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Jury selection begins for murder trial of woman in fish arcade shooting
SALISBURY — Jury selection began on Monday in the trial of a Salisbury woman charged with second-degree murder ...
Crime
Salisbury man skips court, gets convicted of assaulting government official
SALISBURY — A Salisbury man who stopped coming to court was convicted Thursday of felony assault with a ...
Trial
Judge orders release of police video captured during county commissioner’s arrest
SALISBURY — A judge on Thursday morning ordered the immediate release of law enforcement video footage captured during ...
Trial
Court of Appeals overturns multimillion-dollar ruling against Mooresville oral surgeon accused of affair with nurse
SALISBURY — The North Carolina Court of Appeals has overturned a $2.3 million verdict against a Mooresville oral ...
News
Court of Appeals upholds murder convictions for 2016 slaying of Salisbury woman
SALISBURY — Asserting that the defendants received fair trials, the North Carolina Court of Appeals on Tuesday upheld ...
Nation/World
Chauvin gets 22.5 years in prison for George Floyd’s death
By AMY FORLITI and STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin was ...
Crime
Appeals court upholds Black Mountain man’s conviction for threatening tweet
By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press A federal appeals court on Friday upheld the conviction of a North Carolina ...
Crime
Rowan County jury convicts Ansonville man of robbery, burglary
SALISBURY — Following a four-day jury trial, Lamorris William Rivers of Ansonville was convicted this week of felony ...
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
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
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
Two habitual felons convicted in Rowan County Superior Court
SALISBURY — Two habitual felons were found guilty by juries in Rowan County Superior Court last week. Eugene ...
News
Gastonia man sentenced for crash into restaurant that killed his daughter, daughter-in-law
GASTONIA (AP) — A North Carolina man was sentenced on Friday to at least 38 years in prison ...
Crime
Medical examiner says murdered barber stabbed 3 times
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Local barber Altereck Shields, who was reportedly stabbed to death in 2016 ...
News
Jurors find Donald Frye guilty in 2017 murder of Sheila Godfrey
SALISBURY — Jurors on Tuesday found a Kannapolis man guilty in the murder of Sheila Godfrey, whose body ...
News
Closing arguments made in Donald Frye murder trial
SALISBURY — In his closing statements Monday, defense attorney Tom King asked jurors if they could believe three ...
News
Sheila Godfrey’s blood found on Donald Frye’s shoes, jury told
SALISBURY — A forensic biologist testified Wednesday that Sheila Godfrey’s blood was found on shoes that belonged to ...
News
Former cellmate testifies against Donald Frye
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — According to a former cellmate, Donald Frye said he was haunted by ...
News
Rowan detective shows jurors electrical cord used to kill Sheila Godfrey
SALISBURY — Donning black latex gloves, Rowan County Sheriff’s Office Detective Chad Moose walked in front of jurors ...
News
Witness reveals details of the night of Sheila Godfrey’s murder
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Two people who lived at Donald Frye’s Kannapolis home in April 2017 ...
News
Laundromat surveillance video shows Donald Frye in murder victim’s vehicle
SALISBURY — Surveillance cameras at the Speedwash Laundromat recorded Donald Lee Frye driving Sheila Godfrey’s white Chevrolet Blazer ...
News
In murder trial, Donald Frye accused of beating, strangling Sheila Godfrey
SALISBURY — Jessica Lind testified in court Wednesday that the day she discovered the body of her mother, ...
News
Donald Frye to stand trial for 2017 murder of Sheila Godfrey
SALISBURY — Jurors are being selected this week in the murder trial of a Kannapolis man accused of ...
News
Jurors find Abbitt, Albarran guilty of 2016 murder
SALISBURY – Less than two hours after deliberations started, jurors on Wednesday found Sindy Lina Abbitt and Daniel ...
News
Final testimony heard in Abbitt, Albarran murder trial
SALISBURY — Jurors heard the last testimony Monday in the murder trial of Sindy Abbitt and Daniel Albarran, ...
News
Murder trial: Jurors watch emotional video in which mother points out daughter’s killers
By Shavonne Walker shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com SALISBURY — Jurors watched a video in which an emotional Mary Gregory saw the ...
News
Murder trial: Defense attempts to poke holes in police investigation
SALISBURY — During much of Thursday afternoon’s testimony, defense attorneys tried to poke holes in the investigation of ...
News
Emotional testimony opens trial in 2016 murder of waitress
SALISBURY — In emotional testimony Wednesday, Mary Gregory cried as she recalled seeing her daughter, 38-year-old Lacynda Feimster, ...