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SALISBURY — A 56-year-old Rowan County man faces numerous charges after a domestic violence incident Saturday, including shooting ...

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Woman recently convicted of fraud now facing drug charge

Officials charged a Rowan County woman with felony drug possession just one month after she was convicted in ...

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Kannapolis man in jail charged with taking, pawning father’s belongings

Rowan authorities say a man who is accused of stealing from his father and pawning the items over ...

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Highway Patrol: Identity of woman killed in Mooresville Road wreck still unknown

N.C. Highway Patrol Troopers have not determined the identity of a young woman killed following a two-vehicle head-on ...

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Stanly man charged with rape of child

A Locust man has been charged with a number of sexual offenses with a child under 13 years ...

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Three charged after fleeing late night checkpoint

Police charged three men Thursday after they fled a late night license checkpoint at the intersection of Lincolnton ...

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Shot hits home on West Thomas Street; no suspects identified

Police say they have no suspects after neighbors in the 300 block of West Thomas Street say they ...

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Salisbury man with history of DWI charged at home

A Salisbury man with a number of impaired driving convictions was arrested at his South Merritt Avenue home ...

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Woman charged with drug trafficking with daughter, granddaughter in car

Salisbury Police charged a woman after they say she sold pills to an undercover officer with her daughter ...

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Sheriff searching for suspect in threatening call to school

Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in identifying a man they believe may be connected ...

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Suspicious activity leads to drug charges for Kannapolis man

Law enforcement received a call about a suspicious person near a Neita Drive home late Wednesday night that ...

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Police: Pair argue at gas station, man follows woman home

An apparent fight between two people at a Statesville Boulevard convenience store landed a man in jail, officials ...

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Police: Victim of Spencer murder is ex-wife of suspect

SPENCER — Police investigators have identified the victim of a Wednesday morning homicide as Toney Ann Johnson, the ...

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Woman charged with stealing from church

The pastor of the Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ, on Deal Road, Mooresville, reported that the church had ...

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Salisbury man caught stealing from Rite Aid, spotted by deputy in store

A Salisbury man picked the wrong time and place to swipe items from a local drug store as ...

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Sheriff’s Office searching for thieves who broke into cars

CHINA GROVE — Rowan authorities say thieves broke into a number of cars in China Grove taking cash, ...

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Officers face many hazards

Salisbury Police Officer T.W. Moore has been in law enforcement for more than nine years and recently found ...

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Authorities: Man stole father’s property

Authorities are looking for a Rowan County man accused of stealing his father’s belongings and selling them to ...

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Salisbury woman charged with tattooing her 12-year-old daughter

A woman faces a criminal charge after authorities say she tattooed her 12-year-old daughter at their Salisbury home. ...

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Police: Issue over dress code lands three in jail

Police said an issue with the dress code at a local bar led to three arrests and injuries ...

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Police ask for the public’s help to ID Walgreens robbery suspect

Salisbury Police still need the public’s help in identifying a man who held Walgreens customers and employees at ...

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Someone fires gunshot into home, laundromat

Salisbury Police are trying to find who shot into two buildings in separate incidents, one of which occurred ...

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Teen refuses to hand over phone, scuffles with officer, is jailed

Authorities charged a Cleveland teen with resisting arrest and disturbing the school during exams after she was told ...

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Man charged with taking wife’s purse

A Kannapolis man accused of breaking into a car and stealing his estranged wife’s belongings turned himself in ...

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Pills discovered after traffic stop made for driver not wearing seatbelt

Rowan authorities stopped a Salisbury woman who wasn’t wearing her seatbelt and discovered she didn’t have a prescription ...

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Fight over paternity lands one man in the hospital, another shot in the leg

Police say an argument over paternity got out of hand Thursday and landed one man in the hospital ...

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Police: Man tried to pay undercover officer for sex in Fulton Heights

Salisbury investigators say they want residents in the Fulton Heights neighborhood to call them if they believe they ...

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After traffic stop, man charged with having high-quality marijuana

Authorities seized just more than half a pound of high-quality marijuana and cash from a Rowan County man ...

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