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Shoplifters make a large ipad haul and a cat burglar is after copper. More >>

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Robberies don't always require weapons. Sometimes, a piece of paper or quick feet is all that's needed to steal things of value. Surveillance video at a Boost Mobile cell phoneMore >>

This week in the Crimestoppers segment, a worker is ambushed by a man with a gun as he leaves work.More >>

Some crooks plan and plot their crimes to the utmost detail. Others just seem to fall into the lap of Lady Luck-- right place, right time.More >>

Police are searching for a 4th of July holiday weekend killer in east Charlotte.  It's a WBTV Crimestoppers report.More >>

While you were enjoying a long weekend, one hungry crook ordered a pizza, paid for it, then pulled out a gun.More >>

A self storage unit and a fitness gym were both prime targets for a three-man theft ring.More >>

A Charlotte woman is offering a "no questions asked" reward for return of her stolen cameras and computer. Mary Mac Stallings came home from workMore >>

December was a good month for retailers, but it wasn't so good for retailers who had their profits walk right out of the store.More >>

Where there's a hospital, there are massive parking decks with hundreds of cars, coming and going.

Therein lies the problem since January, there have been 15 reported thefts from cars parked at Presby and CMC.More >>

A guy in a bad sweater uses stolen credit cards.More >>

Police are looking for a man with an unusual name and a problem with rage.More >>

Three Charlotte stores were burglarized all within in a half-mile, but the sloppy scofflaw left something behind.More >>

A Charlotte woman learns the hard way about losing her credit cards to theft.  She left her purse in her unlocked car at this church while delivering food the week before Christmas.  But a thief helped himself to her credit cards and went straight to Target for ipods and playstations.More >>

A man shot in the stomach after an altercation at a convenience store.  Police want your help.More >>

If you know the whereabouts of Charles Edward McGowan, call Crimestoppers in Charlotte at 704-334-1600.More >>

(WBTV) Charlotte, NC -  Breaking in through the roof is a very common crime for police.  They see it a lot.

But rarely do they see someone break-in through the roof of a grocery store only to get locked in until the next morning.More >>

Detective PJ Wilson showed WBTV's Paul Cameron surveillance pictures from inside the Circle-K store located on a busy corner next to UNC Charlotte's campus.

Two men using t-shirts or towels as masks pointed guns at the clerk and clean out the cash register.

But one of the bandits makes a rookie mistake, bydropping his mask and the unblinking camera's got him.More >>