CRIME & SAFETY
Wadesboro homicide suspect arrested in Union County
MARSHVILLE, N.C. — WCNC Charlotte. has chosen to use this mugshot because the suspect is in custody and charged with murder. The search for a Wadesboro homicide suspect ended Thursday, more than a month after police said the suspect was on the run. The Wadesboro Police Department said 26-year-old...
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...
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.
Police: Teen shot family member after domestic-related incident in Mint Hill
MINT HILL, N.C. (WBTV) - A 17-year-old is accused of shooting of shooting a family member Tuesday night. According to the Mint Hill Police Department, officers were called out to a shooting around 11:53 p.m. at Rolling Fields Road. When they arrived, they found a 25-year-old had been shot and...
'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.
800 charges filed after statewide raids on fish arcades: 'Havens for criminal activity'
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hundreds of charges were filed in connection with raids of alleged illegal gambling arcades in the Charlotte area this week, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police announced on Friday. Multiple law enforcement agencies, including federal, state and local authorities, executed search warrants Wednesday at numerous "fish arcades" across North Carolina,...
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