Charlotte Crime

Crime, law and justice, and police blotter near Charlotte, NC or anywhere in the US.

Recent Crime News

• Regional Briefs: Toddler drowns in tub at Mount Airy...

  8 hrs ago | via Winston-Salem Journal 

  An 11-month-old girl drowned in a bathtub Tuesday in a home in the 200 block of Byerly Street, authorities said Wednesday.

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  Related Topix: Mount Airy, NC, Surry County, NC, Charlotte, NC, Marketing, Winston-Salem, NC

• Hamlet assault victim is admitted to hospital

  11 hrs ago | via Richmond County Daily Journal 

  A Hamlet man was sent to Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte following an assault at a house on Louis Breeden Boulevard, Hamlet police said.

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  Related Topix: Hamlet, NC, Charlotte, NC, Richmond County, NC

• Latest Harris Teeter robbery: SE Charlotte

  11 hrs ago | via Customer Interaction Solutions 

  May 30, 2012 -- Police suspect the same armed robbers have struck Charlotte-area Harris Teeters three times in just over a week, stealing cash from registers and safes, and prompting the retailer to issue a $50,000 reward for their capture.

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  Related Topix: Harris Teeter, Grocery, Charlotte, NC, Providence (Charlotte, NC), Media, Radio, National Public Radio, US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

• Murder charge filed in Gaston DWI death

  23 hrs ago | via The Gaston Gazette 

  A Charlotte man faces a second-degree murder charge after reportedly running over his friend with a truck while intoxicated in Mount Holly, according to police.

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  Related Topix: Mount Holly, NC, Charlotte, NC

• Police seek witnesses in fatal Charlotte wreck

  Yesterday | via The Charlotte Observer 

  A 24-year-old man remains in jail on Wednesday charged in a fatal wreck earlier this month in west Charlotte.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

• Reports: Robbers fire shots inside Charlotte area Ha...

  Yesterday | via News & Record 

  Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are looking for two robbers they said fired shots Tuesday inside a Charlotte area Harris Teeter, the latest in a string of recent robberies at the grocery store chain, media outlets are reporting .

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC, Harris Teeter, Grocery

• Life's a drag: Charlotte's queens had to fight for t...

  Yesterday | via Creative Loafing 

  To celebrate La Cage Aux Folles 's run at Belk Theater this week, CL looks at drag culture in the Queen City To celebrate La Cage Aux Folles , Jerry Herman's famous musical about two drag queens that runs at Belk Theater from May 29 to June 3, CL looks at drag culture in Charlotte - where it's been, where it is, and where it's going - through the ... (more)

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  Related Topix: Retail, Theater, Arts, Belk, Charlotte, NC, Breakfast, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Doughnuts

• Chesterfield_County_Sheriff's_Office_ - _arrests_for...

  Yesterday | via Cheraw Chronicle 

  Victor Burl Haithcock Jr., 27, of 1405 Central Pointe Park, Darlington, was arrested on charges of grand larceny, possession of burglary tools and malicious injury to personal property.

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  Related Topix: Drugs, Charlotte, NC, Criminal Defense Law, Law

• Shots fired inside south Charlotte Harris Teeter dur...

  Yesterday | via MSNBC 

  Police are looking for two men who fired shots inside of a grocery store in south Charlotte late Tuesday night while customers shopped.

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  Related Topix: Harris Teeter, Grocery, Charlotte, NC

• Shots fired in Providence Road Harris Teeter

  Yesterday | via The Charlotte Observer 

  Police were looking for two men who fired shots inside of a grocery store in south Charlotte late Tuesday while customers shopped.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC, Harris Teeter, Grocery, Union County, NC

• Shots fired inside south Charlotte grocery store

  Yesterday | via WCNC-TV Charlotte 

  Police are looking for two men who fired shots inside of a grocery store in south Charlotte late Tuesday night while customers shopped.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC

• DNC marks 100 days to President Obama's speech in Ch...

  Yesterday | via News Observer 

  Karen Baldwin, center, an OFA volunteer from Durhami, is welcomed to the podium by Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, left, and Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Celebrities, Donald Trump, Republican, US House of Representatives, Thaddeus McCotter

• Officers give chase after attempted NW Charlotte bur...

  Tuesday | via WCNC-TV Charlotte 

  A woman in an upscale northwest Charlotte neighborhood was relaxing on the back porch of her Overlook Cove Road home Tuesday morning when she went indoors and was greeted by a burglar.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC

• Bicyclist killed by tractor-trailer in south Charlot...

  Tuesday | via Rock Hill Herald 

  A bicyclist was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer Tuesday morning on Sharon Lane in south Charlotte, authorities say.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC, Providence (Charlotte, NC)

• Bicyclist hit, killed by tractor-trailer in south Ch...

  Tuesday | via WCNC-TV Charlotte 

  Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said a US Foods truck hit and killed a bicyclist in the 2100 block of Sharon Lane near Providence Road just before 7 a.m. Tuesday.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC

• Bicyclist killed in Charlotte Tuesday morning

  Tuesday | via The Gaston Gazette 

  A bicyclist was killed after being struck by a car on Sharon Lane at Arborway near Providence Road in south Charlotte, police said.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC

• Man shot in legs twice in south Charlotte

  Tuesday | via WSOCTV 

  A man was shot twice in the legs in south Charlotte last night. Police were called to South Boulevard near Beacon Ridge Road around 9:30 p.m. The victim told officers he was walking down the street when someone started firing.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC

• Teen loses foot in school bus police pursuit

  Monday May 28 | via WBTV 

  A Rock Hill man is dead and his father is hospitalized with serious injuries after investigators say the pair was involved in a farming accident Monday morning.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC, Providence (Charlotte, NC), Bladen County, NC, Elizabethtown, NC

• Bobcats get second pick in NBA Draft Lottery

  Monday May 28 | via WBTV 

  A Rock Hill man is dead and his father is hospitalized with serious injuries after investigators say the pair was involved in a farming accident Monday morning.

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  Related Topix: Sports, New Orleans Hornets, NBA Basketball

• Three additional arrest made in school bus bandana b...

  Monday May 28 | via WBTV 

  A Rock Hill man is dead and his father is hospitalized with serious injuries after investigators say the pair was involved in a farming accident Monday morning.

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  Related Topix: Charlotte, NC, Providence (Charlotte, NC), Bladen County, NC, Kannapolis, NC