Brandon James Higley, 40, was arrested April 14 in Rock Hill and charged with five counts of sexual exploitation of a minor after an NCMEC CyberTipline report.

Entertainment District Unit officers seized more than eight pounds of suspected marijuana, two semi‑auto firearms and cash after a vehicle search on N. College Street.

A person was wounded Tuesday morning on Linda Vista Lane in northwest Charlotte; MEDIC says injuries were not life‑threatening and CMPD is investigating.

A man was arrested after deputies say he confessed to dousing his girlfriend’s Denver‑area home with gasoline and setting it on fire; investigators say a recovered gas can and video tie him to the blaze.

Engine 25 and Charlotte crews responded Tuesday to a roof-level house fire on Dillard Ridge Drive; the department posted an initial alert on its X account.

A disaster case manager at Catholic Charities in Charlotte was arrested after an audit found roughly $13,000 in unauthorized charges on a charity card. The agency says the charges were flagged during a review of its disaster program.

A Homeland Security Task Force probe in Charlotte led to 150‑ and 135‑month federal sentences after seized multi‑kilogram shipments and fentanyl‑pressed pills tied to a Sinaloa cartel pipeline.

A Parkwood High science teacher was arrested after deputies found a loaded handgun and drug paraphernalia on campus, authorities say.

Video shows a man driving a car onto Topgolf's University City range; police say staff were threatened and nets suffered about $5,000 in damage.

Charlotte manufacturer Okaya Shinnichi Corp. agreed to pay $1,196,421.68 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that it misrepresented eligibility for a second‑draw PPP loan.

A Rockingham teacher has been charged with three felony counts alleging indecent liberties with a child; bond was set and a preliminary hearing is scheduled for April 30.

A bicyclist was killed Sunday night on Alexander Love Highway near Blessed Hope Road in York County after being struck by a sedan. State troopers are investigating.

A Cary man was arrested at Charlotte Douglas Airport after an SBI probe into a phone scam that targeted a Jones County family. Authorities say more victims may exist.