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Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
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Pastor killed returning from golf trip
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) A Belmont pastor driving his church van home from a golf trip was killed and seven people were seriously injured Saturday in a three-vehicle wreck in Lancaster County. The Lancaster County Coroner's Office did not immediately identify the dead man, but members of Southpoint Free Will Baptist Church identified him as the Rev. Ronnie...
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1 dead, 1 being questioned in stabbing
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) A man is dead, and a 17-year-old is being questioned by homicide detectives tonight after a fight at a west Charlotte house ended in a stabbing.
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Police: Kidnap plot for ransom
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) As he plotted to kidnap two girls from a Cornelius school bus stop, Ruben Garcia Rosario promised his ex-wife $10,000 if she'd help him translate a ransom note into English, according to a bill of indictment made public Wednesday. Garcia was arrested Sept. 29 and is in Mecklenburg jail on $52,000 bond, charged with attempted kidnapping...
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5K to benefit aspiring police
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) Katie Schwartz didn't know officers Sean Clark and Jeff Shelton, but she says she was touched by their deaths. The officers were shot and killed in spring 2007, as Schwartz was preparing to go into the police academy.
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Man shot as he returns home
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
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Airport luggage theft gets attention
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) The man in sunglasses at the baggage carousel seemed out of place. He didn't come down the escalators with other recent arrivals at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. Rather, he came from the doors that led to the parking deck.
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Pineville-Matthews closed after 5-car wreck
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) Pineville-Matthews Road between Baybrook and Carmel Roads will be closed for about two hours after a five-car wreck. The wreck happened around 7:30. No one was seriously injured.
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Police scale back search for missing woman
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009
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Suspect in bank robbery is caught after 100-mph chase
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) A bank robbery suspect has been arrested after police say he led officers and state troopers on a high-speed chase that reached speeds over 100 mph Tuesday afternoon. Police say the suspect was arrested after a truck driver helped box him in on Interstate 85 in Gaston County.
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Woman found dead after 911 call for help
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr., cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) A woman who told 911 operators her husband was becoming violent was later found dead by the officers who responded. The Caldwell County Sheriff's Department identified the woman as Glenda Dian Peck, who was shot to death Saturday. Deputies said they charged her husband, Herbert Lawrence Peck, 68, with murder after they found him...
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House catches fire during standoff
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Steve Lyttle, cwootson@charlotteobserver.com) No injuries were reported Thursday afternoon in northwest Charlotte police standoff that ended after an assault suspect's house caught fire.
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Standoff ends when house catches fire
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
(By Cleve R. Wootson Jr. and Steve Lyttle, cwootson@charlotteobserver.com and slyttle@charlotteobserver.com) No injuries were reported Thursday afternoon in a northwest Charlotte police standoff that ended after an assault suspect's house caught fire. Police spokesman Rob Tufano said the incident started as a dispute between two roommates at a house in the 200 block of Coxe Avenue, near...
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Feds seek help locating bank robbery suspect
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
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Dozens search for woman missing in West Charlotte
Charlotte Observer: Breaking News (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
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