The man initially told Monroe police that he was locked inside a unit at Cooper Storage on Old Charlotte Highway on Feb. 20, ...

Students at Mecklenburg County High School were on lockdown Tuesday morning after a threat was posted on Facebook. The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office responded to the threat and conducted a ...

For most criminal defendants in North Carolina jails, this designation leads to a months-long wait for a bed in a state-run ...

Mecklenburg County's Sheriff's Office unveils a new Post Release Resource Center to aid former inmates' reintegration.

NC Senate passed a bill that would deputize state law enforcement officers to perform certain ICE functions, introduced in ...

CHARLOTTE — House Speaker Destin Hall introduced a bill he says will close a loophole that he says some sheriffs are using to ...

The bill will try to address the issue with House Bill 10, which only “requests” that ICE is called and not required.

A sergeant with the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office was found not guilty in an alleged domestic violence situation in ...

Three Charlotte men were charged with breaking-and-entering into a Swannanoa home, a Buncombe County Sheriff's Office press ...

The bill comes after GOP lawmakers required sheriffs across the state to honor immigration detainers issued by ICE last year.

Prisoners are being sent back to jail by the probation service because it's the "easiest thing to do", rather than solely for public protection, the chief inspector of probation has told Sky News.

The Mecklenburg County School Board voted Monday to issue a one-time health credit to all school employees as reimbursement for any health care expenses, using unspent federal Covid funds to cover the ...