Michael Edward Barnette, 46, was indicted by a Mecklenburg County grand jury on multiple arson charges related to the ...

Jefry Edgardo Gonzalez Artica, 22, has been arrested in connection with the murder of Javier Lee Martinez Hernandez, 23, who ...

A lot of pressure has been on the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office the past few months to improve safety at the jail in uptown Charlotte. North Carolina regulators approved a plan to help fix ...

A man accused of shooting another person in a Food Lion parking lot this past weekend has been released from jail, records ...

Conrad Burke waited in the Mecklenburg County jail on Oct. 27, his body hurting and his frustration growing. The problem: he’d posted bond about 20 hours ago.

Michael Edward Barnette, who was arrested in Chicago and extradited to Charlotte on charges alleging he blew up his Dilworth home, was indicted on several counts.

The Mecklenburg County jail will no longer hold any federal detainees. Nearly 200 inmates held on federal charges are being transferred to different facilities. Most of them were transferred Thursday.

The race for the next Mecklenburg County sheriff will be determined by next week’s Democratic primary since there are no Republicans running. The management of the jail in uptown Charlotte and ...

But it could cost Mecklenburg County millions of dollars that it now receives each year for housing federal inmates in its jail. As of Tuesday morning, the jail held just under 1,200 adult inmates ...

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden says he fired a detention officer on Friday, July 9, 2021, over an altercation with an inmate at the uptown Charlotte jail.