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Police: Convicted felon charged; gun, drugs found

Police seized crack cocaine, marijuana and other drug-related paraphernalia from a vehicle early Thursday morning. The driver, Larry ...

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Too young to tattoo: Stepfather charged with inking teen

Rowan authorities charged a Kannapolis man with tattooing his underage stepdaughter, which is illegal. Bobby Carroll King, 51, ...

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‘Sophisticated growing operation’ for marijuana found on Poole Road

Rowan Sheriff’s investigators say someone rented a Poole Road home and set up an elaborate marijuana growing operation, ...

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SC man charged with taking company truck, tools on visit with girlfriend

Authorities say a South Carolina man took $700 worth of construction equipment and company truck from the Kannapolis ...

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Warrants: Teacher, scout leader accused of molesting three boys

Arrest warrants show the accusations of sex offenses by a local teacher and scout leader involve three victims, ...

China Grove

Teacher, Scout leader charged with sex offenses

CHINA GROVE — James Paul Barringer III, a China Grove Middle School teacher and athletic director and Boy ...

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Police: Graffiti, stickers found on city property

James Lambert was on his way to work in February and saw some strange markings and what appeared ...

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Officials: Concord man charged with felony marijuana possession

Authorities charged a Concord man with felony marijuana possession after he was stopped for speeding in China Grove. ...

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Kannapolis woman charged with selling pain meds to undercover officers

KANNAPOLIS — Authorities charged a Kannapolis woman with drug offenses following an undercover purchase from the woman and ...

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Sheriff: Murder suspect left Woodleaf home after shooting, returned

WOODLEAF — Authorities said murder suspect Destin Lamar Sloan left the scene, but returned after an argument with ...

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Police: Burglar takes mail bag, checks from bread store

Salisbury Police say someone broke into Flowers Bakery Thrift Store and took a mail bag containing checks and ...

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18-year-old charged with rape of 12-year-old girl

Authorities have charged an 18-year-old Salisbury man with the rape of a 12-year-old with whom he had a ...

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Woman with history of scuffling with police charged

Police charged a Salisbury woman with a penchant for scuffling with law enforcement Friday afternoon with resisting arrest ...

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Container, pipes lead to drug charges

A Woodleaf man was found with a metal container with marijuana residue and two smoking pipes on Sunday. ...

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Two in jail after being accused of selling marijuana to an undercover officer

Two Salisbury men were charged Thursday after selling marijuana to an undercover officer while in the 200 block ...

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76-year-old accuses daughter of draining her bank account

MOORESVILLE — A 76-year-old Mooresville woman said her daughter wiped out her entire bank account with a single ...

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Teen charged with molesting young girl over years

Rowan County authorities charged a teen with molesting a young girl, and officials say the abuse may have ...

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DA to seek death penalty in Kauffman murder

Rowan County District Attorney Brandy Cook said this morning she will seek the death penalty against two men ...

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Drug complaint call leads to charge;19-year-old was already on probation

Police confiscated metallic knuckles and a small burnt marijuana cigarette from a teen during a license checkpoint Wednesday ...

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DA won’t seek death penalty in Malaya Heun murder

Rowan County District Attorney Brandy Cook said Friday morning she would not seek the death penalty against John ...

China Grove

Doctor expected to appear today on charges of prescription drug fraud

One by one, four of the eight people charged in a large-scale prescription fraud scheme, most of whom ...

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China Grove Dr. Orrin Walker makes no statement as he turns himself in on prescription fraud charges

Dr. Orrin Walker remained silent Thursday as his attorney, Todd Paris, led the China Grove family practitioner into ...

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Iredell school counselor charged with having sex with student

A female counselor with the Iredell County Schools has been charged with having sex with a student during ...

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Authorities seeking man who slipped out of handcuffs, jumped over fence and escaped from magistrate’s office

Authorities are searching for a man they say escaped handcuffs and jumped the fence at the Rowan County ...

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Man shot and killed on East Fisher Street

A Salisbury man was shot to death early Tuesday on East Fisher Street. At 12:50 a.m., Salisbury police ...

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Doctor, wife, others charged with prescription fraud, trafficking

CHINA GROVE — A local doctor, his wife and six others conspired to fill 200 fraudulent prescriptions for ...

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Sheriff’s officials charge intoxicated men after July 4 fireworks

Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputies charged two men believed to be intoxicated following the fireworks on July 4 ...

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Woman convicted of meth possession charged again

A Salisbury woman faces drug charges after probation officers and members of the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office searched ...

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