Homicide rates in NCs five largest cities either held steady or declined in 2025, an improvement over the negative trends in violent crime seen following the pandemic.
The judge overseeing the federal case against Decarlos Brown Jr. in the 2025 stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska clarified Wednesday an earlier order shielding information about the case from public view.
A federal judge indicated Tuesday that he will not seek additional limits on state legislators’ Feb. 9 hearing on crime and public safety issues in Charlotte.
The North Carolina Supreme Court will not consider a Charlotte television reporter’s pursuit of records linked to a fatal 2023 shooting involving private security guards.
A state legislative committee has postponed a hearing originally scheduled this week to address crime and public safety in Charlotte.
FBI captures Alejandro “Alex” Rosales Castillo, wanted in connection with a 2016 Charlotte-area murder, after nine years on the run in Mexico.
A federal judge issued an order Thursday blocking Charlotte-Mecklenburg police and North Carolina legislators from releasing information from the criminal investigative file tied to Iryna Zarutska's fatal stabbing last August on Charlotte's light rail line.
A federal judge has upheld an earlier order blocking media access to law enforcement recordings tied to the high-profile light rail stabbing death of Iryna Zarutska.
Charlotte TV station WSOC has filed a formal response opposing an emergency motion by DeCarlos Brown Jr. that seeks to block the release of law-enforcement recordings connected to the August 2025 killing of Iryna Zarutska on the Charlotte light rail.
A federal judge ordered Charlotte-Mecklenburg police Monday not to release any video or audio related to the federal case involving Iryna Zarutska’s August 2025 killing on the city’s light rail transit line.
Twice-deported illegal immigrant arrested after stabbing a passenger on the Charlotte light rail, raising renewed concerns over crime and enforcement failures.
