbury man with possessing porn depicting young girls. Phillip Lee Vary, ...

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Police: Salisbury High gym vandalized

White paint and condoms were the remnants of what vandals left behind at Salisbury High School on Friday, ...

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Police looking into vandalism at Village Inn Pizza

Police aren’t sure if the people responsible for breaking two large windows at Village Inn Pizza were disgruntled ...

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Sheriff: Concord man wanted for murder, home invasion found dead of apparent drug overdose

UPDATE: Rowan County authorities say a Concord man wanted in the murder of a 17-year-old Richfield teen has ...

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Woman charged with stabbing man in the back during altercation

Salisbury Police charged a woman this week with the August stabbing of a man who told authorities he ...

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Rowan man arrested for failing to change address as sex offender, living close to school

Authorities said a Rowan County man who was arrested a month ago for failing to notify of an ...

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Sheriff, FBI arrest convicted felon on weapons charges

Michael Todd Collins, who was convicted of a 2002 armored car robbery in China Grove and sentenced to ...

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Blotter

In sheriff’s reports: • A woman reported a larceny Tuesday in the 1200 block of River Trace Lane. ...

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Sheriff: Twin brothers charged after hiding from law enforcement

Twin brothers face misdemeanor charges this week after hiding from deputies serving arrest warrants on them at a ...

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Police: Salisbury man tied to August shooting outside Civic Park Apartments

Authorities brought charges against a Salisbury man who they say shot a man in August outside Civic Park ...

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Sheriff: Teen convicted of setting fire to storage building removes monitoring device

A Rowan County teen convicted of setting fire to a storage building behind a China Grove retirement center ...

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Sheriff’s detectives search for man accused of credit card theft

Rowan investigators are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who is accused of stealing a ...

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Police seize meth, pills, marijuana from Kannapolis woman

A former salon stylist was charged with methamphetamine, pills and marijuana possession after the owner caught her with ...

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Sheriff: Salisbury woman charged with throwing beer bottle at driver

A Salisbury woman was charged with simple assault following an Aug. 29 tailgating incident on Stokes Ferry Road. ...

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Mother charged with abuse after toddler wanders into street

A Salisbury woman faces a charge of misdemeanor child abuse after a motorist found her toddler walking in ...

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Mother charged with leaving four children unattended

Police were called to a Salisbury apartment Monday night following a 911 call that children were left at ...

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Police: Spencer man with lengthy list of warrants arrested

A Spencer man remains in the Rowan County jail after police served him with over a dozen outstanding ...

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Sheriff: Lexington man used fake checks to buy car, give to charity

Authorities say a Lexington man used a fraudulent business account to buy a car from a Salisbury dealership ...

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