A woman walking home to her east Charlotte apartment was approached by a man with a gun who demanded more than just cash earlier this week. The next night, the very same thing happened to a different woman, and police think the same man may be responsible for both crimes. ...
Melvin Roberts fought to defend his clients in court for more than 50 years. On Friday night, York police were trying to find out who killed him in his own driveway."All the doors are wide open right now," said York police Chief Bill Mobley. "We're looking for answers.”On Thursday night, ...
Jesus Rangel told police it was the biggest mistake of his life. Now Rangel will have at least 15 years to think about that mistake after being sentenced by a judge for the murder of a young mother. Thursday morning, Rangel pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for the April 2008 ...
A shootout with police officers in Rock Hill landed two officers and a suspect in the hospital Wednesday night.Rock Hill police said members of the York County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Enforcement Unit went to a house on Arlington Avenue with a search warrant at about 10 p.m. They had information drugs ...
A Charlotte man who spent almost two months in jail and another nine wearing an electronic monitor has learned that prosecutors have dropped the statutory rape charge against him."It was a shocker to me. Life is precious. Freedom was everything to me," the 46-year-old man told Eyewitness News Tuesday as ...
While school districts across the region are watching the weather and making decisions whether to delay school for one hour or two, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools are stuck in an odd predicament. They can have school or cancel it altogether. CMS leaders said with more than 10,000 bus stops and buses making ...
Bank of America is giving out billions in bonuses despite a rough 2009.Eyewitness News was told the bank will hand out $4.4 billion in bonuses for last year, and CEO Brian Moynihan is getting a 19 percent raise -- from $800,000 to $950,000.The bonuses rub some non-bankers the wrong way, ...
A 100,000-square-foot empty box in Kings Mountain will evolve in three months, bringing 27 new jobs to town.It could create as many as 40 positions in three years.A Canadian pipe maker announced it's moving into the building on Industrial Drive. Job seeker Teresa Price said the jobs are hope. It ...
A team of Charlotte-area pilots is joining Samaritan's Purse on a relief mission to Haiti.But taking off and landing could be tricky and downright treacherous in the earthquake-shaken land.On Wednesday, crew members with JAARS, a missionary aviation organization, made sure all systems work properly on their Kodiak airplane before flying ...
Mike and Marsha Eland had a dream that took them from northern Virginia to Chester, S.C. They found a historic house on Academy Street built in 1913 and spent a year turning it into a bed and breakfast.Just after 4 a.m. Wednesday, the bed and breakfast known as the Magnolia ...