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Jianfei Lu helped move over $92 million in cartel drug cash before his Charlotte sentencing this week.
Morgan Taylor is held without bond in Union County after detectives traced a CyberTip to his Wingate address.
Desmond Marquise Jones is accused of assuming a substitute-parent role over the alleged victim, court records show.
Malcom Smith will serve up to nearly 17 years for killing Deeaudrey Copeland, a security guard shot near West Sugar Creek Road.
Joanne Hutton, once named the district's Teacher of the Year, and Dawn Golden face charges over a disabled 9-year-old boy in Iredell County.
Animal Care & Control found the dogs after a neighbor reported a visibly thin animal outside the property.
Chester County deputies say the gunfire that wounded one person started outside the county, with no threat to the public now.
John Stanley Ross resigned after a February report joined older complaints dating back to 2015 into a pattern findable under state law.
Henry Ronald Emery Jr. must repay nearly $500,000 he pocketed while a telehealth church network used his DEA number to churn out prescriptions.
Johnny Whitley now faces kidnapping and fentanyl charges after a 12-mile chase ended near Belmont with spike strips.
A detention officer found the inmate unresponsive at 8:30 p.m. Friday, the jail's third in-custody death of 2026.
No officers were injured Sunday night on Alda Drive, but police have not said who was hurt or what led to gunfire.
Cedric Tayuhe, 36, was found hanging in a Harrisburg park in June — but word only spread widely in mid-August, stirring questions in Charlotte.
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