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KANNAPOLIS — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a suspect in the fatal Monday shooting of a 17-year-old A.L. Brown High School student.
Darius Jamal Smotherson, 19, faces a murder charge in the death of Daniel Lee Cooper. ...Read More
SALISBURY — Authorities have arrested a Salisbury man mistakenly released from jail Wednesday.
Willie James Johnson Jr. was arrested in Concord, deputies said, and is being transported back to the Rowan County Detention Center.
Johnson was rel ...Read More
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LIVE: Rowan Emergency and Police Scanner
Friday, May 25, 2012 9:59 PM |
By Nathan Hardin
nhardin@salisburypost.com
SALISBURY — A?man who was shot in the head this morning during an apparent robbery at his home on Carolina Boulevard was released from Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
According to Salisbury Police, 27-year-old Frank Graham Jr. was treated and released about 4:30 p.m.
Robin Smith told a Post reporter she and boyfriend Graham had just returned ... Read More
nhardin@salisburypost.com
SALISBURY — A?man who was shot in the head this morning during an apparent robbery at his home on Carolina Boulevard was released from Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.
According to Salisbury Police, 27-year-old Frank Graham Jr. was treated and released about 4:30 p.m.
Robin Smith told a Post reporter she and boyfriend Graham had just returned ... Read More
HEADLINES
Suspect in Kannapolis shooting still on the loose
Thursday, May 24, 2012 6:06 AM |
KANNAPOLIS — Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a suspect in the fatal Monday shooting of a 17-year-old A.L. Brown High School student.
Darius Jamal Smotherson, 19, faces a murder charge in the death of Daniel Lee Cooper. ...Read More
Police: Kannapolis teen shot in the neck dies
Crime | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:26 PM |
KANNAPOLIS — Police are searching for three people believed to be involved in a shooting that left a Kannapolis man seriously injured.
Officers on the scene Monday evening said the man had been shot in the neck while in his car on Snow Street. ...Read More
Alleged robbery victim arrested on drug charges
Crime | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:39 PM |
SALISBURY — A Catawba Drive man who told deputies he was robbed by former friends last month has been arrested on several drug charges.
According to the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office, Jared Charbonneau was taken into custody at his probat ...Read More
Man found with gunshot wound to neck
Crime | Tuesday, May 22, 2012 12:44 AM |
KANNAPOLIS — Police are investigating after a man was shot in the neck this afternoon.
The man was taken to NorthEast Medical Center.
The victim was transported by ambulance from the 300 block of West 22nd Street in north Kannapolis, but investi ...Read More
Inmates find eight used needles during roadside clean-up
Crime | Monday, May 21, 2012 7:59 PM |
SALISBURY — Eight used needles were found on Enochville roadsides during an Inmate Clean-Up project Saturday.
Four inmates, monitored by members of the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office Aggressive Criminal Enforcement team, along with Special ...Read More
Five charged in ongoing drug investigation
Crime | Monday, May 21, 2012 2:40 PM |
KANNAPOLIS — Five suspects were arrested Friday following an ongoing drug investigation by members of the Kannapolis Police Vice and Narcotics Unit, the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office and Mooresville Police Department.
The Rowan County She ...Read More
Deputies searching for stolen classic cars
Crime | Friday, May 18, 2012 2:40 PM |
SALISBURY — Deputies are asking for help in the theft of classic cars from April.
A 1969 Ford Mustang was one of five vehicles stolen from a home on Mooresville Road, according to a Rowan County Sheriff’s Office report. Authorities were n ...Read More
Man released from jail by mistake found at traffic stop in Concord
Crime | Friday, May 18, 2012 12:45 AM |
SALISBURY — A man called “dangerous” by Rowan County Sheriff Kevin Auten was captured in Concord on Thursday after mistakenly being released from the county jail Wednesday.
Willie James Johnson Jr. was taken back into custody short ...Read More
Update: Suspect found
Crime | Thursday, May 17, 2012 4:00 PM |
SALISBURY — Authorities have arrested a Salisbury man mistakenly released from jail Wednesday.
Willie James Johnson Jr. was arrested in Concord, deputies said, and is being transported back to the Rowan County Detention Center.
Johnson was rel ...Read More
Police: Three charged with robbing China Buffet
Crime | Thursday, May 17, 2012 3:40 PM |
KANNAPOLIS — Three people were charged with robbing a Chinese restaurant on North Cannon Boulevard at gunpoint last night.
According to Kannapolis Police, Damonte Kerrick Harper, of West Kirk Street in China Grove; Jaquavis DeWayne Stockton, of ...Read More
Shield-A-Badge program enters 17th year
Crime | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 6:06 AM |
SALISBURY — Seventeen years after starting Rowan County’s Shield-A-Badge with Prayer program, the Rev. Michael Taylor isn’t finished.
Taylor said the program, which asks volunteers to pledge to pray for an officer every day for a y ...Read More
Sheriff: Fugitive caught in Spencer
Crime | Wednesday, May 16, 2012 6:59 PM |
SPENCER — Deputies arrested a 27-year-old Spencer man wanted on federal weapons charges from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
William Denny, of South Spencer Avenue, was taken into custody and charged with felony fugitive from justi ...Read More
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