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Newsby Staff WriterApril 9, 2019

North Carolina Man Arrested for Threatening to Explode Bomb at Police Station

According to the Times-News, the subject—identified as 20-year-old Carlik Lamonte Poteat—has been charged with felony false bomb report and misdemeanor communicating threats.

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Newsby Staff WriterApril 5, 2019

North Carolina Man Grabbed Officer's Gun Before Being Fatally Shot

A North Carolina man was fatally shot by police over the weekend after he grabbed an officer's sidearm.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 29, 2019

DEA, Charlotte Police Take Down Mexican Cartel Drug Traffickers

For roughly a year, investigators with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (NC) Police Department partnered with the DEA, State Bureau of Investigation (SBI), and the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office in an effort to stop the distribution of illegal narcotics by the Jalisco Nueva Generacion drug cartel.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 26, 2019

North Carolina Department Hosts Driver Instruction for Young People

The Henderson (NC) Police Department is seeking to educate young drivers on safety that could potentially save their lives on the road.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 22, 2019

Virginia Deputy Shot, Suspect Arrested in North Carolina

A man accused of shooting a deputy in Henrico County, VA was arrested in Cary, NC, U.S. Marshals say.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 13, 2019

NC City Pays $950,000 to Family of Man Killed by Speeding Police Car

Short, 28, was walking across the street against the traffic light around 3:30 a.m. when he was hit, police said. The officer driving the car, Phillip Barker, was in a marked police car responding to a different crash at the time.

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Newsby Edited by staffMarch 7, 2019

North Carolina Legislators Consider Bill Toughening Penalties for Assaults on Officers

Dubbed Conner's Law—for NC State Trooper Kevin Conner, who was shot and killed during a traffic stop in October 2018—the proposed legislation would increase the classification of an assault on a law enforcement officer from a Class E felony to a Class D felony.

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 6, 2019

North Carolina K-9 Suddenly Dies

"It is with great sadness that we announce the unexpected passing of K9 Rony. Rony has been with our department for the past five years and was a great asset in many investigations and a true companion to his handler MPO C. Berry. He will be greatly missed!"

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Newsby Edited by StaffMarch 6, 2019

North Carolina DUI Suspect Complains Police Won't Share Their Confiscated Liquor

Police say Elliott failed breath tests and was put in a patrol car, where he saw a bottle of Fireball Whiskey confiscated from someone else. The report says he told the officer: "You could have shared; I'm already drunk."

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Newsby Staff WriterMarch 1, 2019

North Carolina Department to Host Dodgeball Tournament for Special Olympics

The event is the result of one officer having had the experience of watching a dodgeball completion on television and bringing the idea to one of the officers in charge of the department's Special Olympics fundraising events.

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