Long a method of execution associated with political terror or military justice, aΒ firing squadΒ is set to kill a South Carolina inmate on Friday, the second time the state will have carried out that method in the past five weeks.
A Charlotte woman's search to find her dog is coming up cold. On Sunday, her car was stolen from her apartment's parking lot. Her dog Julio was inside the car.
CMPD says Charlotte had a significant decrease in violent crime in the first quarter of 2025.
A mother and son are charged after three people were shot in Great Falls on Wednesday.
A man has been arrested in connection to a deadly crash on Hoffman Road in Gastonia
A traffic stop in Monroe lead to the discovery of more than $1 million in stolen vehicles.
Garon Killian and Kylee Simpson are both charged with seven counts of attempted first degree murder.
A reminder from the Matthews Police Department to lock your car doors. The department is looking for the people responsible for a number of recent car break-ins.
A person who says they have seen police body cam video of the night a Wadesboro Police K9 was shot and killed is speaking out. They talked with the dog's former owner, Josh Harrington. Harrington provided WCCB with a recording of their phone call.
The Lancaster County Sheriffβs Office arrested 26-year-old Thomas Adams on Friday. His charges include two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
Police arrested and charged Adrian Lewis on Friday after a school resource officer reported the allegation.
Three run down, empty buildings along Highway 274 and NC 182 were the focus of investigators Friday.
A driver wanted for a deadly hit-and-run over the weekend in Uptown Charlotte has been arrested, according to police.
A man from Lancaster County is accused of sharing child sexual abuse material online.
CMPD detectives have identified a 1996 murder victim using forensic genetic genealogy.
A teacher at Harding University High School was charged after being accused of sending inappropriate messages to a student.
Officials from multiple agencies searched property and buildings in Lincoln County Friday morning connect to the disappearance of Asha Degree.
A man is accused of shooting a neighbor's friend after an argument in China Grove. Deputies say they found the suspect on the porch of the home waiting for officers to arrive.
A third suspect is now charged in connection to a shooting inside the Walmart in Lancaster on Tuesday. A fourth suspect is in the hospital and police are searching for two others.
A major break in a sex assault cold case from Christmas Day 1993. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police detectives have identified the suspect in that assault as 48-year-old Tony Leslie.
Local and federal law enforcement say a fight between a 15-year-old boy and girl on the Ardrey Kell High School campus was not a hate crime. The boy's family says they've been dealing with death threats since the incident.
Cold case detectives have identified and charged a man with a rape that happened on Christmas Day in Charlotte 32 years ago.
CMPD holds a news conferenceΒ to discuss the launch of a new Crimes Against Children campaign,Β Break the Silence: Child Sexual Assault Awareness.
A startling trend appears to be happening in Charlotte. Thieves targeting bars and restaurants, stealing thousands of dollars worth of liquor.
Check out this gallery of AP's top photos from March 2025.
A stolen forklift helped deputies make arrests in several larceny cases in Rowan County.
Castle Heights middle school teacher Doug Macalpine is now on administrative leave.
The federal agency claims Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden has not complied with their orders making it more difficult to track down targets forcing ICE officers resort to other methods to get the job done.
Ta'Haley Payton's family spoke to WCCB and they say the manner in which she was found dead, in Little Sugar Creek near Uptown Charlotte, leaves them asking more questions.
A 20-year-old man has been identified as the victim of a deadly shooting in west Charlotte on Sunday afternoon.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police are investigating after a deadly double shooting in West Charlotte's Historic Hoskins neighborhood. It happened on Welling Avenue off South Hoskins Road Sunday evening around 6:00.
A suspect wanted for serious and violent criminal charges was arrested Saturday in Chester County.
CMPD is investigating a deadly crash after an 18-year-old driving a dirt bike was killed in west Charlotte.
State troopers need your help to find a car involved in a hit and run in Lancaster County earlier this week.
One person is dead and three others are seriously injured following a three-car crash in Gastonia on Friday night.
A second South Carolina inmate has asked to die by firing squad just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets.
There are warrants out for the arrest of a man wanted in connection to a shooting in York.
Rock Hill Police are searching for a suspect who shot a man early Friday morning.
Gaston County Parents are demanding answers about a video making its rounds on social media showing a student assault another student. The video circulating online shows an incident that happened at Ashbrook High School on Tuesday.
Police say a man accused of kidnapping his six-year-old daughter in Polkton and killing her during a chase with deputies has died in the hospital. Investigators say Michael Roach shot himself after he crashed a stolen SUV, ending that chase on Monday.
A man who was shot and killed in east Charlotte has been identified as 33-year-old John Ward.
A possible dispute ends with shots fired at Roosevelt Park in Clover Wednesday evening.
One person is in the hospital after a shooting in west Charlotte early Thursday morning.
Police have arrested 20-year-old Maya Jones in connection with a deadly stabbing on Burkland Dr.
According to the time stamp it happened around 3 on Monday afternoon. The person who recorded the video says it happened at Moretez Avenue and Druid Circle.
A 17-year-old boy faces charges for having a gun at Clover High School.
Monroe Police arrested a 14-year-old accused of creating and distributing social media messages threatening violence against students at Union County Early College.
According to one of the victims, officers told her stolen bikes have become a big problem in the bike friendly area of South End.
Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation wants residents to feel safer in Uptown parks.
A teacher faces criminal charges, accused of assaulting a 10-year-old boy during a gym class at Buford Elementary School in Lancaster.
The Gastonia Police department are investigating a shooting that left an unborn baby dead, and three others hurt on Thursday.
CMPD is now more than one month into a new pilot program aimed at cracking down on shootings into homes.Β Β Β
Police in York arrested Nicholas Kishbaugh on Thursday. He's charged with 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.
Local animal control officers are searching for the person who they claim dumped nine dogs at the already crowded Charlotte Mecklenburg Animal Care and Control Shelter.
Students at York Β Intermediate School were evacuated around 10:15 Thursday morning after a threat about an explosive device at the school.
Rowan County Sheriff's deputies need your help finding a man they say is armed and dangerous. Joseph Parham Junior of Rockwell is wanted for shooting into an occupied car.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police have released new information in their investigation into the man seen in video allegedly beating his dog.
Terror at Taco Bell. A DoorDash driver says an employee threatened to shoot him in the head over an order.
Police were on the scene of a homicide investigation Wednesday afternoon at the Mallard Green apartments near UNC Charlotte.
A man with an ax has been shot and killed by officers from the Pinehurst Police Department. They say he charged at them during a house fire.
Immigration Customs Enforcement has announced it has arrested 24 people between March 1st and 8th here in the Charlotte area. Federal officials say the number could be higher, but they claim Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden refuses to keep undocumented immigrants who have been flagged by the feds in jail.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with law enforcement partners from the FBI, U.S. Marshals Service, and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, arrested 24 people in Charlotte.
A GoFundMe has been setup up to help pay for funeral expenses after a mother and her 6-year-old son were shot and killed at a home in Lancaster.
Two people are fighting for their lives following a shooting at a west Charlotte motel.
Police are investigating a what appears to be animal abuse caught on video in a Charlotte neighborhood. The surveillance video shows a man who appears to physically abuse a small dog in the backseat of his car.
An online child exploitation investigation has led to the arrest of a Monroe Man.
Two underage suspects in the murder of a Charlotte teenager have been arrested in South Carolina. CMPD says the suspects were arrested in Lee County on outstanding warrants.
AΒ new studyΒ reveals whyΒ North Carolina was among the first states to ban the controversial Carolina Squat vehicle modification.Β
Boone Police need the publicβs help in identifying two vehicles of interest wanted in connection to the theft of a utility trailer on Sunday night.
Police say they found an illegal gambling operation while investigating a shooting in west Charlotte.
The FBI is warning Americans not to respond to scam road toll collection texts after receiving more than 2,000 complaints this month.
Five people were arrested Tuesday following a lengthy investigation into illegal narcotic activity in Rowan County.
Girls in STEM, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, is hosting the 3rd Girls in STEM Summit on Saturday, March 22, 2024, at LendingTree Headquarters.
New video shared exclusively with WCCB shows a Street Takeover early Sunday morning. The video shows a car doing donuts at University City Boulevard near Neal Road and you see people hanging out the windows of the green sedan wave at the dash camera.
Family and activists are demanding hate crime charges after they say a 15-year-old girl was physically assaulted by another teenage student in a classroom at Ardrey Kell High School on Friday.
A judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in the murder trial of Adonis Smith. Smith is one of three suspects charged in the 2019 murder of Kendal Crank.
Charges have been dismissed against a woman who had been accused of locking her boyfriend in a Monroe storage unit for several days.
A six-year-old boy who was shot along with his mother at a home in Lancaster on Sunday has died.Β
The man killed by police after they say he fired at officers in northeast Charlotte has been identified as 28-year-old Reggie Knight. Officers were trying to serve him outstanding warrants and arrest orders.
An underage person is charged with first degree murder for the shooting of a woman in north Charlotte.
A Union County pastor is charged with four counts of felony sex offense with a child.
Two Belmont Abbey students were convicted on assault-related charges from a Halloween incident in 2024.
A woman is facing charges for allegedly starting the wildfire that damaged more than 2,000 acres near Myrtle Beach.
Monroe Police say they arrested the alleged drug dealer who reportedly supplied drugs to a woman who overdosed at a hotel in 2024.
A search warrant executed at an alleged crack dealer's house led to the arrest of a Lancaster man for possessing drugs and guns.
Shots were fired alarmingly close to a North Charlotte school Thursday according to Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department. Medic confirmed that two people were transported to a hospital with life threatening injuries.
Deputies arrested a man in the United States illegally and seized enough fentanyl to kill over one million people in Iredell County on Wednesday.
A shooting near a middle school in northeast Charlotte left two people with life-threatening injuries Thursday afternoon.
A mother is facing charges after deputies say her son shot himself with an unsecured gun. The Rowan County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded to a call about an injured child at Atrium Health Cabarrus on Tuesday.
She's the Charlotte woman who traveled to Mexico with friends in 2022 and mysteriously died. The group of friends became known as the Cabo 6. While most of the documents are heavily redacted, we did find some new information.
The Sheriff's Office says the suspect robbed the DMV in Chester Wednesday and ran away. Deputies are using drones and bloodhounds in their search.
The Union County Sheriff's Office says a 15-year-old girl is facing felony charges for making threats against multiple schools.
It happened around 8 o'clock Wednesday night in the parking lot a shopping plaza on North Tryon Street.
New video shows the moments after shots were fired on Gatesville Lane off McKee Rd in southeast Charlotte Tuesday afternoon. WCCB has learned Francisco Anaya is accused of shooting at his neighbors.
CMPD shut down an illegal gambling operation at a convenience store in west Charlotte.
Neighbors in Chester are being told to lock their doors and vehicles as deputies search for an armed robbery suspect.
Crime scene tape blocked part of a neighborhood following a reported shooting in south Charlotte Tuesday afternoon.
One person has life-threatening injuries following a shooting in west Charlotte.
The Transportation Security Administration says its officers found 27 firearms at security checkpoints at Charlotte Douglas Airport in January and February.
It happened just after 9:00 Saturday night on Lucky Penny Street, off of Freedom Drive. Medic pronounced Tjada Cherry dead at the scene.
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