Crime

Blotter: Rowan County man charged with abusing disabled person

SALISBURY — A 66-year-old Rowan County man was jailed Tuesday for abusing a disabled person. Christopher Royal Mayer ...

Crime

Man ‘assisted to the ground,’ jailed after trying to flee Rowan Sheriff’s Office traffic stop

SALISBURY — A 33-year-old man was jailed Tuesday on a series of drug and gun charges after allegedly ...

Trial

‘Somebody who didn’t want to look at what they’d done’: Juan Chunn found guilty of murdering father

SALISBURY — Juan Renardo Chunn was found guilty of first-degree murder in Rowan County Superior Court on Tuesday ...

Crime

Jury finds man guilty of first-degree murder for killing father with oxygen tank

SALISBURY — Juan Renardo Chunn was found guilty of first-degree murder in Rowan County Superior Court on Tuesday ...

Crime

Blotter: Bullet hole found in second story of home

SALISBURY — A woman on Saturday reported a bullet hit the second story of her family’s home on ...

Crime

Rowan Sheriff’s Office: Teen erroneously reports shooting in front of school

CHINA GROVE — A third try brought out the truth Friday for an 18-year-old man who told law ...

Crime

Closing arguments, jury deliberation scheduled today in trial of man charged with killing father

SALISBURY — Lawyers are poised to deliver closing arguments this morning in the first-degree murder trial of a ...

Crime

Blotter: Man arrives at hospital with stomach wound, declines to talk to police

SALISBURY — Police say a man sought medical treatment at Rowan Medical Center on Sunday for a stab ...

Crime

Fight, gunshots turn Kannapolis Moose Lodge party to chaotic scene

KANNAPOLIS — A fight late Saturday and early Sunday resulted in at least 16 shots fired at the ...

Crime

Blotter: Mooresville man arrested in Rowan County for kidnapping, assault

SALISBURY — A Mooresville man faces charges that include kidnapping after being arrested Friday. Jose Calix, 30, was ...

Crime

Prosecution attempts to poke holes in defendant’s story in third day of murder trial

Editor’s note: This article contains graphic descriptions of injuries sustained by Eugene Chunn in connection with his death. ...

Crime

Blotter: Oct. 29

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports: • A man on Wednesday reported a larceny from a vehicle in ...

Crime

Murder trial turns to crime scene evidence, oxygen tank used as weapon

SALISBURY — Slowly turning a silver, blue and green cylinder over in his gloved hands, Assistant District Attorney ...

Crime

Eight charged in Hickory after couple kidnapped

HICKORY (AP) — Eight people face charges after a couple was kidnapped and assaulted, the  Caldwell County Sheriff’s ...

Crime

SC man indicted in 1985 murder in Winston-Salem; another man remains in prison for crime

Associated Press WINSTON-SALEM — A grand jury in North Carolina has indicted a man who admitted to an ...

Crime

Blotter: Man wanted on robbery charges arrested in McDonald’s parking lot on Jake Alexander Boulevard

SALISBURY — A 27-year-old man wanted on outstanding robbery and firearm charges was arrested Wednesday in the parking ...

Crime

Prosecution weaves story of betrayal as trial begins for man charged with killing father

SALISBURY — During a frantic 911 call, Juan Chunn pleaded with the dispatcher to send help for his ...

Crime

Blotter: Oct. 27

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports: • James Seneca Gibson, 44, was charged Monday with felony obstruction of justice ...

Crime

Man faces charges in juvenile’s shooting on West Bank Street

SALISBURY — Police on Tuesday arrested an 18-year-old man for shooting a juvenile on West Bank Street. Marshall ...

Crime

Blotter: Four charged with contributing to neglect of minor

SALISBURY — Four people face criminal charges in connection with the pregnancy of a 14-year-old Rowan County girl. ...

Crime

Jury selection begins in trial of man charged with killing father

SALISBURY — Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a man charged with first-degree murder for beating ...

Crime

Juvenile shot Saturday expected to make full recovery

SALISBURY — Police say a 14-year-old boy is expected to make a full recovery after being shot Saturday ...

Crime

Blotter: Homeless man jailed after throwing rocks through woman’s front door

SALISBURY — Showing kindness to a homeless man resulted in two rocks thrown through a woman’s house months ...

Crime

Blotter: Kannapolis man charged with involuntary manslaughter

SALISBURY — A Kannapolis man on Friday was brought to Salisbury from South Carolina to face charges of ...

Crime

Juvenile shot Saturday on West Bank Street, hospitalized

SALISBURY — A juvenile was hospitalized Saturday after being shot on West Bank Street. While details about the ...

Crime

Blotter: Man charged with breaking into used car dealership, stealing Ford Mustang

SALISBURY — An 18-year-old faces charges for breaking into a used car dealership last month and stealing a ...

Crime

Kannapolis man charged with accidentally killing foster brother

KANNAPOLIS — A Kannapolis man is being held in York County, South Carolina, after being charged with involuntary ...

Crime

Iredell County man charged with murder after three bodies found in burned Statesville house

STATESVILLE (AP) — A North Carolina man has been charged with murder and arson in connection with the ...

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