A Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer has been charged with child abuse after an investigation by the Iredell County Sheriff ...

Officer Matthew Michael, 48, faces the charges in Iredell County. He has been placed on unpaid administrative leave while ...

House Bill 834, which allows law enforcement to charge 16-year-olds and 17-year-olds as adults for high-level felonies, has ...

Shortly after, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department launched the Juvenile Accountability and Diversion Empowerment – also known as JADE. CMPD Lieutenant Crystal Fletcher said her team ...

An 18-year-old man and another juvenile have been charged with murder in connection to a deadly shooting at a convenience ...

CMPD said in a news release. There, police discovered a juvenile with a gunshot wound. The 15-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. One suspect, a 16-year-old, was arrested ...

Boyd’s public defender tried to argue he was under duress because his car was being stolen and the shooting was in ...

Overall crime in Charlotte rose in 2024 as violent crime spiked, according to police. Police reported 7,413 offenses in 2024 compared to 7,215 in 2023, as well as 111 homicides compared to 89 the year ...