Following growing public criticism, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police are defending their decision not to search a landfill for the body of a missing Belmont man, Andy Tench. CMPD said in a statement Monday that after consulting with experts familiar with the Anson County landfill’s size and operation, they determined there is not enough evidence to justify excavation […]
CMPD won’t search landfill for missing Belmont man; family not giving up The mother of missing Belmont man Andy Tench said she won’t stop pushing to find him even after the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced on Monday it won’t search a landfill where family members believe his body may be. Missing Belmont man’s mom petitions […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced the National Human Trafficking Database Act. That act would establish a national human trafficking database through the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and incentivize state law enforcement agencies to report data. APRIL: Majority of victims of child sex trafficking in TN are minorities; Blackburn […]
Kentucky Derby runner-up Sierra Leone is a favorite to win at the 156th Belmont Stakes. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) It’s almost time for the 156th Belmont Stakes, the final jewel of the Triple Crown — though there will be no Triple Crown winner this year, after Seize The Grey took home the Preakness Stakes trophy. The […]
Police say a murder-suicide investigation is underway after medical personnel found two people dead Tuesday afternoon in Belmont. The call came in before 4 p.m. at an apartment on Catawba Street near Chronicle Street. Gaston County EMS confirmed to Channel 9 that two people were dead. Officials confirmed at about 5:30 p.m. that the victims […]
(KRON) — The Belmont Police Department is currently investigating a homicide that occurred on Friday evening. Police arrived at the scene following reports of shots fired and located a 27-year-old man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, police said. Motorcyclist injured in crash with SF Muni bus in Outer Richmond The shooting occurred at about 8 […]
The Belmont Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred Saturday morning. At approximately 6:00 a.m., police said they responded to a 911 call regarding a shooting on Alice Avenue. At the scene, police found 38-year-old Andres Contreras Cervantes suffering from gunshot wounds. Cervantes was taken to CaroMont Regional Medical Center with life-threatening injuries, according […]
Belmont University broadened its criteria for hiring faculty and staff “regardless of religious faith,” effectively opening the former Southern Baptist-affiliated college to Muslim, Jewish, and other non-Christian faculty. The decision, a revised nondiscrimination policy, is both a big step forward for Belmont and a response to ongoing changes accompanying an increasingly diverse student body. It’s […]
A woman and man were caught on video doing what some would call unthinkable: Stealing from monks at Belmont Abbey College. Channel 9′s Ken Lemon visited the campus to speak with students who are calling for the suspects to repent and turn themselves in. Those familiar with the college say the monks have lived in […]
Emotions were visible and deep for family, friends and supporters who went Saturday to the Nashville park where an 18-year-old Belmont University freshman was hit by a stray bullet and eventually died in November. Jillian Ludwig, 18, was hit by the gunshot that police say was not meant for her while on the track at […]
Suspect arrested in connection with disappearance of Belmont man A man is behind bars in connection with the disappearance of missing Belmont man Andy Tench. PAST COVERAGE: Family desperate to find missing Belmont man; car found abandoned in Monroe Dshaun Robinson, 31, has been arrested for identity theft and failure to report a death/concealing a […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN)- The family of a murdered college student fears they may never see justice. On Wednesday, April 3, the man accused of shooting a Belmont University student in an Edgehill park appeared in court. However, the case is complicated and may never go to trial. That’s because three doctors previously found the suspect […]