Crime

Reward offered in theft of equipment from sheriff’s deputy’s car

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction ...

January 23, 2014

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Suspect turns himself in after being accused of assaulting his father

Police say a man accused of assaulting his father earlier this week turned himself in. Dwayne Melvin Coward, ...

January 23, 2014

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Son accused of pawning items taken from parents

The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office charged a Cleveland man with taking jewelry, coins and tools from his parents ...

January 23, 2014

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Man accused of taking tenants’ rent money

Law enforcement officials say a Salisbury man was stealing rent money from tenants of a mobile home park ...

January 23, 2014

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Bailbondsman spots car reported stolen; suspect behind wheel had met owner online

Authorities say a Salisbury man who met a local woman online stole her vehicle and was spotted driving ...

January 23, 2014

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New London man faces rape, other sex charges

A New London man has been charged with the rape of a child younger than 13. Wayne Arland ...

January 22, 2014

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Police looking for man who assaulted father, fractured his cheekbone

Authorities are looking for a Salisbury man they say punched his father so violently his cheekbone was fractured ...

January 22, 2014

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Concord man with permanently revoked license caught driving

A Concord man remains in the Rowan County Detention Center after authorities say he was stopped for speeding ...

January 21, 2014

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Four charged with driving while impaired

Four men were charged with driving while impaired Saturday and Sunday in Rowan County. Ronald Lee Jackson of ...

January 20, 2014

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Gunman robs Cook Out

A gunman robbed the Cook Out Restaurant on Saturday morning, taking an undisclosed amount of money and escaping ...

January 19, 2014

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Cleveland man charged in larceny of dirt bike and four-wheeler

A Cleveland man has been charged with felony larceny. Robert Lee Troutman, 44, is accused of stealing a ...

January 19, 2014

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Man charged with breaking into Dan’s Trading Co.

Authorities say a Salisbury man repeatedly broke into the same local business within a week and half. Alvis ...

January 18, 2014

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Police say woman who crashed car into building was intoxicated

Salisbury Police say a Salisbury woman was intoxicated when she drove her 1994 Ford Explorer through the front ...

January 18, 2014

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Man charged after officers smell odor of marijuana

Members of the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office A.C.E. Team stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation in Rockwell ...

January 18, 2014

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Woman believed to be drunk crashes through city building

Salisbury Police believe a woman was intoxicated when she drove her Ford Explorer through the front door of ...

January 17, 2014

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Rockwell man with violent past charged with pointing gun, threatening sisters

A Rockwell man with a violent past was recently charged with pointing a shotgun at his sister and ...

January 17, 2014

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Man accused of taking 19 firearms from safe

A New London man charged in connection with the theft of 19 firearms also has been charged in ...

January 17, 2014

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Sex offender caught living near day care gets prison

A registered sex offender caught living near a day care center will spend more than seven years in ...

January 16, 2014

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Twins accused in copper theft

Authorities say two brothers took and sold copper, other scrap metal from a girlfriend’s father. The girl’s father ...

January 16, 2014

Crime

Police add charges to man already jailed for holiday break-ins

Authorities have added charges to a man they say broke into a number of houses during the holiday ...

January 15, 2014

Crime

Escaped inmate found less than three miles from prison

A man with a penchant for breaking into buildings escaped from Piedmont Correctional Institution early Monday and soon ...

January 15, 2014

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Teen charged with setting fire to storage building behind retirement center

CHINA GROVE — Police charged a teen with setting fire to a storage building that belonged to a ...

January 15, 2014

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Arrest warrants detail where escaped inmate was before capture

Arrest warrants detail where escaped inmate Jonathan Mark Dixon was before authorities captured him Tuesday morning, nearly 30 ...

January 15, 2014

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Police: Man shoots into girlfrien’s home

Authorities say a Salisbury man became irate after his girlfriend asked him to leave her West Kerr Street ...

January 14, 2014

Crime

Escaped inmate captured

Updated: Authorities say a man who escaped from Piedmont Correctional Institute early Monday was captured today just a ...

January 14, 2014

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A Salisbury man was charged with drug possession after officers went to his home to serve a warrant ...

January 14, 2014

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Authorities tied a New London man to thefts in Stanly County after he sold the items to a ...

January 14, 2014

Crime

Salisbury Police have arrested and charged a teen who they say is connected to a number of break-ins ...

January 14, 2014