A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police lieutenant conspired with his wife to take $1,600 from her old employer after she was fired, court filings allege. To do it, the couple used a company credit card, a small business app and a mosque, the records say. Lt. Warith Muhammad, 47, has been charged by CMPD with financial card fraud […]
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department responded to shots fired in the area of First Ward Park in Uptown Charlotte Tuesday night. Shortly after 9 p.m., police responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call for service at 7th Street near North Caldwell Street. At the scene, witnesses told police that they heard gunshots shortly after […]
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating its second homicide on Friday night. The latest deadly shooting happened inside an apartment on Pinehurst Park Drive, which is off Providence Road near Fairview Road in south Charlotte. CMPD tells us the victim was Larry Thomas Jr., 27. A deadly night in Charlotte this Friday. Since 5pm tonight, […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said one person died after a homicide in north Charlotte. Police were called to the 1400 block of Fontana Avenue around 1 a.m. Thursday morning. ALSO READ: ‘God stopped that bullet’: Gunfire nearly hits woman inside Charlotte home WSOC crews saw several CMPD cruisers and officers searching the front of a duplex near […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have reported eight homicides in the past two weeks but have offered few details. Police Lt. Kevin Pietrus at a biweekly media briefing Friday morning said he didn’t have any new information on several cases. Those cases include: The death of 17-year-old Fate Brannon, who was allegedly shot and killed March 29 by […]
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is investigating a homicide in west Charlotte Wednesday night. The incident took place just after 8:30 p.m. on Forestbrook Drive near Tuckaseegee Road. ALSO READ: 2 homicides under investigation in Charlotte Major Dave Johnson told Channel 9 that police received a call about a medical emergency. When they arrived at the […]
A court record provides new details in a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer’s criminal case, alleging he took nine $100 bills from a man under arrest, told a supervisor that he wasn’t planning to steal the money but still apologized. Police Officer Henry Chapman, 49, was arrested by his own department March 15 on an embezzlement charge. […]
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Police have arrested a man in connection to a shooting that killed a teenage Jack in the Box employee in northwest Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. On Saturday, detectives arrested 28-year-old Marcus Dahn for an unrelated arrest warrant. After interviewing with detectives, Dahn was charged with: First-degree murder […]
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police responded to two homicides and a double shooting within minutes of each other Thursday night, the department stated. One investigation was along Blythwood Lane near Lawyers Road in east Charlotte. The other was on Blendwood Drive and The Plaza in north Charlotte. ‘So much shooting’: Teen dead, another hurt in east Charlotte shooting […]
A chase that began in south Charlotte ended at the headquarters of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. The incident began just before 4 a.m. when police began pursuing a vehicle on Interstate 77. The pursuit continued north until it came to an end in the parking lot of CMPD headquarters. Channel 9 crews observed detectives search […]
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is looking for a person of interest after they identified the remains of a mother and her two children that were found Friday inside a north Charlotte apartment. Officers were conducting an investigation at the Orchard Trace apartments off North Tryon Street when they discovered the remains. ALSO READ: Human remains […]
A suspected overdose case turned into a homicide when hospital staff discovered their patient had a gunshot wound, according to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police. The patient, a male, died at a hospital, CMPD said in a news release. His identity has not been released. He was discovered around 7 p.m. Saturday, March 9, in the 400 block […]