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Benjamin Joseph Taylor was arrested this weekend in Imperial County, California, which borders Mexico. He’s charged with three counts of murder and one count of concealment of death in the case of Markayla Johnson, Miracle Johnson, 4, and 7-month-old Messiah Johnson.
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Last month, Greensboro officials filed a court order to see police body-camera footage from an alleged assault that involved the city manager and his two adult daughters. The request, for Greensboro City Council eyes only, was made to verify that best practices were followed by the four police officers who responded to a domestic disturbance 911 call made from City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba’s home on the evening of Dec. 28. The female caller said, “Hello, my dad is an abuser. He’s trying to say that I hit him, and pushed him, and his arm is broken. He’s a very powerful man.”
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released the 2023 crime statistics and violent crime was flat but property crime saw a major increase.
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Inside Politics wondered: Instead of a deep dive about crime (that will likely take months), can the city of Charlotte keep guns out of the park by putting up fencing and having people pass through screening stations — at least for big events?
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Charlotte City Council member Tariq Bokhari said the city will likely form a task force to study ways to make uptown safer after five people were shot on New Year’s Eve at Romare Bearden Park.
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The shooting took place at Romare Bearden Park in uptown Charlotte shortly before midnight Monday. All five victims had wounds that were not life-threatening, CMPD said.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police charged a juvenile with breaking into more than 180 cars over two nights, and said they're searching for two more suspects in the case.
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A Charlotte police officer has been reassigned to another division in the city after a video goes viral showing him repeatedly punching a woman being arrested on Monday.
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The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police released third quarter 2023 crime statistics, homicide and assaults are down but property crimes have increased in Charlotte
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Between January 2020 and August 2022, a Charlotte woman created nearly 400 fake Social Security cards, eight driver’s licenses and six COVID-19 vaccine cards and earned over $320,000 from the scheme, prosecutors said.