According to some recent local news, it appears that juvenile crime rates in Mecklenburg County have been dropping recently due to work by the police to fight teen crime and gang activity. Numbers released from the state recently reveal that while overall violent crimes have declined by nearly 14% in…
According to WCNC, five women in Charlotte have been arrested in connection with prostitution. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police say they received anonymous tips from people complaining about prostitution activity near Frontenac Avenue and Eastway Drive, south of The Plaza. Robberies, as well as various other incidents of crime, have been reported in…
According to an article in the Charlotte Observer, the problems at North Carolina’s State Crime Laboratory are growing worse, something that has prosecutors and defendants alike waiting for results and worrying about the future. The lab director, Joseph R. John Sr., says that an increase in evidence submitted for testing…
Some bad news has been reported for the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department after data indicates a recent string of crime rate declines have come to an end. Three years of major drops in crime have abruptly stopped and been replaced with glaring jumps in a variety of crimes across the city.…