McNairAt least three students were treated for smoke inhalation and burns yesterday morning after Nassi Daundre El-Bey, 17, and Damias McNair, 19, set off smoke bombs and other fireworks throughout the Vance High School campus, according to CMPD. The incident happened at approx 9:30 am at the school, which is located at 7600 IBM Drive in the University City area of Charlotte.El BeyCharlotte-Mecklenburg police and the Charlotte Fire Department crews responded. Vance High School was evacuated...Read Full Story
BriceDetectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have arrested Roberto Javier Polanco-Osorio and Ramone Barry Brice for their involvement in two armed robberies.On May 5, 2012, Eastway Division officers responded to a robbery call in the 2100 block of Eastway Drive. The victim stated that he was robbed at gunpoint. On Tuesday, May 8, 2012, CMPD Robbery Detectives received information that the victim’s stolen credit card from the robbery was used at a fast food restaurant on...Read Full Story
Gilbert FrancoisDetectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department have arrested Gilbert Brook Francois for his role in a robbery he committed at the Family Dollar store located at 6701 N. Tryon Street.On Wednesday, May 30, 2012, at approximately 9:00 a.m., North Tryon Division officers responded to the store concerning a robbery call for service. The victim, who is a store employee stated that he approached the suspect after he observed him shoplifting. The victim stated the...Read Full Story
Wade BoltonWade Bolton is wanted by the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team (VCAT) on outstanding warrants for possession of a firearm by a felon, and interfering with an electronic monitoring device. Bolton has been on CMPD Electronic Monitoring since he posted a $25,000 bond on February 14, 2012.Wade Robert Bolton is a habitual felon with an extensive criminal history including several arrests larceny from auto, auto theft, breaking and entering, firearms violations and assaults charges...Read Full Story
Wade BoltonWade Bolton is wanted by the Violent Criminal Apprehension Team (VCAT) on outstanding warrants for possession of a firearm by a felon, and interfering with an electronic monitoring device. Bolton has been on CMPD Electronic Monitoring since he posted a $25,000 bond on February 14, 2012.Wade Robert Bolton is a habitual felon with an extensive criminal history including several arrests larceny from auto, auto theft, breaking and entering, firearms violations and assaults charges...Read Full Story
There were some tense moments Thursday afternoon in several neighborhoods near the Cabarrus and Mecklenburg county line.
Cabarrus County deputies and Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers fanned out over several square miles along Albemarle Road, searching for two suspects in a series of break-ins.
"They've just said there were some break-ins and they're not letting us in until they've caught them," said Heather Pegram, moments after she was...
Oaklawn Language Academy and Piedmont Open IB Middle School received top honors during the Magnet Schools of America conference held earlier this month. Each of the prizes included a cash award. Oaklawn received the Ronald P. Simpson ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Police are looking for two men who fired shots inside a busy grocery store in south Charlotte late Tuesday night. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police responded to the Harris Teeter at 11516 Providence Road around 10 p.m. after two black men--at ...
Three students were being treated for smoke inhalation and burns Thursday morning after someone set off fireworks or a smoke bomb at Vance High School, according to police and fire radio reports.The incident happened about 9:30 a.m. at the school, on IBM Drive in the University City area.Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and Charlotte Fire Department crews responded. The incident apparently happened in a stairwell at the school.According to radio...
Ellis-Stewart said Wednesday she had submitted an invoice to interim Superintendent Hugh Hattabaugh and was on the plane that was supposed to take a group of executives, civic leaders and elected officials to London on May 19. But the trip was ...
Both the fire department and Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department responded to the South Carolina personal watercraft incident ... one male and one female had been thrown from a Jet Ski after hitting a large wave. Both parties were ...
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say they have found a woman who was the subject of a missing persons search late Wednesday.An Observer reader who lives in Foxcroft said she received a recorded message late Wednesday from police saying they were looking for a 26-year-old woman in a rug. The reader also said she saw helicopters flying low near the area around 11 p.m. Wednesday.A police spokeswoman said Thursday that officers were searching for a...