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.
The mother of a Greenville, South Carolina woman found dead in Charlotte tells WCCB something isnβt adding up with the autopsy results released in her daughterβs death. The tests results Ta'Haley Payton died from hypothermia.
A 20-year-old man is facing charges after a woman was hit and killed in west Charlotte early Saturday morning.
Police are investigating a deadly shooting in west Charlotte, the third homicide in less than 24 hours.
One person is dead after a shooting in west Charlotte.
CMPD is conducting a homicide investigation after a deadly shooting in west Charlotte.Β
Six-year-old son Liam Lagunas was heading home from ice cream with his dad when two street racers crashed into each other, and then the car Liam was in. Liam's parents hope a bill drafted in his name will make his death matter.
Not one, but two North Carolina amber alerts this week ended in human trafficking arrests. Police say both of the girls at the center of the amber alerts were found after being kidnapped by older men they met online.Β
A moped driver was ejected and killed following a car crash in Caldwell County on Friday afternoon.
In todayβs Carolina Insight, the team at McDonalds honors two Charlotte-area McDonaldβs crew members who are celebrating 50 years of service to the company.Β
For the second time in two weeks, a motorcycle driver has passed a stopped school bus in Iredell County. The Highway Patrol says the latest suspect is 32-year-old Martavis Parsons of Mooresville.
Two people were arrested after police said they found 52 pounds of drugs in Taylorsville on Wednesday.
A 48-year-old man is dead following a shooting in northwest Charlotte. According to a police report, the victim and the suspect were family members. Their names have not been released.
MEDIC said one person was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries.Β
A single round was fired inside of a CATS bus. WCCB CharlotteΒ has new video showing that scary moment on January 30th.
A local mom is begging for answers after her 14-year-old son was shot to death. Nicole Beckham worries her son's case has stalled because it has been nearly five months and there have been no arrests made.
Four juveniles were taken into custody after allegedly breaking into multiple cars in south Charlotte earlier this month.
The North Carolina Highway Patrol have identified the motorcyclist who they say nearly hit a group of kids getting off the bus in Iredell County.
Law enforcement started looking into Dave's on North Aspen Street after getting complaints about increased amounts of vape products confiscated from underage students.
At 11PM Tuesday night, there was a large police presence on and near McArthur Ave. Police put up crime scene tape and there were multiple police cruisers with their blue lights turned on.
The Chester County School District has alerted parents that a firearm magazine has been found on campus at Chester High School.
A recent study revealed the most surveilled U.S. cities by analyzing key surveillance and safety metrics across major urban areas. Charlotte ranks among the top 10 states.
Investigators arrested 37-year-old Steven Anthony Wine of Taylorsville. He is charged with two counts of attempted murder.
The York County Sheriff's Office says a suspect is in custody following a deadly shooting near the Circle K off Carowinds Boulevard.
Suspected serial killer Larry Gene Bell has been named as the suspect in a Charlotte cold case dating back to the early 1980's.
A drug operation in Lincoln County ended with the arrest of a convicted felon.
A Lancaster man will spend the next 10 years in prison for attacking someone with a machete.
Police in Cornelius are searching for a man accused of robbing a bank.
Hickory Police have arrested two teenagers after a deadly shooting near a church daycare.
Riley Wormington is accused of letting her child under two-years-old ingest a lethal dose of fentanyl.
Jeremy Gudorf was in on a plane in Boston going to Paris when he was arrested Thursday on a child sex crimes charge.
Police have identified the victim of a stabbing at the Charlotte Transportation Station in Uptown.
A homicide investigation is underway after a man was found shot to death in a car.
The public's help is needed to identify the person that broke into a home in Eastern Rowan County.
Deputies arrested 27 individuals last week following Burke Countyβs βOperation RED."
21-year-old Erik Hernandez is charged with attempted murder on a law enforcement officer and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill.Β
A 58-year-old driver is charged with felony hit-and-run causing death following an accident in Hickory.
A mother and daughter died after a shooting in the parking lot ofΒ the Cabarrus County Social Services Office on South Cannon Boulevard in Kannapolis.
Seven people were arrested this week following a four-month investigation into illegal drug activity in Rowan County.
Two Medic employees were hurt in a hit-and-run Wednesday morning in Cotswold.
They come just four days after the 25th anniversary of the disappearance of the little girl. Now, law enforcement is zeroing in on a local family.
A man first believed to be a victim is now charged in connection to a shooting at a party in Rock Hill.
A man faces trespassing charges after he got stuck in a parachute on the side of a building in uptown Charlotte.
A man wanted for grand larceny in South Carolina is locked up in the Union County Detention Center after a chase in a stolen car.
Troopers are searching for the driver responsible for fatally hitting a bicyclist in Catawba County on Friday night.
Β Two juveniles are charged with shooting another juvenile in Concord.
Nhan Tran is accused of touching women inappropriately without their consent at Lee Nail Spa on West Catawba Avenue in Huntersville.
Investigators say Ashley Crouse had a book on his church computer that detailed how to sexually abuse children
The lawsuit claims Childtime Children's Center negligently hired and failed to properly train it's employees. According to the state's Child Development and Early Education website, Childtime had dozens of violations for lack of staff training.
Police have charged a man following an investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine in Lenoir and Caldwell County.
Police say a missing 84-year-old man with possible cognitive issues has been found safe by EMS out of our area.
Firefighters put out a fourth fire Thursday morning at the old Wilmore School on West Boulevard.
A 13-year-old boy is in custody charged with murder in connection to the deadly stabbing of a 16-year-old.
People in Morganton can go back to normal activities after police found a person with a gun they were looking for in the Causby Road and Fernwood Drive area.
A 22-year-old man is in custody charged with a deadly shooting in southwest Charlotte back in November.
A Gastonia man accused of dog fighting faces new animal cruelty charges. Rico Pagan is charged with five more counts of animal cruelty and dog fighting.
Malik Shropshire is charged with assault on a child under 12 and second-degree trespassing.
A woman is accused of shooting another woman during a fight outside a Waffle House in Hickory.
Monroe Police are looking for a burglary suspect who was caught on camera inside someone else's home. The burglary happened on Wind Chime Court around 9:30pm on Friday.
The Iredell County Sheriff's Office says 33-year-old John Wines is in custody. He was wanted for a domestic violence related shooting at the intersection of Wiggins Road and Mount Ulla Highway on January 16, 2025.
A Statesville man will spend at least two years in prison for supplying fentanyl that led to an overdose death.
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