Crime

A man in Lenoir says he found his horse lying dead in a field near his home last Monday. It had been shot in the head.

Darrell Hames died following a double shooting on Shamrock Drive. Two men are charged with the crime.

Claudio Gutierrez-Cruz was taken into federal custody on Thursday by the Charlotte Division of the FBI.

Police say they have two people in custody and are searching for another after a home break-in Friday.

It would seem like a no brainer: inmates shouldn't be around weapons. But in Chesterfield County, inmates were not only allowed, they were asked, to handle stolen, loaded firearms.

At least one gunman is on the run after shooting a woman's miniature horse with a shotgun.

The suspect is a 17-year-old former Hough High School student. His mother is talking to WCCB Charlotte.

Police are requesting the public’s assistance in identifying an armed robbery suspect.

Two more suspects have been arrested for their involvement in the armed robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank on Park Road.

CMPD Chief Kerr Putney says the city has grown, and the number of calls to 911 has grown, but not the number of officers in his department.

Rowan county deputies are searching for Joshua and John Meece. They're accused of breaking into an 82-year-old woman's home on Garrick Road Friday night.

Police say the man accused of robbing a Walgreens in October has now robbed a Harris Teeter.

CPCC says a student was robbed on campus Thursday evening.

Police arrested a man after he reportedly stole merchandise for a department store in Hickory.

For the third time in six weeks, a group marched through Uptown Thursday to remember a victim of domestic violence.

A Charlotte mother who fought off intruders during a violent home invasion continues to recover from life threatening injuries.

Police say they arrested a Lincolnton woman after a three month narcotics investigation.

Lincoln County Sheriff's say they arrested four people on drug charges after a search warrant was conducted at a residence near Shoal Road.