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Salisbury: Drive-By Shooting into an Occupied Home Wednesday Night on S. Merritt Avenue. Is the Salisbury Warzone Widening?
RFP Staff ♦ The shootings into occupied homes continues at a high pace. Law enforcement has voiced the opinion that a number of these shootings are connected likely through vengeance motives. The great challenge of vendetta shootings is that innocent people are murdered or wounded when shooters go to the wrong address or shoot into […]
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Rowan County: Stephanie Luann Fisher: a Mugshot Retrospective from 2007 to 2018 // Meth: A Highly Toxic Drug and How to ID a Meth Lab
June 27, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ According Rowan County Sheriff’s Office sources Stephanie Luann Fisher, 34, of Rowan County was arrested for violating probation on June 22nd. She is currently on hold at the Rowan County Detention Center. Stephanie Luann Fisher, age 34: Charges Stephanie Luann Fisher: Stephanie Luann Fisher, age 23 in 2007: Stephanie Luann Fisher, age […]
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Salisbury: Armed Robbery Tuesday Night on Crawford St. Man Sustains Injuries from Handgun Beating and Gives Up his Ford Explorer SUV
June 27, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police sources report that Robert Lee Mileski-Klein, 19, living at 528 Maupin Avenue, was the victim of a “robbery-firearm” in the street at 103 Crawford Street on Tuesday night. Mileski-Klein was assaulted by stranger with a semi-automatic handgun and sustained minor injuries while his 2000 white Ford 4-door Explorer SUV (valued […]
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Salisbury: Forcible Entry Monday Afternoon on Upscale Crane Drive. Burglars Haul Away $1,850 Worth of Electonics and a Safe
June 26, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police sources Michelle Fritz Stewart, 49, living at 2608 Crane Drive and a friend Richard David Joseph, 46, of Ellen Street, were victims of a “burglary-forcible entry” on Monday when burglars forced their way into the Crane Drive home by shattering window glass and later exiting through the rear […]
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Salisbury: Armed Robbery Friday Afternoon at the Zion Hills Apartments at 1614 Standish Street. Robber Scores $582 in Cash and Valuables
June 26, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police sources report that Ahmed Mahmoud Elkahlout, 21, of Countryside Drive in Charlotte, was the victim of a “robbery-firearm” at the Zion Hills Apartments at 1614 Standish Street. A stranger pulled a handgun on Elkahlout and threatened him before he took $250 cash, a wallet (valued at $20), a cellphone (valued at […]
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Salisbury: Occupied House Shot Up Sunday A.M. on W. 11th Street. Payback? Who will be Salisbury’s Murder Victim Number 5? A Child?
June 25, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Shootings into occupied houses have stepped up the last 3 weeks in what appears to be a payback war. Late at night or early in the morning vehicles edge slowly down the street until they have a clear shot at window or an open door. Then multiple shots ring out. People get […]
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Salisbury: Man Strong Armed Robbed Saturday Morning at his Home on E. Cemetery Street
June 25, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police report that Stephen S. Soha, 62, living at 521 E. Cemetery Street, was the victim of a “robbery-strong arm no weapon” Saturday morning. Soha was muscled out of $171 in cash. No injuries were reported. In March of 2018 a burglar walked into his home and walked off with $720. […]
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Rowan County: Witt Darnell Alexander, Jr., Suspect in the Shooting Murder of Mirah Turner on N. Long Street, Arrested Sunday Morning
June 24, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ According to Rowan County Sheriff’s Office sources Witt Darnell Alexander, Jr., 25, living on the “streets of Salisbury” and a suspect in the 2 a.m. shooting murder of Mirah Turner, 25, at 1425 N. Long Street, was arrested by Rowan County Sheriff’s Office deputies this morning at 807 S. Caldwell Street. Under […]
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Salisbury, NC Secures Its Rightful Place at the Forefront of Global Tattoo Art and Culture. Salisbury’s Immortal Seju Kosarkami
June 24, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury, NC Secures Its Rightful Place at the Forefront of Global Tattoo Art and Culture. Salisbury’s Seju Kosarkami, born 47 tears ago in Salisbury and gone to study with the tattoo masters in Kobe and Tokyo for 14 years. His naturalistic jailhouse style has formed a cult like following from New York to […]
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Salisbury: Sheriff’s Office Busts Billieann Blaney Friday A.M at Castor Rd. and Wagon Ln. for Alleged Drug and Concealed Weapons Offenses
June 23, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ According to Rowan County Sheriff’s Office sources Billieann Michelle Blaney, 26, Living in Salisbury and already on probation for felony convictions in April, was arrested by Sheriff’s Office deputies at the intersection of Castor Road and Wagon Lane in Salisbury at 12:17 a.m. Blaney was charged with allegedly carrying concealed weapons, possessing […]
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Salisbury: Dennis Miller was Arrested Thursday at 612 Mocksville Ave. for Allegedly Possessing a Controlled Substance II and Habitual Felon
June 23, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police Sources Dennis Miller AKA Dennis Colson, 53, a convicted habitual felon “living on the streets of Salisbury” was arrested Thursday at 1:16 p.m. at Novant Health Rowan Regional Medical Center at 612 Mocksville Avenue. Miller was charged with “possession of a controlled substance with intent to manufacture schedule II” […]
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Salisbury: Break-in at Brenner Crossing Apartments Thursday Nets Burglars $24,328 in Jewelry, Watches, Cash, a TV, and a Nissan Infiniti
June 22, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police Department sources report that Idris Shabazz, Muhammad, 58, in the Brenner Crossing Apartments at 620 Brenner Avenue was the victim of a “burglary-forcible entry” where burglars cut through a screen to gain entry into his apartment and make off with $24,328 in assorted designer watches, jewelry, cash, an LG TV, […]
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Salisbury: Woman Armed Robbery Victim Thursday A.M in the Zion Hills Apartments Parking Lot on Standish Street
June 21, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police sources Amanda Nichole Petrea, 25, of 101 Mary Street in Kannapolis, was the victim of a “robbery-firearm” in Zion Hills Apartment’s parking lot sometime around 2:30 a.m. Thursday morning. Petrea was threatened by a stranger with a handgun. The robber allegedly stole a pocketbook (Valued at $20) The […]
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Home Safety Tips for Going Away for the Weekend or for Your Summer Vacation. Blunders that Could Get Your Salisbury Manse Plundered
June 21, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Summer is upon us and burglaries and break-ins in Salisbury will climb from now through October. Renters and homeowners all over the Bury will pull into their carports after a weekend away or a trip to the shore or mountains and find their front doors busted off their hinges or windows […]
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Salisbury: Woman Jumped by Strong Arm Robber Wednesday Morning for Her Pocketbook and Cash on E. Lafayette Street
June 21, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police sources Judith Marie Wolfe, 58, a housecleaner living on Jackson Road, was the victim of a “robbery-strong arm no weapon” in a parking area between two apartment buildings early Wednesday morning at 825 E. Lafayette Street. The robber, someone with whom Wolfe was acquainted, forcefully snatched her pocketbook […]
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Video: Salisbury City Council Budget Work Session and Meeting on Tuesday June, 19th 2018
June 20, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Salisbury City Council Budget Work Session and Meeting on Tuesday June 19th, 2018:
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Tuesday Salisbury City Council Voted to Approve the Fiscal Year July 1st, 2018 to June 30th, 2019 (FY19) Budget
June 20, 2018
Press Release ♦Today, Salisbury City Council voted to approve the fiscal year July 1, 2018- June 30, 2019 (FY19) budget. The $84,927,408 balanced budget reflects a 1.4% increase in spending from the FY18 adopted budget. City Manager W. Lane Bailey recommended the adopted one-cent tax increase for homeowners to maintain existing services at current levels. […]
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5G Wireless Home Internet: What is It and How will It Affect Cord Cutting?
June 20, 2018
RFP Staff/Cordcuttersnews.com ♦ 5G Wireless Home Internet: What is It and How will it Affect Cord Cutting:
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Salisbury: McCleave Brothers Busted for Alleged Bareknuckle Fighting Saturday Night at the Brookview Apartments on S. MLK, Jr., Avenue
June 19, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ In Salisbury, N.C. the most common crime surely has to be street assaults, sometimes with clubs, rocks, bats, brass knuckles, broken 40 ounce bottles, and bricks. Considered old school is scrapping bare fisted. Certainly far fewer people die from fist fights than from a knifing, shooting, or being clubbed with a baseball […]
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Video: Rowan County Commissioners Meeting Monday June 18th, 2018
June 19, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Rowan County Commissioners Meeting Monday June 18th, 2018:
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