by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
Police departments across the nation depend on K9 units for a variety of functions, from drug detection to finding missing persons. The CMPD is no exception, and the department has been steadily increasing its K9 unit. The department started with only a couple of dogs...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department is hoping to set up its own DWI task force in the near future. In light of recent numbers from 2012 indicating a high number of alcohol related traffic accidents the department would like to create a this task force to...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
A mom in Lake Wylie has been charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor after she planned to buy marijuana to smoke with her daughter last week. It is alleged that she purchased marijuana while her 14 year old daughter and her son’s girlfriend were with...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department set up a DWI checkpoint on Central Avenue. The checkpoint was set up Thursday which ran from 11 pm until 3 am. The CMPD received assistance from the Matthews Police Department and Cornelius Police Department. Police charged...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
The arrest numbers have been released from North Carolina’s “Booze It & Lose It” campaign which ran through St. Patrick’s Day weekend. The campaign ran from March 15th- 17th. A total of 690 people were charged with DWI. There were 2,391 DWI checkpoints and...
by Aaron Lee | Jul 11, 2013 | General
A woman in Catawaba County recently plead guilty to manslaughter. The charge resulted from a domestic dispute which escalated to the point of the woman shooting her husband. The woman then tried to cover up the death by setting the body on fire. The police learned of...
