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Pineville PD Releases Footage of Dennis Bodden Police Killing
In response to petitions from Dennis Bodden’s mother and the Charlotte Observer, the Pineville Police Department on Saturday released body-worn camera footage of an incident that ended with an off-duty Pineville PD sergeant shooting and killing Bodden in an apartment complex parking lot in May. The incident began when Pineville…
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Officers Won’t Face Charges in Police Killing of Sanrico McGill
Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather concluded his office’s review of a police shooting that killed Sanrico McGill at his home on Catherine Simmons Avenue in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of north Charlotte last year. In a 13–page statement letter released on Tuesday, Merriweather announced that no charges will be…
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New Details Released in Fatal East Charlotte Police Shootout
CMPD held a media briefing on Tuesday morning to provide more insight into a deadly shooting on Monday afternoon that resulted in the death of three US Marshals and one CMPD officer. CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings released the names of the four injured CMPD officers during the briefing and was…
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Three US Marshals and One CMPD Officer Killed in East Charlotte Shootout
This article has been updated with more information as of Tuesday, April 30. Read More: New Details Released in Fatal East Charlotte Police Shootout Three US Marshals and one CMPD officer were killed and four more law enforcement officers injured when suspects opened fire on members of the Fugitive Task…
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CMPD Responds to Group Recommendations Resulting From 2023 Incident
CMPD on Tuesday released responses to each of the 17 recommendations made by the Community and Police Collaboration Group (CPCG), formed in November 2023 after officers were filmed violently arresting Christina Pierre and her husband Anthony Lee outside of a Bojangles where they both work on South Tryon Street. The…
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End-of-Year Report Shows Crime Up, Homicides Down in Charlotte
Leaders with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD) held a press conference on Thursday to discuss the release of their annual end-of-year public safety report for 2023, which found that overall crime was up, violent crime had remained about the same, and the total number of homicides fell in 2023 as…
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Body-Cam Footage Released, Officer Suspended for CMPD Arrest
CMPD on Tuesday announced the results of an internal investigation into the violent arrest of Christina Pierre and her husband Anthony Lee outside of a Bojangles where they both work on South Tryon Street on Nov. 13, stating that CMPD Internal Affairs had ruled that one officer would be…
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CMPD Releases Body-Cam Footage of Stabbing, Police Shooting
Nearly four months after a man was shot and killed by police after stabbing an officer in August, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has released the body-worn camera footage showing what happened during the altercation. On August 20 just before 8 a.m., a woman called 911 from an apartment in the…
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