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Update: SC man charged with murder in Tunnel Road shooting death in Asheville, police say
Editor's note: This story has been updated with information on a suspect arrest. ASHEVILLE - An East Asheville shooting April 18 has left one person dead, police said. Asheville Police responded to the 160 block of Tunnel Road around 3:13 p.m. for reports of a gunshot wound, APD spokesperson Rick Rice said in...
Crash turned fatal after driver lost control into tree near Blacksburg, South Carolina, SCHP says
CHEROKEE COUNTY, S.C. — On Wednesday, a vehicle crashed into a tree in Cherokee County and South Carolina Highway Patrol says the driver has died on Thursday. The collision happened at 8:10 a.m. on Batchelor Drive near Bear Creek Road, near Blacksburg, South Carolina. The driver was traveling west...
'Just bad news': SWAT officers raid 'skill arcades' linked to alleged gambling
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — SWAT officers appeared to be raiding a number of gambling establishments in the Charlotte area on Wednesday. Officers swarmed one location on Albemarle Road near Independence Boulevard around 1 p.m. with undercover and CMPD units. Two other locations, along Independence Boulevard in Matthews, and on Bessemer City Road in Gastonia, were all locations of a heavy police presence Wednesday.
Charlotte man sentenced after troopers discover drugs following 2023 chase
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - A Charlotte man will spend 25-30 years in prison after North Carolina state troopers found drugs following a chase in 2023. According to the Gaston County District Attorney’s Office, Carlton Deprece Thomas was sentenced for his convictions of trafficking in fentanyl by possession, trafficking in fentanyl by transportation, traffficking in methamphetamine by transportation and felony fleeing to elude arrest. In addition to his prison sentence, a judge ordered Thomas to pay $550,000 in fines. The jury trial lasted three days.
'We're doing time:' Family seeking answers in Belmont man's death
When Andy Tench left his home in the early morning hours of March 25, his plan was to celebrate his birthday. He had recently escaped an abusive relationship, said his mother, Tracie Blanton, and this year was the first birthday since then that he would have been able to celebrate in years. "He...
Gala to help Haitian children to be held in Belmont
Model and actor Brooklyn Decker will be the featured speaker when Gaston County Rotary clubs, Rotary International and the Belmont-based Promise for Haiti organization host a gala evening at Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden raising funds to complete and equip a children's wing at a hospital in Haiti. Impoverished children in...
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