Thursday, May 16 2013 11:28 PM EDT2013-05-17 03:28:02 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Three thugs rob a sandwich shop. They waited out back while workers in the store were cleaning up at closing time. "The employees were emptying the trash for the end of the night,"More >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Three thugs rob a sandwich shop. They waited out back while workers in the store were cleaning up at closing time. "The employees were emptying the trash for the end of the night,"More >>
Thursday, May 9 2013 9:32 PM EDT2013-05-10 01:32:15 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Robbery at a grocery store just after it opens on a Saturday morning is very rare. And now, it's not unheard of. The Food Lion on North Graham was surprisingly busy for 7:21a.m. FromMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Robbery at a grocery store just after it opens on a Saturday morning is very rare. And now, it's not unheard of. The Food Lion on North Graham was surprisingly busy for 7:21a.m. FromMore >>
Friday, May 3 2013 4:08 PM EDT2013-05-03 20:08:47 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The North Tryon Street corridor has become a "rock city." It's where two men are using rocks to break into glass-front businesses and CMPD thinks it's the work of the same people. AtMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The North Tryon Street corridor has become a "rock city." It's where two men are using rocks to break into glass-front businesses and CMPD thinks it's the work of the same people. AtMore >>
Thursday, March 28 2013 10:49 PM EDT2013-03-29 02:49:44 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - There has been a rash of fast food robberies recently in Charlotte. Most are pretty tame. But not all. The Jack-in-the-Box on North Tryon street, near the University area, is openMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - There has been a rash of fast food robberies recently in Charlotte. Most are pretty tame. But not all. The Jack-in-the-Box on North Tryon street, near the University area, is openMore >>
Friday, March 15 2013 10:29 PM EDT2013-03-16 02:29:37 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Most criminals prepare themselves before they commit a crime. But not everyone. One crook had to borrow one of the tools of his trade from his victim. It was 10:40PM on a TuesdayMore >>
Most criminals prepare themselves before they commit a crime. But not everyone. One crook had to borrow one of the tools of his trade from his victim. It was 10:40PM on a TuesdayMore >>
Thursday, January 17 2013 9:24 PM EST2013-01-18 02:24:21 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The holidays were good for wallet lifters in Charlotte's SouthPark area. CMPD saw a rash of pick pocket thieves preying on people in crowded malls and supermarkets. At the HarrisMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The holidays were good for wallet lifters in Charlotte's SouthPark area. CMPD saw a rash of pick pocket thieves preying on people in crowded malls and supermarkets. At the HarrisMore >>
Friday, January 11 2013 10:44 AM EST2013-01-11 15:44:39 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - An increased reward posted for the arrest of Charlotte's one-man crime spree. CMPD now offers $5,000 to stop a man who they believe has robbed at least five establishments in theMore >>
An increased reward posted for the arrest of Charlotte's one-man crime spree.More >>
Thursday, January 3 2013 11:43 PM EST2013-01-04 04:43:41 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - CMPD is beefing up patrols at a strip mall in North Charlotte after gunmen held up the same business twice in the past three weeks. It's a crime that has detectives wondering, whyMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - CMPD is beefing up patrols at a strip mall in North Charlotte after gunmen held up the same business twice in the past three weeks. It's a crime that has detectives wondering, whyMore >>
Thursday, December 13 2012 9:29 PM EST2012-12-14 02:29:48 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A two-man team of sweepstakes parlor robbers are on the loose in west Charlotte. And players beware-- it isn't just the parlors who are losing money. Most sweepstakes parlorsMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A two-man team of sweepstakes parlor robbers are on the loose in west Charlotte. And players beware-- it isn't just the parlors who are losing money. Most sweepstakes parlorsMore >>
Thursday, November 29 2012 9:24 PM EST2012-11-30 02:24:53 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A one-man crime spree has businesses on alert in East Charlotte. So far, he's broken into a grocery store and attempted an armed robbery at a fast food restaurant. "A guy cameMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A one-man crime spree has businesses on alert in East Charlotte. So far, he's broken into a grocery store and attempted an armed robbery at a fast food restaurant. "A guy cameMore >>
Thursday, November 8 2012 11:46 PM EST2012-11-09 04:46:46 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A BOLO-- be on the lookout-- issued for three men who've been trailing people home, then robbing them in their own driveways. CMPD Detective Marty Cuthbertson said, "Between 8:00PMMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A BOLO-- be on the lookout-- issued for three men who've been trailing people home, then robbing them in their own driveways. CMPD Detective Marty Cuthbertson said, "Between 8:00PMMore >>
Thursday, November 1 2012 9:27 PM EDT2012-11-02 01:27:20 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - There's a new trend for business burglaries in Charlotte. CMPD has mapped an area that runs up and down South Boulevard. At the heart of this hot spot is where Woodlawn crossesMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - There's a new trend for business burglaries in Charlotte. CMPD has mapped an area that runs up and down South Boulevard. At the heart of this hot spot is where Woodlawn crossesMore >>
Thursday, October 25 2012 9:48 PM EDT2012-10-26 01:48:59 GMT
Hello again friends, it's Paul Cameron in the WBTV newsroom. Tonight at 11:00PM—a former Boy Scout Master admits to the Associated Press he molested young boys. Our reporter, David Spunt, spoke withMore >>
Hello again friends, it's Paul Cameron in the WBTV newsroom. Tonight at 11:00PM—a former Boy Scout Master admits to the Associated Press he molested young boys. Our reporter, David Spunt, spoke withMore >>
Thursday, October 25 2012 9:21 PM EDT2012-10-26 01:21:33 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Another Harris Teeter is robbed by a man who never showed gun. There was a spate of Harris Teeter stickups earlier this summer up and down the I-77 corridor, from Rock Hill to Cornelius. ButMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Another Harris Teeter is robbed by a man who never showed gun. There was a spate of Harris Teeter stickups earlier this summer up and down the I-77 corridor, from Rock Hill to Cornelius. ButMore >>
Friday, October 19 2012 8:09 PM EDT2012-10-20 00:09:02 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - It has been a successful year for Crimestoppers. To date-- CMPD has received more than 12-hundred tips from stories we've presented. Of those 12-hundred, police have made 220 arrests--More >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - It has been a successful year for Crimestoppers. To date-- CMPD has received more than 12-hundred tips from stories we've presented. Of those 12-hundred, police have made 220 arrests--More >>
Friday, October 5 2012 11:10 AM EDT2012-10-05 15:10:51 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Using a taser to rob a store may not a first-ever in the annals of crime. But it's certainly one of the most unusual methods of robbery CMPD officers have encountered. And, it recentlyMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Using a taser to rob a store may not a first-ever in the annals of crime. But it's certainly one of the most unusual methods of robbery CMPD officers have encountered. And, it recentlyMore >>
Friday, September 28 2012 9:31 PM EDT2012-09-29 01:31:15 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Bank robbers have done a brisk business in Charlotte this summer. Blame it on the recession, perhaps. But often we're seeing the same banks hit again and again. The BB&T branchMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Bank robbers have done a brisk business in Charlotte this summer. Blame it on the recession, perhaps. But often we're seeing the same banks hit again and again. The BB&T branchMore >>
Thursday, August 30 2012 9:52 PM EDT2012-08-31 01:52:08 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Robbing a store takes moxie. And sometimes it takes a little inside knowledge, plus remembering to bring a bigger bag than the guy who recently hit a Walmart at Mountain Island Lake. FiveMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Robbing a store takes moxie. And sometimes it takes a little inside knowledge, plus remembering to bring a bigger bag than the guy who recently hit a Walmart at Mountain Island Lake. FiveMore >>
Friday, August 24 2012 4:56 PM EDT2012-08-24 20:56:10 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The early bird gets the worm, but criminals who work later usually get more cash. A male and female stick-up team got up early one morning to rob the Bojangles on Freedom Drive.More >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The early bird gets the worm, but criminals who work later usually get more cash. A male and female stick-up team got up early one morning to rob the Bojangles on Freedom Drive.More >>
Friday, August 24 2012 4:55 PM EDT2012-08-24 20:55:06 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - CMPD is seeing a rash of forced entry burglaries this summer. Overnight surveillance video shows a man using a large rock to break out a window in the BP Food Mart in the UniversityMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - CMPD is seeing a rash of forced entry burglaries this summer. Overnight surveillance video shows a man using a large rock to break out a window in the BP Food Mart in the UniversityMore >>
Wednesday, August 15 2012 12:12 AM EDT2012-08-15 04:12:50 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A newcomer to Charlotte was shot dead in his own home for what police say is no apparent reason. It happened late on a Tuesday night in May on Durham Lane. The body of RodneyMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A newcomer to Charlotte was shot dead in his own home for what police say is no apparent reason. It happened late on a Tuesday night in May on Durham Lane. The body of RodneyMore >>
Friday, August 3 2012 12:37 PM EDT2012-08-03 16:37:52 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A two-man cat burglar team is on the loose in Charlotte. Surveillance pictures from the Pawn Mart on Albemarle road show a well-disguised man using an "L" shaped tool to pry throughMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A two-man cat burglar team is on the loose in Charlotte. Surveillance pictures from the Pawn Mart on Albemarle road show a well-disguised man using an "L" shaped tool to pry throughMore >>
Friday, July 27 2012 1:31 PM EDT2012-07-27 17:31:28 GMT
A serial burglar is on-the-loose in Charlotte near Park Road, South Boulevard and Old Pineville. The same man is doing the same thing over and over. He arrives by bicycle. "Same guy, same method,"More >>
A serial burglar is on-the-loose in Charlotte near Park Road, South Boulevard and Old Pineville. The same man is doing the same thing over and over. He arrives by bicycle. "Same guy, same method,"More >>
Friday, July 27 2012 1:51 PM EDT2012-07-27 17:51:42 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A woman was abducted and forced to withdraw money from her account in east Charlotte. It began with a late-night run to a drug store for medicine for her child. She didn't realizeMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A woman was abducted and forced to withdraw money from her account in east Charlotte. It began with a late-night run to a drug store for medicine for her child. She didn't realizeMore >>
Friday, July 27 2012 1:38 PM EDT2012-07-27 17:38:14 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Closing time is prime time for robbers at the Family Dollar store on Statesville Road. For the third time in 15 months, robbers appear as the store is about the shut its doors forMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Closing time is prime time for robbers at the Family Dollar store on Statesville Road. For the third time in 15 months, robbers appear as the store is about the shut its doors forMore >>
Friday, July 27 2012 2:54 PM EDT2012-07-27 18:54:58 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A warning for shoppers in big box stores-- hold on to your wallets. There's a flim-flam team that's preying on people who are easily distracted and forget about guarding theirMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A warning for shoppers in big box stores-- hold on to your wallets. There's a flim-flam team that's preying on people who are easily distracted and forget about guarding theirMore >>
Friday, July 27 2012 2:57 PM EDT2012-07-27 18:57:38 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A security guard suffered a broken hand after a scuffle with a shoplifter. The Belk at Northlake Mall has plenty of surveillance cameras to watch over its wares. One afternoon,More >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - A security guard suffered a broken hand after a scuffle with a shoplifter. The Belk at Northlake Mall has plenty of surveillance cameras to watch over its wares. One afternoon,More >>
Friday, July 27 2012 2:59 PM EDT2012-07-27 18:59:28 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Four home break-ins in the past five months have one east Charlotte neighborhood on edge. Glenville Avenue is tree-lined and quiet-- just off Shamrock Drive-- and it's been oneMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Four home break-ins in the past five months have one east Charlotte neighborhood on edge. Glenville Avenue is tree-lined and quiet-- just off Shamrock Drive-- and it's been oneMore >>
Friday, July 27 2012 3:02 PM EDT2012-07-27 19:02:13 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Local businesses know closing time is when they're most vulnerable to crime. At a Taco Bell on South Tryon in southwest Charlotte, closing time turned into a shoving match. WhenMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Local businesses know closing time is when they're most vulnerable to crime. At a Taco Bell on South Tryon in southwest Charlotte, closing time turned into a shoving match. WhenMore >>
Friday, July 27 2012 3:05 PM EDT2012-07-27 19:05:33 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department is concerned about a strong-armed robbery at a jewelry store near SouthPark. This happened in the middle of the day when there were noMore >>
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg police department is concerned about a strong-armed robbery at a jewelry store near SouthPark. More >>
Friday, July 27 2012 3:18 PM EDT2012-07-27 19:18:44 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The FBI has posted a $20,000 reward for the person who shot an armored car guard and stole a big bag of cash. It happened at 8:30AM on a Monday in January, in Charlotte's FoxcroftMore >>
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - The FBI has posted a $20,000 reward for the person who shot an armored car guard and stole a big bag of cash. It happened at 8:30AM on a Monday in January, in Charlotte's FoxcroftMore >>
Friday, July 27 2012 3:22 PM EDT2012-07-27 19:22:21 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Charlotte-Mecklenburg police teamed with Cabarrus County to nab two men suspected of armed robberies of Rite-Aid drugstores in the area. Police credit a WBTV viewer with callingMore >>
Another case closed for Crimestoppers. Charlotte-Mecklenburg police teamed with Cabarrus County to nab two men suspected of armed robberies of Rite-Aid drugstores in the area.More >>
Friday, July 27 2012 3:27 PM EDT2012-07-27 19:27:28 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Put a convenience store in a convenient spot near a major highway, leave it open all night, and you've got the recipe for robbery. There's a store in Charlotte which seems to magneticallyMore >>
A Charlotte convenience store seems to be a magnet for guys with guns.More >>
Friday, July 27 2012 3:31 PM EDT2012-07-27 19:31:45 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - There's been a drastic rise in commercial burglaries for Charlotte's Derita area. CMPD reports at least ten break-ins at cell phone stores, sandwich shops and other small businessesMore >>
There's been a drastic rise in commercial burglaries for Charlotte's Derita area. CMPD reports at least ten break-ins at cell phone stores, sandwich shops and other small businessesMore >>
Thursday, February 3 2011 11:15 PM EST2011-02-04 04:15:21 GMT
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 >>
Friday, July 27 2012 3:33 PM EDT2012-07-27 19:33:50 GMT
By Paul Cameron - bio l email CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - 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. Shoplifting was rampantMore >>
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 >>
Friday, January 22 2010 12:48 PM EST2010-01-22 17:48:49 GMT
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 >>
Friday, July 27 2012 3:36 PM EDT2012-07-27 19:36:07 GMT
By Paul Cameron - bio l email CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Cops often rely on surveillance photos to solve crimes, but those pictures don't always tell the whole story. Charlotte police have a shooting caughtMore >>
A man shot in the stomach after an altercation at a convenience store. Police want your help.More >>
Wednesday, August 26 2009 2:15 PM EDT2009-08-26 19:15:45 GMT
By Paul Cameron - bio l email Posted by Zack Smith - email CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - Most home break-ins are like dandelions -- they just pop up here and there. But when police see a string of businessMore >>
Thursday, August 6 2009 4:51 PM EDT2009-08-06 21:51:32 GMT
A warning tonight for anyone parking at Charlotte's two big hospitals. Since March, there have been 15 cars with windows broken and valuables stolen at both CMC and Presbyterian.More >>
Friday, July 10 2009 8:39 AM EDT2009-07-10 13:39:36 GMT
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.
Thursday, May 14 2009 11:41 PM EDT2009-05-15 04:41:05 GMT
CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV) - 17 Year old Marquiese Thompson was shot and killed while walking to basketball practice in December 2008. Now CMPD and Marquiese's family are asking for your help to find the killer. DoMore >>
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Monday, May 20 2013 9:15 PM EDT2013-05-21 01:15:38 GMT
A massive tornado touched down to the southwest of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon. Starting out as a classic funnel it quickly became a giant half-mile wide wedge tornado as it proceeded east north eastMore >>
A massive tornado touched down to the southwest of Oklahoma City Monday afternoon.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 12:50 PM EDT2013-05-21 16:50:22 GMT
MOORE, OK (RNN) – In one of the few positive stories to come from the deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma, an elderly woman was reunited with a four-legged friend she thought was dead. Barbara Garcia, a residentMore >>
Elderly resident Barbara Garcia frantically called for her dog after the tornado had leveled her house, but with no success.More >>
Friday, May 17 2013 7:16 PM EDT2013-05-17 23:16:53 GMT
One person has died in a crash near Harrisonville, MO, Thursday evening. The crash happened on Missouri Highway 7 and Walker Road. It involved a car and a tractor-trailer. Harrisonville is in Cass County.More >>
Savannah Nash celebrated her 16th birthday last week. She died Thursday when her car slammed into a semi while she was texting during her first time driving by herself.More >>
Tuesday, May 21 2013 10:56 AM EDT2013-05-21 14:56:05 GMT
A North Carolina woman is charged with trying to poison five family members after one of them refused to share some cheese with her. A statement from the Nash County Sheriff's Office said 24-year-oldMore >>
A North Carolina woman is charged with trying to poison five family members after one of them refused to share some cheese with her.More >>
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