CRIME & SAFETY
What we know about the suspect in the Charlotte police ambush
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Just months before four law enforcement officers were killed and four others were injured during a standoff, the man at the center of the deaths led police on a high-speed chase in Lincoln County. Lincoln County Sheriff Bill Beam told WCNC Charlotte one of his officers...
Police: Woman arrested after nearly 9 lbs of fentanyl sized in Gaston Co.
GASTONIA, N.C. (WBTV) - A woman was arrested on Thursday, April 25, after authorities seized nearly 9 pounds of fentanyl in Gaston County, according to the police department. Maria Guadalupe Arroyo, 20, of Sandy Springs, Georgia, was placed in the Gaston County Jail under a $100,000 bond and charged with two counts of trafficking fentanyl.
1 person taken to hospital after truck overturns in Gaston County
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — One person was taken to the hospital after a work truck was found on its side in Gaston County, Gaston County Office of Emergency Management and Fire Services confirmed. It happened in the area of April Drive and Homestead Drive in Gastonia, not far from...
Drugs seized, 20-year-old arrested after traffic stop: PD
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – Drugs were seized and a 20-year-old is in jail following a traffic stop last week, Gaston County Police said Monday. Deputies conducted a traffic stop last Thursday on Georgia resident Maria Arroyo, 20, During the traffic stop, four kilos of fentanyl were seized and Ayyor was arrested. She […]
Man, woman rob Belmont Abbey monks
Two people broke into the Belmont Abbey monastery and robbed the monks who live there, according to Belmont Abbey campus police. The two people, a man and a woman, first went to a campus administration building at around 5 p.m. Friday evening, said Police Chief Andy Leonard. After entering the...
Former Chiefs corner, Super Bowl champion, arrested again in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (KCTV) - A former Kansas City Chiefs cornerback is in legal trouble once again. Bashaud Breeland was arrested for the second time in Mecklenburg County, N.C., over the weekend. According to jail records, Breeland was arrested Saturday at 2:44 p.m. The 6-foot-1 former Chiefs cornerback who helped Kansas...
House Bill 10 could change the way Meck County law enforcement interacts with ICE
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said back in 2018 when he was elected to office that he would not be following detainer requests from ICE because state law says once a person in the US illegally makes bond, law enforcement has to let that person out of jail. House […]
Drug Overdose Numbers Drop
GASTON COUNTY, N.C. – Gaston county police say they have made dozens of drug busts in the past year and that is all because of the growing presence of cheap fentanyl. WCCB Charlotte’s Emma Mondo sat down with Captain Jeff Phelps with the Gaston County Police Department Special Investigations Unit to who sees it all first hand.
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