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Home Invasion In Upscale, South Charlotte Neighborhood

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A home in an upscale south Charlotte community was ransacked and a teenager pistol-whipped by the invaders, police said. Police took the suspects into custody early Friday night and the victim’s stepbrother said he believes they knew what …Read More

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Three In Custody After Gaston County Home Invasion

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. —Three people are in jail Wednesday morning after police say they burst into a man’s home, attacked him and led officers on a chase. Police say they got a call around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday from a man …Read More

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Standoff In Belmont Drug Store Ends With Slew Of Charges For Gastonia Man

BELMONT, N.C. – Police in Belmont say a gunman who was holed up inside a CVS Pharmacy has come out and surrendered to investigators. Edward Scott Russ, 46, of Gastonia, took the three employees inside the store hostage. Russ was charged …Read More

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Teen Impersonating An Officer Attempted To Strip Search Woman

KERSHAW COUNTY, S.C. – A 15-year-old impersonating a Kershaw County Sheriff’s deputy was arrested after investigators say he entered a woman’s home and demanded she strip down. Sheriff Jim Matthews says the unidentified teen is currently detained by the Department of …Read More

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Mother, 3-Year Old Child Ok After Being Abducted By Child's Father

MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. – A Mount Holly man has been charged in the abduction of a 3-year-old child and it’s mother. Ricahrd Yates Dagnen, 29, of 218 Tomberlin Rd., Mount Holly, was cahrged with kidnapping, breaking and entering and assault. …Read More

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3 Kidnappings In 3 Days; Gaston County On High Alert

GASTONIA, N.C. – Police in Gastonia are working three separate kidnapping cases they believe are all connected. Gastonia Police say the first kidnapping occurred about 1:30 Saturday morning when a victim, who’d just left work, was unloading groceries from his …Read More

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2 Men Kidnapped From Church By Armed, Masked Men

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. – Two men in their 60s said they were kidnapped from a church Monday morning. Claude Burdette, 69, and Tony Patterson, 60, said they were kidnapped from Flint Grove Baptist Church in Gastonia. Around 6 a.m. Monday, …Read More

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Gaston County Throat-Slasher Faced A Judge On Tuesday

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. – A Gaston County man appeared before a judge on Tuesday after he was accused of holding a woman hostage and assaulting her over the weekend. Twenty-one-year-old Rodney James Helton, Junior was arrested on Sunday after officers talked …Read More

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Kidnapping, Rape, Attempted Murder Charges For Gaston County Man

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. – Gaston County officials say 21-year-old Rodney James Helton, Junior was arrested after officers talked him out of a wooded area where he was hiding Sunday night. The capture ends a manhunt several hours long in the town of …Read More

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Massive Man Hunt Underway In Mt. Holly, Stanley For Kidnapper

GASTON COUNTY, N.C. — There is a massive police presence in Mount Holly as law enforcement is attempting to capture a suspect. According to first responders, the call came in around 1:02 p.m. that a suspect on probation had kidnapped a …Read More

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Monroe Man Charged With Rape, Kidnapping

MONROE, N.C. — Officials said that a man followed a woman on Monroe Road Sunday night and then attacked her around 9:45 p.m. Police arrested Christian Pinzon-Reyes and charged him with second-degree rape and kidnapping. Officials said the victim did not …Read More

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Man Charged With Murder After Domestic Violence Attack

GASTONIA, N.C. – A domestic situation in Catawba County led to a 40-year-old woman’s death in Gaston County around 5:20 a.m. Wednesday on U.S. 321 at Duke Power Road, near Gaston College. A man with whom she had a relationship …Read More

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