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Man acquitted of murder says police, DA 'ruined' his life
Michael Mead, acquitted of murder in the death of his pregnant fiancee, released a statement last week thanking jurors and his attorneys. And he blamed the Gaston County Police and district attorney's...
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Video: "Beyond Scared Straight" comes to Mecklenburg jail
Tonight, the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's juvenile crime intervention program will take the national spotlight with the season premiere of "Beyond Scared Straight" on A&E.The TV series will...
View ArticleRead District Attorney's statement on guilty plea
District Attorney Jay Gaither spoke to the press immediately following Elisa Baker's guilty plea.Baker, 43, was sentenced to 15 to 18 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in...
View ArticleMurder case involving teen highlights juvenile system's process
It's not often that a juvenile delinquency hearing receives widespread attention, but on Monday, local eyes will be on the Mecklenburg courtroom where a 15-year-old accused of killing his father and...
View ArticlePolice seeing more protests in Charlotte
City leaders expect droves of protesters to descend on the Queen City when the Democratic National Convention hits Charlotte next September, but police say they've already seen an increased number of...
View ArticleOfficer charged with assault had been suspended for 6 weeks
We know that Officer David Estele Jones III was given a hefty suspension in April 2010. What we don’t know is why.Jones is the officer accused of slamming Richard McVicker to the ground after a traffic...
View ArticleOfficer charged with assault has lengthy suspension record
Officer David Estele Jones III had been suspended five times since he was hired on Sept. 27, 2000. Earlier today, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police responded to a freedom of information request for the...
View ArticleNearly a third of Americans are arrested by age 23
A UNC Charlotte criminologist is getting national buzz this morning for a new study he led showing nearly a third of all Americans have been arrested by age 23. The study, out today in the journal...
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15 recently convicted in Mecklenburg homicides and fatal crashes
Fifteen people were convicted from October to December in Mecklenburg County cases of homicides and fatal crashes, according to a quarterly report released by the District Attorney’s...
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Occupy odds and ends: Safe initiative, smelly discovery
Some odds and ends from the Occupy Charlotte protests after police removed tents from the camp, which had stood since last fall: Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe and Capt. Jeff Estes...
View ArticleNorth Tryon Division gets new bikes
Are two wheels better than four?The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's North Tryon Divison launched its new bike patrol during a press conference outside the Compare Foods at N. Tryon Street and...
View ArticleCMPD offers workshops for Mecklenburg residents
Registration is now open for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's spring workshops for the public.The "community education workshops" will teach people about the department's history,...
View ArticleSettlement: Former councilman Turner wins big
FormerCharlotteCityCouncil member Warren Turner at first was fired in July 2010 from his job as a state probation officer. The following year he lost his bid for reelection.But Turner, 47, appealed his...
View ArticleProsecutors: Ponzi scheme takes $40 million from victims
A federal grand jury in Charlotte this week indicted four men in connection with what prosecutors allege was an investment fraud conspiracy.Prosecutors have accused the men of operating "hedge funds"...
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Indictment spells out former officer's drug dealing arrest
Officers weren't surprised to find the drugs and the guns while searching an east Charlotte house at the tail end of a massive joint investigation. But, police say, they were surprised to be arresting...
View ArticleIn "suicide by cop" case, pull gun or Taser?
Gun or Taser?That was a choice two police officers had to make in what Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are calling an apparent “suicide-by-cop” attempt Tuesday night in northern Charlotte.Police say the...
View ArticleSummoned to jury duty? There's an app for that.
Mecklenburg County residents summoned to serve on a jury can now access information about their duty online.By visiting jury.mecklenburgcountync.gov, people can search for information by entering their...
View ArticleAstronaut Mark Kelly talks to Charlotte audience about space, wife Gabrielle...
Astronaut Mark Kelly -- who became the center of international attention when his wife, former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, was shot in the head during a 2011 assassination attempt -- was the keynote...
View ArticleCMPD report: Crime up in 2012
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police on Wednesday released first-quarter crime statistics for 2012. And in a sharp contrast from the past three years, the crime index is up by 12 percent.Click here to read the...
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Overcash named Concord's deputy chief of police
Concord police veteran Allen Overcash has been promoted to deputy chief of the police department, city officials announced Thursday.Overcash has spent his entire law enforcement career with the Concord...
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Monroe: Police negotiated with protesters during DNC
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Rodney Monroe said he caught two hours of sleep most nights during the Democratic National Convention, taking naps on the couch of the his office at CMPD's uptown...
View ArticleFired officer's case provides inside look at how CMPD disciplines officers
A rare public view of a fired officer's attempt to keep his job may motivate other officers in trouble to open their appeal hearings, according to the president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg fraternal...
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A drone makes its debut
The American Civil Liberties Union wants a closer look at how police departments are using unmanned aerial vehicles and other military technology originally intended for use overseas. But some in...
View ArticleHow to avoid being a victim of Charlotte's most prevalent crime.
The bad news is that criminals who break into cars and steal things are finding new and more sophisticated ways to victimize people. The good news, police say, is that thefts from autos are one of the...
View Article$450 for horse manure removal, $69.26 for Bojangles'
The first head-scratcher was a $450 bill for horse manure removal -- an expense paid to a South Carolina company called Scoop D Doo Inc. On Tuesday, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released an itemized...
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