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Teenagers jailed on burglary charges
Crime | Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:33 AM |
CHINA GROVE — Investigators arrested two teenagers Saturday evening after authorities said they broke into a China Grove home and took more than $3,900 in jewelry. Courtney Renee Simpson, 17, and Christian Hudson, 19, were charged with felony l ...Read More
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Scrap metal thieves targeting rental and for-sale homes
Crime | Saturday, February 11, 2012 11:23 PM |
By Nathan Hardin nhardin@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Scrap metal thieves are targeting homes with “for sale” or “for rent” signs on display, authorities say. Salisbury Police and Rowan County deputies said they have seen an uptick in air condi ...Read More
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Man flees during armed robbery
Crime | Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:30 AM |
SALISBURY — Police are searching for a gunman who tried to rob a man as he cleaned a parking lot on Jake Alexander Boulevard. The would-be robber walked up to the 66-year-old early Friday morning and asked if the man needed help cleaning the parki ...Read More
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Police chief wants to expand street crimes unit after it cuts burglaries
Crime | Saturday, February 11, 2012 12:16 AM |
By Emily Ford eford@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police Chief Rory Collins made a pitch for expanding his new street crimes unit by detailing the team’s success during a recent five-week operation in a Salisbury neighborhood. The Police ...Read More
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Man flees during armed robbery
Crime | Friday, February 10, 2012 2:39 PM |
SALISBURY — Police are still searching for a gunman who attempted to rob a man while he was cleaning the parking lot at the Westland Shopping Center on Jake Alexander Boulevard. The robber walked up to the 66-year-old just after midnight this m ...Read More
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Sentencing details for Bridges to come later
Crime | Friday, February 10, 2012 6:13 AM |
By Nathan Hardin nhardin@salisburypost.com CHARLOTTE — After pleading guilty in federal court Thursday to money laundering and securities fraud, a Salisbury man will remain free for several months before receiving his sentence. John Knox Bridge ...Read More
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Plea deal could lead to 6-year sentence for $2.3 million scheme
Crime | Thursday, February 09, 2012 9:35 AM |
By Nathan Hardin nhardin@salisburypost.com CHARLOTTE — Accused Ponzi scheme operator John Knox Bridges is expected to plead guilty today in federal court after allegedly bilking $2.3 million from friends, neighbors and several high-profile orga ...Read More
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Bridges pleads guilty in $2.3 million fraud
Crime | Thursday, February 09, 2012 7:59 PM |
By Nathan Hardin nhardin@salisburypost.com CHARLOTTE — John Knox Bridges, accused of running a $2.3 million Ponzi scheme fraud, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday morning. Bridges, of Salisbury, faces between 57 and 71 months in prison. H ...Read More
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Briars can't shield woman from authorities
Crime | Thursday, February 09, 2012 4:18 PM |
CLEVELAND — A Cleveland woman walked onto her front porch Wednesday afternoon, saw the deputy standing in her driveway, and calmly walked back into the house. When the officer approached, Casey Potter was nowhere to be found. Deputies and Potte ...Read More
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Bleachers stolen from school, church
Crime | Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:19 PM |
GOLD HILL — Scrap metal thieves are taking it to a new low, investigators said, after several baseball field bleachers disappeared this month. Rowan County deputies were contacted Tuesday after several rows of aluminum bleacher seats disappeare ...Read More
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Salisbury man finds animal waste, damage in home
Crime | Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:19 PM |
SALISBURY — A Salisbury man came home Tuesday to find his home had been ransacked and more than $10,000 in items missing. The 35-year-old also found animal waste and trash “thrown on the floor,” a Rowan County Sheriff’s Office ...Read More
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Habitual felon to serve at least 7 years in prison
Crime | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 11:52 PM |
SALISBURY — A man authorities say had been avoiding his day in court for years will now serve at least seven years in prison. Joseph Preston Bennett was sentenced as a habitual felon in Rowan County Superior Court this week, Rowan County District ...Read More
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Teen charged with 10 felonies in battery theft
Crime | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 5:59 PM |
By Nathan Hardin nhardin@salisburypost.com MOUNT ULLA — A Cleveland man found nine of his vehicles without batteries earlier this month, but witnesses and a paper trail gave investigators a lead. Deputies tracked the stolen batteries and a T-5 ...Read More
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Deputies: Convicted sex offender violates probation
Crime | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 4:41 PM |
KANNAPOLIS — A 19-year-old convicted sex offender is back in jail months after deputies said he violated probation. Jeffrey Culbertson, 8480 Dogwood Drive, was arrested and charged with three counts of probation violation Tuesday afternoon. He ...Read More
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Investigators seek help in purse snatchings
Crime | Wednesday, February 08, 2012 3:19 PM |
By Nathan Hardin nhardin@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Police are continuing to investigate after two separate purse snatching incidents Tuesday afternoon. According to a Salisbury Police report, officers responded to a strong-armed robbery cal ...Read More
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Mother finds man sexually assaulting daughter
Crime | Thursday, February 09, 2012 8:18 PM |
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By Nathan Hardin nhardin@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury woman walked in on her 11-year-old daughter being sexually assaulted by a man the mother had allowed to stay at her house ...Read More
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More than $12,000 in electronics taken from Enochville home
Crime | Monday, February 06, 2012 4:59 PM |
ENOCHVILLE — More than $12,000 in electronics were taken from an Enochville Avenue home Thursday morning. The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office said the homeowner returned home for lunch and found the door had been damaged and the home had be ...Read More
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Fugitive found following shoplifting charge
Crime | Monday, February 06, 2012 3:39 PM |
SALISBURY — A fugitive from Virginia was arrested Sunday after police said she was caught taking packaged meat from a Food Lion store. Officers said Terri Lane Green, 908 W. Horah St., was stopped in the parking lot at 251 Faith Road. A store e ...Read More
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Two face drug charges
Crime | Monday, February 06, 2012 3:39 PM |
By Nathan Hardin nhardin@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — A Salisbury couple was arrested Saturday after officers said they found marijuana and drug paraphernalia in a Green Street home. A Salisbury Police report said officers went to 309 Green St ...Read More
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Man accused of hooking up cable TV illegally in Landis
Crime | Monday, February 06, 2012 9:21 AM |
LANDIS — Investigators from the Landis Police Department joined Time Warner Cable officials to identify and prosecute a man for making illegal cable connections. Early this week, the Landis Police Department received a tip that a resident of No ...Read More
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Deputies: Two found smoking pot in school parking lot
Crime | Friday, February 03, 2012 2:59 PM |
CHINA GROVE — Two men were charged on citations Thursday afternoon after admitting to officers they had been smoking marijuana in the parking lot of an elementary school. Rowan County Sheriff’s deputies approached the vehicle at Millbridg ...Read More
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Two charged during traffic stop
Crime | Friday, February 03, 2012 2:20 PM |
SALISBURY — Two men were charged Thursday when police reportedly found a pistol and marijuana in a vehicle during a traffic stop. Officers stopped a white 2012 Chevy Impala about 7:45 p.m. on East Bank Street. Officers said the vehicle was driv ...Read More
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Concord Police charge suspect in murder
Crime | Friday, February 03, 2012 6:16 AM |
CONCORD — Concord Police have charged a 22-year-old man with murder after a fatal shooting Thursday. Matthew Thomas Sherrill, 22, of 3017 Rockingham Court in Concord is accused of killing John Dion Wallace, 43, of 5407 River Falls Dr. in Charlo ...Read More
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Two face drug charges
Crime | Thursday, February 02, 2012 5:59 PM |
CHINA GROVE — Two China Grove residents were charged Tuesday night after officers said they quickly turned around at a traffic stop on Old Concord Road. Officers found 29-year-old Amy Lambert in the passenger seat and the driver, Richard Gilley ...Read More
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Explanations don't work; man charged
Crime | Wednesday, February 01, 2012 4:25 PM |
A Rowan County man is charged with felony larceny after authorities say he stole $10,000 worth of aluminum from Rowan Vocational Opportunities then tried to pass off his girlfriend as his mother, who he said gave him the metal. Jordan Thomas Delpiano ...Read More
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Convicted sex offender faces new charges
Crime | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:39 PM |
SALISBURY — A convicted sex offender followed a woman around Kmart Saturday night while touching himself, police said. Perry Quinton Simmons, 48, was charged with indecent exposure after Salisbury Police officers caught him before he left the s ...Read More
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No one injured in Monday night shooting
Crime | Tuesday, January 31, 2012 2:19 PM |
SALISBURY — No one was injured after shots were fired into an apartment at 209 E. Bank St. Monday night. Salisbury Police said the 46-year-old tenant and two others were in the home at the time and heard a knock on the door shortly before the g ...Read More
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Ex-boyfriend made repeated threats to murder victim
Crime | Monday, January 30, 2012 10:53 PM |
By Emily Ford eford@salisburypost.com EAST SPENCER — The baseball bat Joan Marie Lark kept next to her bed for protection was probably the weapon used to murder her Friday in her East Spencer home, her boyfriend said. Kerry Wooden, Lark’s ...Read More
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18-year-old accused of kidnapping 15-year-old
Crime | Monday, January 30, 2012 3:02 PM |
By Nathan Hardin nhardin@salisburypost.com WOODLEAF — An 18-year-old was in jail Monday after authorities say he held a 15-year-old against her will inside his Woodleaf home. A Rowan County Sheriff’s Office report said deputies forced ent ...Read More
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Stolen identities bought cycling gear
Crime | Monday, January 30, 2012 6:18 AM |
By Emily Ford eford@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — When investigators entered Walter Darnell Austin’s office to see what the former Windstream employee had been buying with financial information allegedly stolen from customers, Det. Carl D ...Read More
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Take threats seriously
Crime | Monday, January 30, 2012 6:15 AM |
By Emily Ford eford@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Take threats seriously. That’s the lesson authorities say Rowan County can learn from the murder Friday of a 49-year-old woman who was beaten to death, allegedly by an estranged ex-boyfrie ...Read More
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Police: Suspect charged with stealing prescription medication
Crime | Monday, January 30, 2012 6:29 AM |
SALISBURY — A China Grove man is accused of taking prescription medications from a white Chevrolet. Eric Eugene Loflin Jr., 26, of 140 Kimball Road in China Grove, is charged with breaking or entering a motor vehicle and misdemeanor larceny. Au ...Read More
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Fund set up for murder victim; donations being accepted today
Crime | Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:29 AM |
By Emily Ford eford@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Friends of twin brothers and local actors James and John Woodson will hold a fundraiser today to help the boys and their family after the murder of Joan Marie Lark in East Spencer. Lark, who was ...Read More
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Former Windstream worker accused of trafficking stolen identities
Crime | Sunday, January 29, 2012 6:07 PM |
SALISBURY — The former Windstream employee accused of stealing customers’ account information and using it to buy goods is also accused of trafficking those identities. Walter Darnell Austin, 45, is charged with trafficking stolen identit ...Read More
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More charges for men accused of trying to rob undercover deputies
Crime | Sunday, January 29, 2012 12:37 AM |
By Emily Ford eford@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Three people accused of trying to rob undercover Rowan County sheriff’s deputies face additional charges. Tramario Juana Parks, Messiah Alexander Wooden and Deanna Alexandria Scott are all charge ...Read More
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