CABARRUS COUNTY, N.C — Investigators said an argument over a rooster led to a Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department officer's arrest.
Officer Matthew Watts lives in Cabarrus County. He and his neighbor were charged with making threats toward each other.
The sheriff said they got into an argument about a rooster the officer's neighbor owns.
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Watts has been with CMPD since 2002 and works in the Independence Division.
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