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Council Quickies: Trump’s Model Cities Initiative Meets Resistance
Charlotte City Council returned from its summer recess with a business meeting on Monday, with two action preview items taking up much of the evening. Council discussed potential changes to the city’s teen curfew that it’s expected to vote on later this month and a federal grant for CMPD that…
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CMPD Officer Arrested for Misusing Flock Cameras
The NC State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) has arrested a CMPD officer for accessing the Flock camera system for non-law enforcement purposes, CMPD announced on Wednesday. The SBI discovered during an unrelated investigation on June 18 that CMPD officer Seth Elliot improperly accessed the Flock surveillance system and its corresponding…
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City to Enact Stricter Curfew in Response to Teen Takeovers
The city of Charlotte appears poised to enact a 9 p.m. curfew for all minors throughout the city in response to recent incidents that city leaders are referring to as “teen takeovers.” Following incidents at Romare Bearden Park and The Boardwalk at University City that saw between 200-300 teenagers gathering…
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Plans to Open ‘Jail North’ Highlight Strain at Uptown Detention Center
The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office announced Tuesday that it plans to reopen the jail in north Charlotte, unused for detention purposes since 2022, due to “historic overcrowding” in the Uptown facility, where hundreds of inmates are being housed in overflow areas and utilizing temporary, Stack-a-Bunk sleeping arrangements. Mecklenburg County Sheriff…
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The 704 Way Project Tackles Youth Violence in Charlotte
The city of Charlotte is partnering with marketing agency CMRignite and local youth mentoring organization My Brother’s Keeper Charlotte-Mecklenburg (MBKCM) to ensure that young people in Charlotte have a seat at the table in the fight against community violence — and it’s not the kids’ table. The 704 Way project…
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Formerly Incarcerated Man Buys Old NC Prison to Open Reentry Campus
In January 2018, Kerwin Pittman was nearing his release after more than 11 years incarcerated, unsure how he would rebuild his life. Where would he work? How would he navigate a society that had changed so much while he was behind bars? Eight years later, he’s purchased a prison. When…
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Amid Shortage of Juvenile Detention Beds, Mecklenburg’s Sole Facility Sits Empty
Mecklenburg County sent the second-highest number of young people into North Carolina’s detention system last year — yet it has no juvenile detention center. In 2025, 2,186 people were admitted to juvenile detention centers statewide, according to the state Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Nearly one in eight…
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CMPD’s End-of-Year Report Shows Drop in All Crime Categories
CMPD released its annual end-of-year report on Jan. 15, showing a decrease in overall and violent crime stats in Charlotte in 2025. The report came a week before city officials were scheduled to testify in front of the NC House Oversight Committee (NC HOC) to answer questions about a perceived…
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CMPD Releases Footage of Interaction with Decarlos Brown
CMPD Releases Footage of Interaction Decarlos Brown CMPD this week released footage of an interaction between police and Decarlos Brown months before Brown was arrested for the murder of Iryna Zarutska on a Blue Line train car in South End. Brown’s arrest for misuse of 911 in January has been…
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Man Who Died in Uptown Jail Was Fed Wrong Meds, Autopsy Shows
Our Weekly News Roundup provides a quick glance at five stories that occurred throughout the week that we didn’t have a chance to cover more deeply, aggregated from outside reporting, press releases and social media. Man Who Died in Uptown Jail Was Fed Wrong Meds, Autopsy Shows Reporting from WSOC…
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CMPD Reports Continued Downward Trend in Crime During Q3 Presentation
CMPD held its third-quarter public safety report on Wednesday, covering January through September of 2025, amid ongoing discussion and debate around public safety concerns in Charlotte. CMPD officials reported that overall crime is down 8% compared to the same point last year while violent crimes including homicides, rapes, robberies and…
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Center City Leaders Discuss Public Safety Measures in Uptown
City leaders held a press conference Wednesday to discuss initiatives being carried out by the Center City Public Safety Task Force, implemented in late July to address concerns about crime and safety in Uptown. The group is composed of leaders in business, local government, health care, CMPD and the nonprofit…
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5 Things to Know: Local Leaders Respond to FOP’s National Guard Request
Local Leaders Respond to FOP’s National Guard Request The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #9, a union representing local police officers that does not speak for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department itself, released a formal notice on Thursday calling for Mayor Vi Lyles and Gov. Josh Stein to request federal…
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Sheriff’s Office Settles Lawsuit Over Forced Hijab Removal for Mugshots
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced Thursday that their legal team reached a settlement with the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) over the removal of a Muslim woman’s hijab for a booking photo at Mecklenburg County Detention Center Central (MCDCC). The deal includes a monetary settlement along with an…
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Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit in Gastonia Police Shooting
The mother of a 21-year-old who was shot and killed by Gastonia police in 2022 has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Gastonia and three officers who were involved in the death of her son. In the 80-page complaint citing the Monell Doctrine, Thelma Mackins alleges Gastonia Police…
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Mid-Year Report Shows Drop in Crime Despite Uptown Concerns
CMPD released its 2025 mid-year crime statistics Thursday, reporting decreases in violent crime, property crime and overall crime. The report compiled statistics for January through June 2025, finding that Charlotte saw the overall crime rate drop by 8% compared to the same time last year as well as a 25%…
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