Crime

Sheriff’s Office: Two men escape from jail, found in bushes on Fulton Street

SALISBURY — Two inmates on Thursday attempted to escape from the Rowan County Detention Center, but only made ...

Crime

Blotter: Rockwell man arrested on charges of felony larceny, possession of stolen vehicle

SALISBURY — A Rockwell man was arrested over the weekend on a count of larceny of a firearm, ...

Crime

Blotter: Man accused of stealing car, crashing it

KANNAPOLIS — A 59-year-old man is accused of stealing a vehicle from a house on Sunset End Lane, ...

Crime

Man faces new charge of attempted murder for father’s shooting

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man faces a new charge for the August shooting of his father. Eugene Alexander ...

News

Barnes gets new punishment of two life sentences in Tutterow couple’s 1992 murder

SALISBURY — A man sentenced to death for his role in the 1992 murders of B.P. and Ruby ...

Crime

One arrested, another hospitalized in Castor Road stabbing

SALISBURY — One man was hospitalized and another arrested after a stabbing incident Wednesday on Castor Road. Jason ...

Crime

Habitual felon sentenced to at least 8 years in prison

SALISBURY — Jason Emmanuel Roebuck was convicted this week by a jury in Rowan County Criminal Superior Court ...

Crime

Two more charged for operating illegal gambling businesses

SALISBURY — Orange County authorities arrested two Concord residents last week as part of a Rowan Sheriff’s Office ...

Crime

Kannapolis man sentenced to minimum of 25 years in prison for sex crimes

SALISBURY — More than two years after he was charged with sex offenses against a 7-year-old girl, a ...

Crime

One charged, another dead on sheriff’s most wanted list

SALISBURY — One of four men added to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office most wanted list Friday has ...

Crime

No injuries after car shot eight times on Old Concord Road

SALISBURY — No one was injured when a vehicle was riddled with bullet holes while at the intersection ...

Crime

Blotter: Woman says she was shot in hand on Lincolnton Road

SALISBURY — A woman said she was shot in the hand Saturday on Lincolnton Road in Salisbury, according ...

Crime

Rowan Sheriff’s Office charges Salisbury man with operating illegal gambling business

SALISBURY — The Rowan Sheriff’s Office has charged a Salisbury man with illegal gambling as part of an ...

Crime

Blotter: Rockwell man arrested on felony drug, breaking and entering charges

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Rockwell man was arrested Sunday on two felony counts of breaking ...

Crime

Man charged after thieves rob would-be gun buyers of wallets, shoes

SALISBURY  — A 19-year-old was charged Thursday with robbing victims who wanted to buy a gun. Raeqwon Turner ...

Crime

Blotter: Four added to sheriff’s most wanted list

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office has updated its most wanted list to include four new people. ...

Crime

Blotter: More than $100,000 in property reported stolen from Old Beatty Ford Road site

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office says thieves made off with $100,000 in scrap and other items ...

Crime

Blotter: May 5

In Salisbury Police reports: • A man overdosed Monday in the 400 block of Mike Drive. • A ...

Crime

Blotter: One charged, another runs away during Salisbury traffic stop

SALISBURY — A traffic stop on Park Avenue Saturday ended with one man facing charges and another running ...

Crime

Blotter: Kannapolis man charged with felony possession, concealed gun

SALISBURY — A Kannapolis man on Saturday was charged for felony drug and misdemeanor weapons possession crimes connected ...

Crime

One hospitalized after Mooresville Dragway shooting

MOORESVILLE — Sheriff’s deputies are investigating events that lead to a man suffering a gunshot wound at Mooresville ...

Crime

Gov. Cooper pardons man who had murder convictions vacated

RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper granted a pardon of innocence Friday to a man imprisoned ...

Crime

Sheriff’s Office: High-speed chase called off on I-85, but charges could be coming

SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office says charges could be coming in an incident where an Interstate ...

Crime

Cleveland man charged with possessing 60 images of child pornography

SALISBURY — A Cleveland man faces a litany of sex-related crimes following a Rowan County Sheriff’s Office investigation. ...

Crime

Salisbury man charged for child pornography

SALISBURY — A 36-year-old man faces a pair of sex-related crimes after he allegedly uploaded child pornography through ...

Crime

Five arrested in robbery of Lady Gaga’s dogs

By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The woman who returned Lady Gaga’s stolen French bulldogs ...

Crime

Blotter: Man, mother robbed of puppies at knifepoint

SALISBURY — A Rowan County man and his mother were robbed of two puppies at knifepoint on Tuesday, ...

State News

NC Sheriff: 2 deputies killed, suspect and 2 others dead

BOONE (AP) — Two deputies were killed and three other people, including a suspected gunman, were found dead ...

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