Crime

A South Carolina man who killed his ex-girlfriend's parents with a baseball bat was executed by firing squad Friday, the first U.S. prisoner in 15 years to die by that method.

Prosecutors say the majority of the stolen tickets were for Swift's Eras Tour, but the thieves also boosted ones for Adele and Ed Sheeran concerts, NBA games and the U.S. Open Tennis Championships.

Merriweather's message: Mecklenburg is very different from any other North Carolina county, with far more violent crime on a per capita basis.

High-profile burglaries of pro athletes are seen as part of a wider pattern of criminals traveling from South America to target affluent homes in the U.S.

Crime and the number of violent incidents at North Carolina schools decreased last year for the first time since the pandemic ended. But the latest data still show some areas of concern.

A man who was arrested with over 100 dogs and equipment at his Georgia home got the maximum sentence last week. Prosecutors hope it sheds light on the prevalence of dogfighting, a felony in the U.S.

Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.

In the world of true crime, Fall River, Mass. is known for Lizzie Borden, but another murder 60 years earlier captivated New England. Kate Winkler Dawson tells the story in "The Sinners All Bow."

In the past decade several North Carolina cities, including Charlotte, have stopped using the gunshot detection technology known as ShotSpotter. They argue data does not support claims by the company behind the technology that it reduces gun violence. Meanwhile, several other cities in North Carolina continue to use ShotSpotter. One of them is Fayetteville, where activists have raised concerns about the role it may have played in a man’s death in 2023. The Assembly recently took a closer look at ShotSpotter in North Carolina. Michael Hewlett is one of the reporters who wrote that story, spoke with WFAE's Marshall Terry.

At the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's end-of-the-year crime report Thursday, department leaders said overall crime was down but homicides in Charlotte increased by 25%.