A bloody break-in at a West Plaza Drive vape shop led Mooresville police to a hiding juvenile whose life a witness’s prompt report may have helped save.

The rescue pushed the York shelter to nearly a third of its 170-kennel capacity, prompting a plea for donations and foster help.

Stephen Suther taught at Troutman Middle and West Rowan High. Investigators say he confessed to uploading and downloading abuse material.

Kevin Zetino admits to killing preacher Jose Octavio Cruz over a $1,000 robbery on Shamrock Drive. A third suspect still awaits trial.

Dorthea Leak, 92, died after a Ram pickup hit her Kia head-on; police suspect speed and impairment.

Hunter Ryan Freeze, 19, faces a $150,000 bond after Mooresville police seized devices from two homes tied to him.

Ja'Kari Fleming, 20, is jailed without bond after a two-week crime run that included a gunpoint robbery and an out-of-state fugitive warrant.

Diamond King says she has a “quite clear idea” who killed her father in west Charlotte — but she still wants him to come forward.

Students call it creepy as out-of-state police dwarf local searches of campus license plate cameras.

Investigators say files tied to an account at a Three Vistas Court home included videos of infants to 11-year-olds.

Valeria Chaidez was wanted for firing into occupied property before she was arrested in Belmont.

Brent Nicolas Webb, 36, faces break-in and fraud charges and remains unfound at his last known Morganton address.

Walter Antonio Hernandez Garcia has not been found, and deputies are asking the public for tips on his whereabouts.