CRIME & SAFETY
Records: Ex-wife charged with murder after man shot in Charlotte hotel parking lot
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - One person is dead after an overnight shooting happened in a southwest Charlotte hotel’s parking lot. According to police, 45-year-old Jamal Dade was found shot around 3 a.m. Friday in the parking lot at Embassy Suites along the 4800 block of South Tryon Street. He...
'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.
2 robbery suspects in custody after SWAT situation in south Charlotte
Two people, one of whom is a minor, were taken into custody Wednesday morning after a SWAT situation at a south Charlotte apartment complex. Police said both are suspects in a robbery last month.
CMPD: 800 charges filed in state-wide fish arcade investigation
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - About 800 charges were filed in Mecklenburg and Gaston counties on Wednesday regarding a state-wide investigation into illegal fish arcades. The investigation targeted locations in Charlotte, Gastonia, Matthews and Raleigh. According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, illegal fish arcades are locations where customers are given cash payouts for...
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