Crime

Blotter: Restaurant employee stopped before giving $6,000 in gift cards to caller

SALISBURY — Police say an employee at Culver’s Restaurant was stopped Sunday just before giving the numbers for ...

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Ask Us: Do police departments in Rowan County have vacancies?

Editor’s note: Ask Us is a weekly feature published online Mondays and in print on Tuesdays. We’ll seek to ...

News

Blotter: Woman jailed for identity theft, obtaining property by false pretenses charges

SALISBURY — A 42-year-old woman was jailed Saturday for making a series of purchases with someone else’s credit ...

Crime

Woman arrested, accused of slamming child onto street

SALISBURY — A Salisbury woman faces child abuse charges for slamming a child onto the street. Keoshia Dianna ...

Crime

Two teenagers charged in connection with fatal shooting near Kannapolis school

KANNAPOLIS — Two teenagers have been charged in connection with the fatal shooting of a third teenager near ...

Nation/World

Jury finds Rittenhouse not guilty in Kenosha shootings

By MICHAEL TARM, SCOTT BAUER and AMY FORLITI Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse was acquitted ...

Trial

Elizabeth Holmes takes the stand in Theranos criminal fraud trial

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Fallen Silicon Valley star ...

Crime

Blotter: Salisbury Police receive Ryan Street shooting report weeks later

SALISBURY — Police say the resident of a home on Ryan Street reported a shooting on Thursday that ...

Crime

Blotter: Homeless man charged with robbery after request for money turns to fight

SALISBURY — Police arrested a homeless man Wednesday after a fight with another man about money. Bradley Donelle ...

Crime

Salisbury man convicted, sentenced after robberies at Days Inn, Carolina Farm Credit, Marlow’s

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was convicted this week of robbery with a dangerous weapon and other crimes ...

Crime

Two jailed, two Rowan County sheriff’s deputies injured in high-speed chase

SALISBURY — Two people were jailed, a sheriff’s deputy was dragged for 50 feet and another lost a ...

Crime

Sheriff’s Office: Two charged after ‘marijuana concentrate’ found in speeding car

SALISBURY — Two people face felony drug charges after sheriff’s deputies on Monday found “marijuana concentrate” in the ...

Crime

Three charged after deputies surround Enochville house

ENOCHVILLE — Three people face charges after sheriff’s deputies on Monday stopped a vehicle and surrounded a house ...

Crime

Blotter: Mother charged with bringing pistol to Shive Elementary School

SALISBURY — The mother of a Shive Elementary School student faces a misdemeanor charge of possessing a weapon ...

Crime

Man detained by store employees, charged with attempted rape

KANNAPOLIS —An 18-year-old man is in jail after employees of a store in Kannapolis detained him until police ...

Crime

Blotter: Nov. 14

In weekend charges and arrests: • Leticia Aguirre-Andrade, 30, of China Grove was charged Saturday with misdemeanor obstruction ...

Crime

North Carolina man wrongfully imprisoned 24 years pardoned

By BRYAN ANDERSON Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday pardoned ...

News

Two men serving time for murder freed from North Carolina prison

RALEIGH (AP) — Two men imprisoned for nearly 30 years for a murder they said they did not ...

Crime

Blotter: Salisbury man charged with breaking in to terrorize

SALISBURY — A 20-year-old man was arrested Thursday for a handful of crimes after a domestic incident. Elijah ...

Crime

Kannapolis man charged with seriously injuring mother, stealing car, attacking officer

SALISBURY — A 36-year-old Kannapolis man faces charges for attacking his mother, leaving her injured and taking her ...

Crime

Man charged with breaking into downtown Salisbury theater, wheeling away equipment

SALISBURY — A 30-year-old man faces a pair of felony charges for breaking into the Meroney Theater on ...

Crime

Veterans Day shooting near Kannapolis elementary school turns into homicide

KANNAPOLIS — City officials say a shooting near G.W. Carver Elementary School on Thursday has turned into a ...

Crime

Limited details available after shooting near Kannapolis elementary school

KANNAPOLIS — City officials released just three sentences Thursday about a shooting in close proximity to G.W. Carver ...

Crime

Blotter: Woman’s home shot into while she was laying in bed

SALISBURY — A woman told police she was laying in bed Tuesday when bullets flew into her bedroom. ...

Crime

Homeless man charged with groping woman in Taco Bell drive-thru

SALISBURY — A homeless man faces sexual battery charges after groping a woman in the Taco Bell drive-thru ...

Crime

Blotter: Man charged with shooting neighbor’s cat with .22-caliber rifle

SALISBURY — A 26-year-old man faces animal cruelty charges after he shot a neighbor’s family cat named Kenny. ...

Crime

Former Rowan Sheriff’s Office supervisor charged with obstructing justice, possessing stolen gun

SALISBURY — A former supervisor of the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Division was indicted and arrested ...

Crime

Blotter: Man jailed for sexual acts with 15-year-old girlfriend

SALISBURY — A 23-year-old Rockwell man was in jail Monday for sexual acts committed with his 15-year-old girlfriend, ...

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