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- Grieving Families Lobby Charlotte City Council to Prevent Reopening of Violent Uptown Nightclub
Published: Apr 24, 2026
Section: Crime
The Brooklyn Lounge in uptown Charlotte remains vacant and on the market following a series of deadly shootings that claimed three lives at the site. Dawn Wheeler, whose son was ki...
- Honduran National Sentenced to Eight Years for Firearms and Methamphetamine Trafficking in Charlotte
Published: Mar 13, 2026
Section: Crime
Michael Naun Antunez Vasquez, 22, has been sentenced to over eight years in federal prison following a multi-agency investigation into gun and drug trafficking. Vasquez, who pleade...
- Charlotte Teenager Charged in "Despicable" Murder of 15-Year-Old South Carolina Student
Published: Mar 12, 2026
Section: Crime
Ryan Ingersoll, 18, of Charlotte, has been arrested and charged with the murder of Leo Scott Epting, a 15-year-old ninth grader from Laurens County, South Carolina. The fatal shoot...
- Retirement of Senior Prosecutor Mark Foster Leaves Mecklenburg District Attorney’s Office Facing Critical Experience Deficit
Published: Mar 3, 2026
Section: Crime
The Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office is grappling with a significant loss of institutional knowledge following the retirement of Mark Foster, a veteran prosecutor with...