Two MS-13 gang leaders, Fredy Mauricio Buruca and Santos Guillermo Ramirez Mancia, received 30 and 20-year prison sentences, respectively, for racketeering and violent crimes.

A Mecklenburg County judge sentenced Daven Fetherson to life after prosecutors argued his long criminal record qualified him as a violent habitual felon.

A homeowner was assaulted by an intruder in Statesville. Police arrested Ahmed Aldaibani, who faces multiple charges including Assault by Strangulation and Sexual Battery.

A Wilmington man was arrested Feb. 14 after authorities say about 1.25 pounds of C‑4 were found; the case involves the New Hanover Sheriff's Office and the FBI.

A crash on U.S. 1 in Lee County led deputies to arrest a man whose fingerprints matched a wanted MS-13 member from El Salvador. Federal agents were notified and a DHS detainer was issued.

A Concord daycare teacher pleaded guilty to misdemeanor child abuse after hot-gluing a 3-year-old; she was sentenced to 10 days in jail and community service.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police are probing a homicide in Hickory Grove Division, where a person was shot and died. A suspect is in custody, with CMPD seeking public tips for the case.

A 17-year-old pleaded guilty and received six-to-nine years after a robbery that led to the 2024 killing of a Jack in the Box worker in northwest Charlotte.

A Charlotte man pleaded guilty and received a 15–20 year prison term in the 2024 Uptown A1 Lounge shooting that killed one person, authorities say.

A man was airlifted and is stable after being struck in a Matthews parking lot; police say the incident stemmed from a domestic dispute and a woman has been charged.

A DoorDash driver pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and was sentenced after the Jan. 22, 2025 shooting that killed 15-year-old Matthias Crockett in Uptown Charlotte.

Marion Gales, 63, was arrested in the 35-year-old murder case of Kim Thomas Friedland after new DNA evidence emerged.

A Gastonia man described by police as a "dangerous felon" was taken into custody Thursday and now faces multiple felony counts. Authorities say the arrest involved local, state and federal partners.