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Local man charged with inappropriately touching young child

SALISBURY — A local man was charged Thursday after he was accused of inappropriately touching a young boy. ...

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Blotter: Salisbury man charged with meth possession following search warrant execution

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury man was charged Wednesday with drug possession after Salisbury police ...

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Alleged MS-13 gang member in Salisbury arrested in national operation

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two men who are members of multinational crime organization La Mara Salvatrucha, ...

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Police K-9 tracks suspect to local apartment after foot chase

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury Police Department K-9 on Thursday tracked a man who ran ...

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Attempted vehicle break-ins reported at local heating, air business

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Someone broke through a fence at a local heating and air business ...

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Blotter: Rowan Sheriff’s Office looking into shooting of dog

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office is looking into who shot a woman’s ...

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Barbour Street home may not have been intended shooting target

SALISBURY — A Barbour Street home shot into Monday may not have been the intended target, said Rowan ...

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Sheriff’s office: Accident occurred during search warrant execution

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Rowan and federal investigators executing a search warrant Tuesday morning were nearly ...

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Sheriff’s Office: Man in stable condition after surgery, shooting

From the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office At 11:30 p.m. Monday, the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office was called to ...

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Vandals destroy headstones at local church cemetery

SALISBURY — Someone destroyed headstones at a local church cemetery causing about $10,000 worth of damage, said Rowan ...

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Man faces litany of charges after burglary

SALISBURY — Justin Derek Neal, 29, of Salisbury, was arrested on Sunday in connection to a series of ...

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Masks, AC unit stolen from COVID-19 testing site.

SALISBURY — A portable air conditioning unit and 10 boxes of masks were stolen from the Novant Health ...

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Abandoned car found riddled with bullets near East Spencer

EAST SPENCER — At about 2 a.m. Monday, the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting near ...

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Rockwell man charged with break-in, theft of vehicle equipment

ROCKWELL — A Rockwell man was charged last week with a break-in and the theft of vehicle equipment ...

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Blotter: Cleveland man accused of stealing catalytic converter

Arrest warrants from the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office show Cam Tyrone Garrison, 36, of Dooley Road in Cleveland, ...

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Blotter: Salisbury Police respond to multiple shootings Thursday

By Natalie Anderson natalie.anderson@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police responded to a string of shootings Thursday, with one shooting into ...

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Witness calls 911 after roadside chair attack

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com CHINA GROVE — No arrests have been made after a local man was struck ...

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Local business owner says she was target of vandalism

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Sabrina Harris, owner of an arts incubator business on Fulton Street , says she ...

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Blotter: July 9

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com In Rowan County Sheriff’s Office reports • Piedmont Asphalt Paving Co. reported on Monday ...

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Woman charged with panhandling near flea market gives false name

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A local woman cited for panhandling near the Webb Road Flea Market ...

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Police: No cooperation following weekend shooting

SALISBURY — Salisbury Police investigators have received no cooperation following a weekend shooting at a party. Two people ...

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Blotter: Woman charged with drug possession

Trista Fawn Donaldson was charged July 1 with misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance schedule III. According to ...

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Blotter: Man charged with breaking into 7 vehicles; man charged with drug trafficking

Carl Blankenship carl.blankenship@salisburypost.com SALISBURY – Jordan McKay Fritz, 20, of Salisbury, was charged Friday with felony breaking and ...

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Two shot at party early Sunday

SALISBURY – Two people were shot near 200 S. West Street on Sunday morning. A release from Salisbury ...

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Former Landis staffers face embezzlement charges

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com LANDIS — One after another, three former town staffers on Thursday were escorted into ...

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Two face drug charges after vehicle chase, near collision

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Rowan County pair were charged Tuesday with drug possession after they ...

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Crime blotter: July 3

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

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Former Landis Town Manager Reed Linn, others indicted for felony embezzlement

By Shavonne Potts shavonne.potts@salisburypost.com LANDIS — A year and a half after questions were raised about the town’s ...

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