Police spent hours inside the 11-year-old girl's Cornelius home Wednesday night. And, a new arrest warrant information reveals what the girl's mom told investigators she was worried about.
A community waits and wonders what happened to missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari. Wednesday night, crime scene investigators spent hours inside the home the little girl shared with her mother and stepfather.
A Union County father is facing charges after his six-year-old son overdosed on fentanyl and methamphetamine at a tattoo shop.
Hundreds came together for a prayer vigil for 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari on Tuesday night. The community is demanding answers after the little girl disappeared and wasn't reported missing for three weeks.
Taylor was first arrested in February of 2022 and charged with three counts of second degree sexual exploitation of a minor. A CMS spokesperson says Taylor was employed at the school until June of 2022.
Police called to E. Hudson Boulevard for report of armed man at apartment complex. No one hurt
Troopers need your help finding the driver of a truck, possibly involved in a deadly hit and run in Lancaster County involving a bicycle. Investigators are looking for a silver 2008 to 2015 Chevy S10 or GMC Sonoma.
MEDIC says one person was injured after a shooting near an East Charlotte gas station on Saturday afternoon. It happened on Cambridge Commons Drive and Harrisburg Road, just off I-485, around 3:00. MEDIC says the victim has life-threatening injuries.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg detectives are investigating a homicide after a shooting on Valeview Lane.
Three people have been arrested in connection with a shooting at Northlake Mall.Β Β Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department charged Xavier Alexander with Attempted Murder & Assault with Deadly Weapon. Jadah Van Williams is charged with Assault.Β A 17-year-old juvenile is also charged with assault.
Officials in North Carolina say a sheriffβs deputy was killed in a hit-and-run crash while investigating a robbery.
Federal regulators on Thursday ordered a review of security standards at the nation's far-flung electricity transmission network, followingΒ shootings at two electric substations in North CarolinaΒ that damaged equipment and caused more than 45,000 customers to lose power.
In November, Casey and Ashley Jordan, were initially charged with felony child abuse.Β Additional charges were filed this week after lab results returned showing the infant had high levels of fentanyl in the blood stream.
Northlake Mall will remained closed for the remainder of the day.
District officials confirm that a gun was found at West Mecklenburg High School Thursday morning.
A death investigation is underway after police responded to a crash and found a man shot in the vehicle. He died at the scene, police say.
Thousands of families across the state rely on Toys for Tots to help make their Christmas bright, but in Halifax county about four hours northeast of Charlotte, 2/3 of the toys donated this year have been stolen.
The Mecklenburg County Health Department seems like an unlikely place to find a violence prevention office,Β butΒ Tracie Campell, Senior Health Manager of the Office of Violence Prevention said that's the point β they wanted their approach to be different . Their goal is to stop violence before it starts -- by reaching the people it impacts.Β
Michael Mendoza was shot and killed after he and his sister found a loaded gun. Investigators say the childβs mother, father and uncle living in the residence failed to properly secure the firearm.
According to the arrest warrant, Timothy Smith, 50, of Tega Cay, distributed a digital file that contained video of a 10-year-old girl fully undressing and exposing her genitalia.
A Statesville man who was shot in November has died from his injuries. Statesville Police are now treating his death as a homicide.
Police are asking for the public's assistance with identifying a man they say robbed a bank Wednesday afternoon.Β
A jury has found CMPD Officer Phillip Barker guilty of misdemeanor death by vehicle. Barker was responding to a call when he hit and killed CPCC student James Short with his patrol cruiser.
Gaston County Police called to a mobile home park off Hickory Grove Road north of Belmont
Two men are facing charges in connection to the death of a girl who overdosed on Fentanyl pills.Β The girl died September 26th. Officers found her unresponsive in the 800 block of Kiser Road near Bessemer City.
Disgraced South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh will go to trial this January.
Closing arguments are expected Tuesday morning in the trial of CMPD Officer Phillip Barker. He's accused of killing a CPCC student, James Short, in 2017 while responding to a call.
Davidson College says the missing college student Aedan Somers has been found and is safe.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office says a man is behind bars and charged with murder after he shot and killed a woman while children were present.
Police say that the victim in a stabbing on North Tryon Street has died from their injuries. CMPD is now investigating this incident as a homicide.
Police have identified Lawrence Green, 32, as the man who was shot and killed on Tom Hunter Road late Saturday night.
On Sunday night, outbound Independence Boulevard was closed between Eastway Drive and Albemarle Road after investigators say a pedestrian was struck and killed around 8 p.m.
Charlotte businesswoman Shanquella Robinson mysteriously died while on a Mexican vacation with friends in October.
CMPD arrested 36-year-old Tyson Corpening in connection to the shooting of a park ranger and the vandalism of a daycare.
Charlotte-Mecklendburg Police Officer, Phillip Barker, was back in court on Friday for day two of his trial.
Officer Phillip Barker is charged in the death of James Short back in 2017. Police say Barker hit and killed Short, a student at CPCC.
The FBI is seeking cell phone records that could indicate who was near the substations in Moore County Saturday night.
Police arrested Stephen Burke Bridges, 31, is charged with 3 counts of impersonating a law enforcement officer.
Police have arrested a second juvenile in connection to the death of Nahzir Taylor. Taylor was shot moments after getting of a CMS bus.
Dominic Salazar and Damien Gonzalez were shot at a playground in Fred Alexander Park back in November. Two juveniles are facing charges of murder.
A Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Officer has been charged with driving while under the influence.
The holiday season is an especially challenging time for the families of murder and traffic accident victims. Tuesday night, many of those grieving came together for CMPD's memorial tree lighting.
Departing U.S. Rep. Madison Cawthorn of North Carolina has been told to pay over $14,000 to charity after the House Ethics Committee found he financially benefited while purchasing a cryptocurrency that he was promoting and violated conflict of interest rules.
A targeted attack on power substations in Moore County is raising security concerns about the wider power grid. More than 32,000 customers remain in the dark after someone fired shots at multiple substations, disabling equipment.
For four years, Andre Isaac faced the possibility of real prison time. He maintained his innocence in connection to the murder of a store clerk in Gastonia.
A state of emergency is now effect in Moore County, North Carolina as thousands of homes and businesses remain without power after an attack on at least two Duke Energy substations.
A second suspect is now in police custody in connection to a deadly drive-by shooting on Highland Avenue NE. A third suspect is still at large.
It happened Friday around 9:30 p.m. in the 3100 block of Spring Valley Drive.
Police say they have arrested Bryan Crosby Jr., 25, in connection with the death of a man early Friday morning.
Statesville Police say they were called to help Student Resource Officers contain a large fight inside the school on Friday.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are investigating two separate assaults at the Blackhawk Hardware store in the Park Road Shopping Center in South Charlotte.Β Β
A Salisbury Police Officer is accused of driving while impaired.
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As firefighters went to the back of the home, the person was found with a firearm and shots were fired. Two law enforcement officers and one firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries.
Police on Thursday released body camera video from a shootout with a 15-year-old boy suspected of fatally shooting five people and wounding two more in an East Raleigh neighborhood.
16-year-old Brittany Witherspoon was shot back in August on Kings Ridge Drive in southwest Charlotte. She died weeks later.
Renaldo Demetrius Johnson, age 35, of GastoniaΒ is facing charges of felony child abuse of his girlfriendβs four-month-old son.
Charlotte Medic says one person was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries.
Officers responded to a fatal shooting on Sadler Road in West Charlotte. It's the third homicide in the Queen City in a 24 hour span, marking the city's 101st homicide of 2022.
Police say they have charged a person in connection to the death of a 32-year-old woman that was killed while visiting Charlotte from Asheboro, North Carolina.
One person has died after a shooting Monday night at a McDonalds in South Charlotte.Β Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded to the scene on South Boulevard 7:45pm.
Bystanders rescue the child and two dogs from the parked car; no one hurt
The mother of Shanquella Robinson is talking about the investigation into her daughter's death in Mexico during an interview with CNN.Β Sallamondra Robinson told CNN that Mexican authorities have not identified the person who they are seeking to extradite to face charges in her daughter's death.
Three people have been arrested in connection with so-called "street takeovers" in Charlotte.
Charlotte Mecklenburg police are investigating after a shooting in the 9800 block of Cindy Lane.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police say they are investigating a homicide after a shooting on Skipwith Place.
A convicted sex offender from Georgia is behind bars after a month on the run.
WCCB is asking CMPD what led up to two separate shootings overnight. Three people were hurt.
One person is dead after a shooting in Cornelius on Saturday.
Authorities in Catawba County arrested a man charged with firing a gun at a Dollar General store just before 1 p.m. on Saturday afternoon.
A girlfriend of the child's father has charged with murder
Officers say that Robert Adams, 47, shot his 39-year-old girlfriend after an argument on Thanksgiving morning at the couple's home on Bond Avenue.
The prosecutor's office in Baja California Sur says an arrest warrant has been issued in the death of Charlotte native Shanquella Robinson, 25.Β Robinson died October 28 while vacationing in Cabo, Mexico with a group of her friends.Β Her death has been ruled femicide by Mexican authorities.
Police say incident not random and not related to Thanksgiving parade going on nearby
A homicide investigation is underway in Southwest Charlotte.Β Charlotte Mecklenburg Police responding to a call for shots fired around 12:30p.m. Tuesday in the 4400 block of S. Tryon Street.Β
The industry standard goal is to answer 90 percent of 911 calls in 10 seconds or less. CMPD says 60 percent of its calls are answered in 10 seconds or less.
Authorities have identified the victim of a deadly shooting in Hickory.
SouthPark Mall has since reopened after a scare that caused the mall to be evacuated.
A church youth leader from Charlotte is facing nine counts of indecent liberties with a child and once count of sexual battery.
The robbery happened at the Ocean Door Arcade on E. Independence Blvd. Friday morning.
The mysterious Mexico death investigation of Charlotte woman Shanquella Robinson has gotten the attention of Chris Hansen, from the hugely popular To Catch a Predator series.
Large CMPD presence has Harbor Drive Blocked off near Moores Chapel Road
A family is pleading for answers after a Charlotte woman was found dead inside a villa in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Shaquella Robinson's friends reportedly said she died of alcohol poisoning but an autopsy showed she had a broken neck and her spine was cracked.
Authorities have found Bentley Stancil, 9, who was last seen heading to his school bus stop in Wake County.
Police have arrested a man they say exposed himself and sent explicit photos to a student.Β
A Gastonia man arrested for setting a fire at Tony's Ice Cream Shop.Β
Belmont Police are investigating a bank robbery at the SouthState Bank.
SLED says that Dena Nicole Orrell, 35, sexually assaulted a female relative under 16 years of age between Fall of 2017 and Spring 2018.Β
Police say officers asked the suspect to drop his weapon multiple times before he raised his weapon and was shot by police on Saturday.
Rock Hill Police responded to an apartment Monday morning on Paces River Avenue after receiving calls for gunshots being fired.Β Police found one man dead.
Salisbury Police say that a juvenile and a 20-year-old man were both injured in a shooting on Messner Street early Sunday morning.
Investigators say that a fire on Beacon Ridge Road early Sunday morning was intentionally set.
A man in behind bars and facing charges in a connection to a homicide and robbery that happened in 1992.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Chief of Police, Johnny Jennings, is frustrated with the judges decision to drastically lower the bond of a repeat offender.
The rate of murders in South Carolina is at its highest level since 1991
One person is in the hospital after a shooting near University City Thursday, according to MEDIC.
Tadarius Redfearn was arrested with the assistance of United States Marshals Service and the CMPD.
The Albemarle Police Department says an officer accused of sex crimes involving a minor has resigned from his position.Β
Joshua Ostwalt, 32,Β is back in custody after escaping from a recreation yard in Lumberton, NC.
The 911 call has been released after Hornets' guard James Bouknight was found unconscious in his vehicle with a gun on his lap.
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