Crime

South Carolina man charged with methamphetamine possession

ROCKWELL — A South Carolina man faces methamphetamine charges after someone called police to report a suspicious person ...

Crime

China Grove teen charged with child pornography-related offense

CHINA GROVE — A teen faces a child pornography-related sex offense after a multi-agency investigation. Dante Kain Morales, ...

Crime

Blotter: Salisbury man banned from Walmart charged with stealing detergent

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man banned from Walmart was charged with stealing laundry detergent ...

Crime

Police: Three-vehicle crash caused by street racing

SALISBURY — Three people were taken to the hospital Sunday evening following a multi-vehicle collision that police say ...

Crime

Police: Salisbury woman caught breaking into storage unit facility

SALISBURY — A Salisbury woman faces breaking and entering charges after allegedly being caught inside a local storage ...

Crime

Woman faces intoxicated driving charges after crashing into school bus

SALISBURY — A woman will make her appearance in court this week after police charged her Friday following ...

Politics

Police arrest 5 during RNC protests in Charlotte

CHARLOTTE  (AP) — Police have arrested five people in Charlotte, North Carolina, where protesters demonstrated against the Republican ...

Crime

Blotter: Aug. 23

In weekend crime reports: • Yota Renee Price, 30, of Salisbury, was charged on two counts of simple ...

News

Farewell not goodbye: SPD deputy chief headed to Chicago

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — After three years with the Salisbury Police Department, Deputy Chief Shon Barnes ...

Crime

Blotter: Aug. 22

In Salisbury Police Department reports • Knox Middle School reported on Thursday someone stole an iPad. • Moose ...

Crime

Police: Man dragged 20 yards, injured in hit-and-run

SALISBURY — A 30-year-old man was seriously injured late Thursday night after he was struck in a hit ...

Crime

Blotter: Shots fired into home while woman feeding infant

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A woman told police someone fired gunshots into her Salisbury home while ...

Crime

Sheriff’s office: Man escaped kidnapping, ran from gunfire

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — A Charlotte man who says he was kidnapped at gunpoint and ...

Crime

Blotter: Aug. 20

In Salisbury Police Department reports • William Joseph Jones, 28, was charged on Tuesday with misdemeanor simple assault ...

Crime

Blotter: Salisbury man arrested on felony drug charges

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local man has been charged on seven charges related to drugs ...

Local

Police department lays out uses for grant funding

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Salisbury Police Department will formally ask that nearly $30,000 in federal ...

Crime

Blotter: Armed robbers steal cash from Circle K

SALISBURY — A clerk at the Circle K gas station on East Innes Street was the victim of an ...

Crime

Man faces voluntary manslaughter charges after Rockwell argument turns deadly

ROCKWELL — An argument between two men in Rockwell late Sunday night turned deadly. Jay Dustin Lear, 42, ...

Ask Us

Ask Us: What’s the status of effort to reduce court referrals?

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

Crime

Blotter: Spencer man arrested for animal cruelty, accused of shooting cat

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SPENCER — A 32-year-old man was arrested on Saturday after he allegedly shot someone ...

Coronavirus

Spencer nursing home has COVID-19 outbreak

SALISBURY — Rowan County on Friday added at least 26 new COVID-19 cases to its total, as well ...

Crime

Blotter: Arrest made in connection with Kannapolis shooting incident

SALISBURY – Grayson Jacob Huffstetler, 20, of Kannapolis, was charged with discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling ...

Crime

Sheriff’s office: Man faces weapons charge after fleeing traffic stop

SALISBURY – Tamin Kenyon Benjamin, 20, of Salisbury, was charged with possession of a firearm by a felon ...

Crime

Update: Funeral held for boy, 5, who was fatally shot in Wilson

WILSON (AP) — The North Carolina 5-year-old fatally shot while playing in his front yard carried a big ...

Crime

Blotter: August 14

In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports • A man reported on Tuesday someone stole his firearm from his ...

Crime

Teen faces laundry list of charges after string of larcenies

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The sheriff’s office has charged a 15-year-old with involvement in a string ...

Crime

Salisbury man faces charges after trying to retrieve phone from police

SALISBURY — A Salisbury man faces drug charges after going to the police department to retrieve a stolen ...

Crime

Police: Father hospitalized after being shot in argument with son

SALISBURY — A 28-year-old man was in jail Thursday and his father was in critical condition after a ...

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