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Salisbury: Strong Arm Robbery at Rowan County Library HQ Sunday on W. Fisher Street. Man Ripped Off in Rear Parking Lot for $360
RFP Staff ♦ Crime is no stranger to the W. Bank Street and S. Jackson Street sides of the Rowan County Library, HQ, rear parking lot. Purse snatching, car break-ins, strong arm robberies, and muggings are chronic. The robbers know that booklovers walk into the rear of the library with wallets and purses. Criminals understand […]
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Updated! Salisbury: Joseph Michael Johnson Arrested Saturday on Maple Avenue for the Alleged Sexual Offense of Indecent Exposure
May 21, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police sources report that Joseph Michael Johnson, 24, living at 720 Maple Avenue, was arrested on Saturday may 19th at 2:11 p.m. for the sexual offense of allegedly exposing himself to a “restricted victim” at 720 Maple Avenue. The alleged crime was reported to 911 Dispatch at 1:34 p.m. and drew […]
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Salisbury: Burglar Scores a AK-47, Taurus Revolver, and a Mossberg Shotgun in Grove Street Forcible Entry Friday
May 20, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Firearms collectors and weapons dealers are popular targets for break-ins around Salisbury. This is one of the many ways criminals most often obtain guns. According to Salisbury Police sources Phillip Allison Michael, 56, of 405 Grove Street was the victim of a “burglary-forcible entry” sometime Friday when a burglar forced open a door of […]
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Updated! Photo Gallery: Salisbury Cheerwine Festival 2018: Early Rain, Low Turnout, and a Hot and Muggy Day
May 19, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Early rains and the threat of thunderstorms no doubt impacted on Cheerwine Festival 2018’s very low turnout on a very hot and muggy Saturday. Not a whole lot going on. Some people danced by the Hotwire Soundstage to a group identified as “Casette Rewind”. That and two women got into a slugfest […]
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Photo Gallery: The Armed Forces Day Event Saturday Morning in Salisbury, N.C. with N.C. Rep. Carl Ford and Congressman Ted Budd
May 19, 2018
Rodney Cress, Veteran Advocate ♦ I had the privilege to introduce Congressman Ted Budd this morning at a Armed Forces Day event. He has served us well and is supportive of those who served. His uncle was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam in the La Drang Valley. Thanks to NC Rep. Carl Ford also for […]
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Salisbury: Salisbury-Rowan Utilities Smart Water Meter Stolen from a W. 12th Street Home. Was this the Start of Smart Meter Activism?
May 18, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police sources report that the City of Salisbury AKA Rowan-Salisbury Utilities dwelling at 132 N. Main Street was the victim of “larceny-all other” when one of their smart water meters was stolen from a home at 401 W. 12th Street (and later found or returned). The value of the Smart Water […]
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Salisbury: Stranger Knifes Elderly Woman’s Tires Thursday Morning on Crawford Street Running Up $700 in Damage
May 18, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police sources Gale Morefield Sales, 78, living at 136 Crawford Street, was the victim of “vandalism” when a stranger knifed all 4 of the Cooper Tires on her 2004 Silver Honda Accord 4-door Sedan parked at 136 Crawford Street. The badly damaged tires cost an estimated $700. Ms. Sales […]
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Spectrum Business Class in Salisbury and Rowan County: 200 Mbps Internet and 1 Gig Internet
May 18, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Spectrum Business Class in Salisbury and Rowan County: 200 Mbps Internet and 1 Gig Internet (Click Pictures to Enlarge): To go to a live Spectrum Business Class Ad: https://business.spectrum.com/
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Salisbury: David Herron Arrested Thursday Morning for Alleged Armed Robbery at McDonald’s on E. Innes Street Wednesday Night
May 17, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police sources David Sanchez Herron, 40, of the streets of Salisbury, was arrested early Thursday at 7:54 a.m. on foot near E. Cemetery and N. Shaver Streets after being identified by Salisbury Police investigators from a McDonald’s security camera video. Herron was sought for an armed robbery of the […]
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Salisbury: Two Men Robbed at Gunpoint During Home Invasion Tuesday on Alan Circle. Gunman Scores $170 in Valuables and Disappears
May 17, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police sources report a home invasion at 380 Allan Circle Tuesday around midnight when Kasey Scott Bates, 27, and Jesus Ramon Trujillo, 26, living there in a trailer suddenly had a gunman force his way through the back door and hold a handgun on them, demanding they give up their money. […]
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Video: Salisbury City Council Meeting Tuesday May 15th. Karen Alexander Attacks Mayor Al Heggins and Public Commentators Fire Back!
May 16, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Video: Salisbury City Council Meeting Tuesday May 15th, 2018. Dr. Karen Alexander, Self-Proclaimed Visionary, Cabal Torch Bearer, Enemy of Free Speech, and High Priestess of White Privilege, Attacks Mayor Al Heggins. Salisbury’s Social Justice Warriors Fire Back During Public Commentary:
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Salisbury: Human Vultures Descend on Recently Deceased Man’s Victory Street Home, Searching for Loot During Sunday Break-in
May 16, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury Police sources report that Carl Graham, Jr., 66, of 721 Victory Street, who passed away on Saturday May 12th at his home according to police reports, had his home broken into and ransacked sometime between Sunday May 13th and Monday May 14th. The burglar(s) damaged a window (Valued at $30) and a […]
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Salisbury: Man Visciously Pistol Whipped into Giving Up his Nissan Altima Sedan to a Stranger Tuesday Afternoon on E. Bank Street
May 16, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police sources Robert Christopher Thomas, 29, living at 429 E. Bank Street, was the victim of an “assault-gun”, “motor vehicle theft automobile”, and a “larceny-from motor vehicle” on Tuesday afternoon in front of his home when stranger came up on him with a handgun and pistol whipped him into […]
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Salisbury: Tai Mosley, 19, Allegedly Batters 15 Year-Old-Boy in Lopsided Cannon Park Beating Saturday. Police Arrest Mosley Sunday
May 15, 2018
RFB Staff ♦ According to Salisbury Police sources Tai Mosley, 19, living at 228 Rowan Mill Road, was arrested Sunday at 12:09 p.m. at his residence and charged with “assault inflicting serious bodily injury” for allegedly administering a brutal beating to an unidentified 15 year-old boy in Cannon Park, 611 Park Avenue on Saturday around […]
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Salisbury: Multiple Bullets Strike a Home and Vehicle Near W. Miller and N. Church Streets Friday A.M. Gunman’s Threats Precede Shooting
May 15, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Salisbury, N.C.’s cascade of violence rises as warm weather settles in. Few days go by without a shooting, stabbing, or beating in the city’s many “have not” areas. People are fearful of leaving their homes at night. It looks like a long and very hot summer. According to Salisbury Police sources a […]
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Salisbury: Sheriff’s Office Arrests Martin Efird and Carrie Taylor Friday at U.S. 601 Hwy and Gheen Road for an Alleged Whisnant Drive Break-in
May 14, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Rowan County Sheriff’s Office sources report that Martin Franklin Efird, 38, of Mitchell Street in E. Spencer and Carrie Ann Taylor, 34, of Park Avenue in Salisbury, were arrested Friday at around 10:36 p.m. near the intersection U.S. Hwy 601 and Gheen Road in Salisbury where Rowan County Sheriff’s deputies caught up […]
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Salisbury: Chief Jerry Stokes’s Car and Porch Gets Ripped Off Again This Weekend on West Thomas Street. American Flag Stolen!
May 13, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ “Please be aware and on the look out, we’ve have had multiple items stolen from our car and porch. Nothing of great value, but all the same things we purchased with our hard earned money including our American flag. Not sure if our house is being targeted specifically, but want our neighbors […]
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Semi-Nude Woman Allegedly Assaults a Car and a Cop with a Hammer and a Sex Toy at the East Winds Apartments in E. Spencer on May 5th
May 13, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ **WARNING: This article is not for minors under 18 or the squeamish. Read No further if you fit either category.** In the public interest in strange and aberrant crime we our reaching back to Saturday May 5th when an alleged crime took place at the usually quiet and serene East Winds Apartments […]
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Salisbury: WANTED William Hargrave Sought by the N.C. Highway Patrol. Believed to Be in Salisbury. Considered Armed and Dangerous!
May 12, 2018
RFP Staff/N.C. Highway Patrol ♦ WANTED William Pierre Hargrave, 22, Sought by the N.C. Highway Patrol. Believed to Be in Salisbury. Considered Armed and Dangerous! William Pierre Hargrave: William Pierre Hargrave’s Previous Record:
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Why Keeping Salisbury’s Off the Charts Violent and Property Crime, Awful Public Schools, Lack of Decent Jobs, and Such a Secret is Harmful
May 12, 2018
RFP Staff ♦ Anyone forced to remain in Salisbury because they haven’t been able to unload their house due to the enormous volume of houses on the market knows what’s up. They are not fooled by real estate hucksters, city council members, law enforcement officials with a self-protective penchant for fudging stats, shrinking print newspapers […]
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