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Casey Viser, 53, was arrested in April after cocaine was found in his car. Viser was elected to be a Mecklenburg County judge ...
A bomb threat temporarily disrupted Mecklenburg County jail operations, including a delay in courthouse transfers.
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.
Charged with a probation violation, Conrad Burke waited in the Mecklenburg County jail on Oct. 27, his body hurting and his frustration growing. His wife and mother were worried. Burke ...
Court records show an Uber driver told a security officer that a passenger attempted to strangle him with a seatbelt as he ...
The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office has agreed to pay $550,000 to the family of a teenager who died by suicide in the county’s now-closed juvenile jail, according to a news release from ...
Union County Sheriff’s Office detectives said they arrested a sixth suspect last week connected to a series of gang-related ...
McFadden alleged Wednesday morning that the department targeted his office unfairly with negative jail reports. The claims came as the Mecklenburg County Detention Center in Uptown, known as Jail ...
Conrad Burke and his lawyer say that he spent extra time in the Mecklenburg County jail because of eCourts. He has health issues, and got out of the jail after his wife reached out — about a day ...