The FBI Charlotte Field Office has seen an increase in financial sextortion crimes and the type of schemes being used. Across the country financial sextortion cases are skyrocketing. In North Carolina, from 2022 to 2023, FBI Charlotte saw a 20% increase in reports statewide.
Since the fall of 2022, Melissa Knicely and the rest of the employees at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control have been victims of a Facebook hack.
The incident occurred in November on East Sugar Creek Road, according to police.
Grace Horne has been charged with felony animal cruelty and misdemeanor animal cruelty.
A homicide investigation is underway after a victim was found fatally shot in North Charlotte, according to a police report.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has been identified the victim in an overnight shooting in North Charlotte.
CMPD released more than 30 hours of video after a man destroyed four drones and a robot during a standoff. SWAT seriously damaged the house in an attempt to continue communication methods, get a better visual, and have more protection from the alleged armed subject, according to police.
The Kings Mountain Police Department is searching for two individuals that were involved in a fraud.
Police in Gastonia need the public’s help in finding a suspect that allegedly stole a church van.
A 17-year-old faces attempted murder charges in connection to a shooting that took place in Great Falls, South Carolina.
Investigators in Burke County have arrested a Connelly Springs man for allegedly raping a mentally disabled person.
Wingate University went into lockdown Friday night after a student was attacked on campus with a knife.
Police have charged a Chick-Fil-A owner for allegedly attempting to meet up with a 14-year-old boy, according to the Fort Mill police Department.
One person was killed and another was seriously injured after a car crash in York County Thursday morning, according to South Carolina Highway Patrol.
One person died in a fatal car crash on Brookshire Boulevard in west Charlotte on Wednesday night.
A Davidson man has been charged for forcibly restraining his wife by tying her to a bed with duct tape.
Four juveniles are expected to face charges for vandalizing a high school and stealing a school resource officer's rifle in Rowan County.
Police have arrested a man in Matthews after he allegedly shot his neighbor in the neck following a dispute.
A man and woman in Iredell County face 42 combined charges for breaking and entering into multiple storage units and child abuse.
CMPD is investigating after a Myers Park senior was killed on Sunday, January 7th, according to a news release.
One person is dead and another was injured in a shooting overnight in Kannapolis.
Police are investigating a fatal collision that killed one person on Sunday morning.
The 18-year-old motorcyclist that nearly hit an elementary school student after passing a stopped school bus turned himself him.
A homicide investigation is underway after an overnight shooting left one man dead, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Deputies have arrested a 47-year-old man with murder and first-degree kidnapping following a homicide investigation in Catawba County.
Police have arrested the man wanted for a hit and run in Chester County.
Three suspects have been arrested after attempting to rob someone in a Lowe’s parking lot and initiating a police chase.
Detectives with CMPD are requesting the public's assistance in locating 22-year-old Bryce Felder for his involvement in the murder of 3-year-old Asiah Figueroa.
Police identified a 16-year-old juvenile as the suspect related to the north Charlotte homicide that occurred Thursday night.
Two parents in Salisbury, North Carolina were charged with child abuse after their infant was exposed to high levels of fentanyl, police say.
A woman in Newton, North Carolina was sentenced to six to eight years in prison for trafficking fentanyl.
An accused serial scammer is causing a lot of headaches for property owners in Charlotte.
CMPD says three officers were injured and 18 people were arrested or issued citations in Uptown Charlotte on New Year's Eve.
The Statesville Police Department is conducting an investigation of a robbery at the Food Lion on East Broad Street.
The Judge has increased the bond for Daevion Crawford after first court appearance. Five people were injured in a shooting that happened just before midnight on New Year's Eve near Romare Bearden Park in Uptown Charlotte, according to CMPD.
Detective's are attempted to locate a white Chevrolet Express cargo van that was involved in a hit and run that resulted in the death of an 18-year-old girl.
The Belmont Police Department say they have arrested Clarence Gagliardi and Alisha Crawford as suspects for a shooting that occurred on December 30, 2023.
Police in North Carolina have charged a man with assaulting his wife’s co-worker behind the counter of a fast food restaurant, saying he put his hands around the cook's neck and pushed his head toward a deep fryer.
Has a high-profile cold case in Charlotte finally been solved? A prominent local attorney says newly-released evidence clears his client in the 1990 murder of Kim Thomas. But the victim's sister says she's not so sure.
An 18-year-old pedestrian was hit and killed by a car after a hit-and-run in east Charlotte, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police.
An off-duty police officer was shot and killed in North Carolina after witnessing a crime at a gas station and approaching the two suspects, officials said.
One person died and another was sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following a head-on accident on US 321 on Sunday morning.
Police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a vehicle involved in a fatal hit-and-run that killed a bicyclist in Salisbury on Friday morning.
Three men are facing charges after drugs and a gun were found at a Lake Norman restaurant.
31-year-old Millie Danzy and 36-year-old Cedric Watts were found dead on Green Needles Court from drug overdoses. The two were missing for one week.
Two individuals from Charlotte are wanted for allegedly assaulting a 20-year-old female Chipotle employee at a restaurant earlier this month.
Two men are dead and another needed to be airlifted by helicopter to a hospital following a fatal single-vehicle crash in Lancaster County on Friday morning.
One person died in a fatal car crash on South Main Street in Salisbury on Friday morning, causing all lanes to shut down temporarily.
A five year old little girl was found in a car that was stolen from a local gas station.
The Salisbury Police Department is searching for a male suspect wanted in reference to a fraud investigation.
Police are investigating the cause and identity of the skeletal remains found in a wooded area in northeastern Lincoln County.
Police have charged the suspect responsible for the deadly shooting in Lancaster, South Carolina that left a 42-year-old man dead.
A 17-year-old died and another person was sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries following a deadly shooting in Steele Creek
The FBI Charlotte Field Office is warning parents, caregivers, and teens that sextortion crimes typically increase during school and holiday breaks.
Hannah Freeman, one of the suspects connected to the 184 vehicle break-ins in Charlotte earlier this month, has been arrested and faces more than 240 charges.
A male inmate died after he was found unresponsive at the Mecklenburg County Detention Center-Central Tuesday night.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a shooting in north Charlotte that left two people dead on Wednesday morning.
According to the press release, staff from the bank told officers that a female had came into the bank and demanded cash.
The Homicide Unit in CMPD is investigating a homicide in northwest Charlotte near Oakdale Road and Old Plank Road.
Police in Blowing Rock ask for the public’s assistance in finding a man accused of taking a salt spreader controller and a wiring harness from a Chetola work truck.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is conducting a homicide investigation after a woman reportedly died after being stabbed in southwest Charlotte.
A Rowan County man is behind bars after a months-long investigation into him for child abuse.
A single-vehicle car crash on US Highway 521 in Kershaw County killed one late Friday night, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
One person has died and another was sent to the hospital in a fatal car crash late Friday night on Interstate 26 in Spartanburg County, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Police are searching for a suspect wanted for attempting an armed robbery at a Circle K off The Plaza in Charlotte.
A North Carolina mother accused of starving her 10-year-old son has been charged with murder and negligent child abuse in his death, according to police.
A man has been arrested and charged with two counts of robbery for allegedly breaking into two businesses.
Two individuals have been charged with involuntary manslaughter in a crash that killed a 47-year-old woman in a Walmart parking lot in Gastonia.
Two people were injured after a domestic disturbance between relatives led to a man stabbing his cousin in the head with a kitchen knife, according to deputies.
Eric Behrends was shot and killed as he walked home on September 22, 2022 on South Tryon Street.
Police are searching for the suspects in a brazen South Charlotte toy store robbery. Surveillance video shows the pair grabbing boxes off the shelves before simply walking out.
Fourteen members of a major drug organization, with connections to Mexican drug cartels, that trafficked cocaine and fentanyl and possessed firearms illegally in the Charlotte area were sentenced Wednesday, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.
The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office have arrested and charged two men from Statesville with breaking and entering and larceny, totaling over $11,000 in stolen property.
Deputies arrested a 60 year-old man after a sexual abuse investigation against a five-year-old child.
In the video, you can see three men running into the store. They immediately start smashing the glass cases. The owner says those cases had Rolex watches inside of them.
Officers with the Lincolnton Police Department are searching for a suspect after a hit and run accident involving a tricycle.
Hornets' forward Miles Bridges was denied access into Canada as the team traveled to play against the Raptors Sunday night, according to league sources. His status for tonight's game is up in the air.
Jonathan Majors was convicted Monday of assaulting his former girlfriend after a two-week trial that the actor hoped would salvage his damaged reputation and restore his status as an emerging Hollywood star.
Nor'easter caused severe flooding Sunday, December 17th. Check out the video from Meteorologist Kaitlin Wright.
The victim in this case has been identified as 18-year-old Jah'Zir Jackson. Police have charged Al-Terrik Bogar, 18, in connection to this shooting.
Authorities say a traffic stop in Burke County led to investigators arresting a Valdese man for trafficking Fentanyl.
Investigators say a Lancaster County deputy was arrested and then terminated from his job following a domestic violence incident at his home in Kershaw County, S.C.
The South Carolina Law Enforcement charged four individuals for allegedly engaging in human trafficking of a minor.
A judge sentenced a man from from Waynesville, North Carolina to 27 years in prison for trafficking methamphetamine and illegally possessing a firearm, according to the United States Attorney’s Office.
A source tells WCCB Charlotte that the deadly shooting started with two families confronting each other over the alleged sexual assault of a teen girl.
A single-vehicle car crash on SC 223 in Chester County killed one Wednesday night, according to the South Carolina Highway Patrol.
Deputies with the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office say they arrested a man after he allegedly robbed a Fifth Third Bank is Harrisburg on Thursday, December 14th.
No charges will be filed against a FedEx driver for striking and killing a pedestrian on December 5th, according to the Gastonia Police Department.
Police have charged an 18-year-old suspect in Greenville, South Carolina in connection to a homicide at a southeast Charlotte apartment complex last month.
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A former Gastonia Police Officer faces 32 felony charges following a lengthy joint investigation by Gastonia Police Department and the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
Detectives with the Monroe Police Department charged Jorge Palma with four additional crimes relating to a previous sexual assault investigation at the Union Soccer Academy in Monroe, NC.
Iredell County deputies seized approximately $3,752,000 of suspected fentanyl mixed with cocaine, according to a news release.
A 7-year-old girl was injured in a shooting at an apartment complex in Rock Hill.
A South Carolina inmate died from a fentanyl overdose from August 13th. The suspected distributer was charged December 7th, according to a news release.
Police say an impaired man hit and killed a cyclist in a motor vehicle crash on Hickory Boulevard.
Police in York County are searching for a 39-year-old man wanted for committing an armed robbery in Clover, South Carolina.
A suspect has been placed in custody and charged with murder in connection to a deadly shooting that occurred on Saturday morning.
Police are conducting an investigation near University City after a man allegedly sexual assaulted a female after forcing his way into her residence.
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