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Police find sawed-off shotgun, teen charged with having weapon of mass destruction

A Salisbury teen remains in the county jail after police found him near a business with a sawed-off ...

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Police: Salisbury man caught breaking into West Bank Street building

Authorities say a Salisbury man was caught breaking into a West Bank Street building, his pickup ready to ...

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Wife charged with shooting husband following domestic incident

A Salisbury woman remains behind bars this morning and is accused of shooting her husband in the chest ...

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Improperly parked car leads to drug charges

Authorities charged two teens with drug possession while inquiring about an improperly parked car Friday morning in front ...

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Police: Salisbury teen charged in break-in at Monroe Street home

Police caught a Salisbury teen inside a West Monroe Street home minutes after a neighbor spotted a suspicious ...

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More pickup truck tailgates taken

Thieves have not stopped stealing tailgates from Chevrolet pickups in the southwestern part of the county, they’ve just ...

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Execution of search warrant leads to lockdown at Millbridge Elementary

Officers executing a state search warrant with a high risk entry in China Grove led to Millbridge Elementary ...

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Police: man charged with setting fire at neighbor’s home

Police have charged a Salisbury man with setting fire to his neighbors’ home a week ago, but aren’t ...

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Student accused of smoking marijuana at Salisbury High

Police charged a Salisbury High School student with felony marijuana possession after they discovered the drugs tied to ...

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Salisbury man charged with the rape of 5-year-old girl

A Salisbury man was charged Wednesday with the rape of a 5-year-old girl, authorities said. The Rowan County ...

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Real estate agents taking closer look at safety

Those who work at a local real estate company are still shaken, but officials there say they are ...

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Sheriff’s Office: Man charged with assault with a deadly weapon

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office charged a Concord man with ramming his vehicle into a car in an ...

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Police: Gold Hill woman with three pending DWIs charged with DWI

A Gold Hill woman with three pending driving while impaired cases was charged with DWI Tuesday night by ...

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Woman accused of assaulting first-grader

CHINA GROVE — China Grove Elementary School and two Rowan-Salisbury School System administrative office buildings were locked down ...

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Man charged with attempted rape of real estate agent

Rowan authorities have charged a Granite Quarry man adding to his $1 million bond following the attempted rape ...

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Not so secure: Guard, military police officer charged with larceny

A Landis man was charged after authorities said he took snacks and cash from the National Guard Flight ...

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Granite Quarry man charged with sexual assault of real estate agent

A Granite Quarry man is being held under $1 million bond, charged with the attempted rape of a ...

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Police: Man stole power tools from employer, tried to sell them

Officials charged a Rowan County man with taking and attempting to sell power tools from a man he ...

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Spencer may offer reward in 2010 murder

SPENCER — Elected officials in Spencer may offer a reward in connection with the unsolved murder of a ...

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Thieves ripping off tailgates

Pickup owners beware, thieves are targeting the tailgates on trucks in the southwestern part of the county, leaving ...

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Police: Someone set fire to window of home, man injured trying to save cats

Salisbury Police are looking into who set a fire at a Ridge Avenue home overnight Friday. When the ...

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Police: Caller reports suspicious activity; man is charged

Someone called police about suspicious people gathered at the corner of Lloyd and West Bank streets early Monday ...

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Concord man charged with possession of high-grade marijuana

Authorities charged a Concord man with felony marijuana possession after he drove through Relay for Life event traffic ...

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Mooresville man faces drug charges

A Mooresville man faces drug charges stemming from an arrest in Rowan County. Donald Alan Minter, 31, is ...

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Police: Man charged with choking, kidnapping girlfriend

A Salisbury man remains in the county jail, police said, after he choked his girlfriend, pulled her from ...

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Man charged after high speed chase

A Kannapolis man took Rowan sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase through the southern part of Rowan County ...

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Someone sets fire to clothing donation bin

Salisubry Police are looking into who set fire to a clothing donation bin in the Harris Teeter parking ...

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Authorities serve warrant, charge man for possession of crack

While conducting a search warrant Wednesday, police charged a 57-year-old man with possession of crack cocaine. Authorities said ...

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