A 19-year-old has been arrested after he allegedly terrorized the community with a stolen firearm, fled from officers in a stolen vehicle and barricaded himself in a shed Wednesday night, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department.
The charge against a 61-year-old man accused of holding a 16-year-old girl captive until a driver on a Kentucky interstate noticed her using a distress signal made popular on TikTok has been increased to kidnapping.
According to the Iredell County Sheriff's Office, a Mooresville man is facing charges after he allegedly shot another driver in the face along Interstate 77 Monday.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is in damage control mode, suspending the principal and assistant principal of Hawthorne Academy after they were accused of botching their handling of an on-campus sexual assault report.
The Lancaster County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide after a man was found fatally shot in the woods Tuesday morning.
A former investigator for the Rowan County Sheriff's Office has been arrested after allegedly being in possession of a stolen gun, according to the sheriff's office.
Hopewell High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday afternoon while police investigated a report in the area, according to authorities.
A Lenoir man has been arrested after allegedly setting fire outside a Boone ABC store, which caused damage to the building, according to police.
For the second time in two weeks, a Mecklenburg County jail officer was taken to the hospital after being assaulted.
Two adults were shot while riding in a vehicle in Monroe Saturday night, according to the Union County Sheriff's Office.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department says a 17-year-old that was hospitalized early Saturday due to a north Charlotte shooting has died.
The Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office is investigating an attempted armed robbery at a Mount Pleasant pawn shop after the owner was shot several times Thursday morning.
Troopers are investigating a fatal hit and run collision in Catawba County after an impaired driver killed a pedestrian in the roadway Thursday night.
Detectives with the Gastonia Police Department have arrested and charged a man for his involvement in the shooting of a 69-year-old man in Gastonia on Thursday.
Federal authorities say the supplier of a local drug network in western North Carolina has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for crimes he committed in 2018 and 2019.
Burke County Sheriff's Deputies have arrested a 56-year-old man for involvement in an alleged sexual assault involving an adolescent.
The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office is investigating after three detention officers were assaulted by an inmate on Tuesday.
Police say five students have been arrested after two guns were found on the Hopewell High School campus on November 3rd. Huntersville Police say officers located a loaded Phoenix Arms, .22 pistol and a Glock Model 34, 9mm pistol. The 9mm pistol they say had been reported stolen.
Police hope surveillance photos can help them track down a sexual assault suspect in North Charlotte. A woman told police a man attacked her as she walked to her car early Halloween morning.
Detectives are investigating after finding a 17-year-old boy shot in east Charlotte early Wednesday morning. Police say the boy has since died and one person has been arrested in this case.
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