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Police charge East Spencer man with breaking into vacant house

Authorities say a watchful neighbor led them to a home break-in at a West Henderson Street home early ...

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Spencer man faces drug charges

SPENCER — A Spencer man has been arrested on drug charges following a three-week investigation. On Jan. 30, ...

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Salisbury man charged with rape of 15-year-old girls

Authorities charged a Salisbury man after they say he engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with two 15-year-old ...

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Gastonia seeking help in deputy’s car break-in; some items found

Gastonia Police are asking for the public’s help in the case of a string of car break-ins, including ...

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Father, son charged with possession of illegal bath salts

Authorities charged a father and son Tuesday with possession of bath salts, which is illegal for recreational drug ...

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Police investigating two fires at local high schools

Salisbury Police are looking for students who set fires inside two local high schools in two separate incidents ...

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Salisbury couple charged with rape of two teen girls

Authorities have charged a Salisbury couple with the rape of two teen girls they were acquainted with, Rowan ...

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Yadkin House neighborhood association president charged with taking money

A Salisbury man charged a week ago with trying to forge a prescription was charged Sunday with felony ...

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Police search two Civic Park apartments, charge three

Police have charged three people with drug and weapons possession after serving search warrants at two units at ...

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Police stop man driving erratically through streets

A Salisbury man was charged Saturday with driving intoxicated after someone spotted him weaving through traffic on East ...

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Spencer man charged with hit and run leads police in car chase

Police say a Spencer man who hit a vehicle on South Long Street and took off in his ...

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Man accused of felony forging of a prescription

Police say a Salisbury man tried to get more pills than a prescription called for and now faces ...

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Authorities taking new look into woman’s slaying in 1973

Ruby Wilson has been wishing someone would give her the answers she’s longed for since the death of ...

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Teen charged with beating, robbery of pizza delivery driver

Authorities arrested a Salisbury teen Wednesday on charges of beating and robbing a pizza delivery driver last month. ...

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Police looking into death of 15-month-old Kannapolis girl died after being assaulted

KANNAPOLIS — The mother of a 15-month-old girl beaten earlier this week says her daughter died in her ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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