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CATS Investigations

Transit meeting dives into CATS culture of silence

Updated: Mar. 22, 2023 at 10:17 PM EDT
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By David Hodges
More troubling news about safety was presented to members of the Metropolitan Transit Commission.

News

Charlotte Mayor: CATS ‘shortcomings’ were unknown to City Council

Updated: Mar. 21, 2023 at 5:04 PM EDT
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By Michael Praats
Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles addressed the recent revelations of problems facing the Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) --- and said the ‘shortcomings’ were unknown to City Council and the Metropolitan Transit Commission --- until a report was made public detailing concerns with the system.

News

CMPD video shows tense moments before officer involved shooting

Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 6:03 PM EDT
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By Nick Ochsner
Newly released police video shows the tense moments officers chased a man carrying a pistol with extended magazine after stopping the vehicle because it was stolen. Officers ended up shooting at the suspect, who was not hit. CMPD Chief Johnny Jennings said the case raises questions about the local court system's practice of issuing low bonds to suspects charged in violent cases.

WBTV Investigates

Charlotte’s light rail cars are aging. New report urges fast safety action

Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 4:26 PM EDT
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By David Hodges
Officials from NCDOT who reviewed the report offered blistering critiques of some of CATS’ initial findings and found that failure to immediately perform midlife and truck overhauls of the trains was “not acceptable.”

WBTV Investigates

CMS board chair won’t answer questions about recent sex assault reports

Updated: Mar. 20, 2023 at 11:42 AM EDT
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By Nick Ochsner
The chairwoman of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education refused to answer questions about how the district handled two recent reports from five-year-old students who said they were sexually assaulted by male classmates.

Medical Debt

Your Stories Making a Difference: Leaders listen to people saddled with medical debt

Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 5:59 PM EDT
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By David Hodges
The WBTV Investigates Team has been telling your stories about crippling medical debt for years. Now, those stories are getting the attention of local and state leaders who want to protect patients.

WBTV Investigates

CMS vice chair makes first comments six weeks after sex assaults reported

Updated: Mar. 16, 2023 at 3:19 PM EDT
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By Nick Ochsner
Charlotte-Mecklenburg School Board Vice Chair Stephanie Sneed made the first comments in response to recent reports by two five-year-old girls that they were sexually assaulted by male classmates. "I just want you to know that I hear you," she said.

WBTV Investigates

CATS light rail maintenance “overhaul” delayed for years before derailment

Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 6:52 PM EDT
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By David Hodges
Although Charlotte city councilmembers only recently learned about the derailment, public records show the “midlife overhaul” plan to prevent this type of derailment from happening, was delayed again and again.

News

Books on race, sexuality among most targeted across N.C. schools

Updated: Mar. 15, 2023 at 4:00 PM EDT
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By Whitney Clegg and Nick Ochsner
These books are increasingly coming under scrutiny by small but vocal groups, a collaboration of North Carolina media outlets found.

WBTV Investigates

Union Co. dad questions how school handled daughter’s reported sexual assault

Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 7:15 PM EDT
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By Nick Ochsner
The father of a fifth-grade student at Union Elementary School called WBTV for help after spending weeks frustrated at how the school was handling his daughter’s reported sexual assault. Administrators waited more than a month after the report to place the teacher on administrative leave.
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WBTV Investigates

Charlotte leaves the public in the dark when it comes to records, interviews and access

Updated: Mar. 13, 2023 at 9:58 AM EDT
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By David Hodges and Danielle Chemtob
The city of Charlotte has become less transparent with the public and media, giving fewer opportunities for reporters to interview high-level officials, and leaving records requests unfulfilled for years.

WBTV Investigates

Charlotte’s second-ranking transit official placed on leave without pay

Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 7:17 PM EST
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By David Hodges
A city spokesperson confirms Allen Smith is no longer the Chief Operating Officer of CATS, making him the third top CATS official to be removed from a post in the last five months.

News

Another 5-year-old CMS student reports sexual assault

Updated: Mar. 9, 2023 at 6:50 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
For the second time in a month, a five-year-old student enrolled at a Mecklenburg County school has reported being sexually assaulted by a classmate.

WBTV Investigates

Local nonprofit for police announces closing after not donating to police department

Updated: Mar. 6, 2023 at 5:10 PM EST
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By David Hodges
The Chair of the Waxhaw Police Foundation wrote in a statement that they will work with an attorney on winding down and dissolving the charity. The decision came a little more than a month after Town of Waxhaw elected officials decided voted to force financial transparency from the Foundation.

WBTV Investigates

CMS chief abruptly ends interview about 5-year-old’s reported assault

Updated: Mar. 1, 2023 at 4:38 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
The interim superintendent of CMS abruptly ended an interview with WBTV after refusing to answer questions about the district's handling of a student's report that she was sexually assaulted on the school bus.

WBTV Investigates

WBTV investigation finds salvage, flood cars for sale on dealership website

Updated: Feb. 27, 2023 at 6:10 PM EST
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By David Hodges
WBTV had a lot of questions after our reporting found salvaged vehicles for sale on the dealership website for Nissan of Shelby.

WBTV Investigates

N.C. insurance billionaire indicted on new business fraud charges

Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 9:32 AM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
Billionaire insurance magnate Greg Lindberg has been indicted again by a federal grand jury. This second indictment is for charges related to alleged fraud Lindberg and his employees carried out through his network of insurance companies. He was previously indicted on bribery charges.

WBTV Investigates

Child reports being sexually assaulted on school bus. Her mom says CMS did nothing.

Updated: Feb. 22, 2023 at 5:07 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
A concerned mother called WBTV for help after her five-year-old daughter reported being sexually assaulted on the school bus.

WBTV Investigates

Homeowners call for HOA reforms in Carolinas; Colorado has a model to acheive it

Updated: Feb. 21, 2023 at 7:15 PM EST
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By David Hodges
WBTV spoke with the President of the Colorado HOA Forum about how the group organized and advocated for changes in state statute to protect homeowners.

WBTV Investigates

NC has more gun theft from gun shops than most states in America

Updated: Feb. 20, 2023 at 5:12 PM EST
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By Whitney Clegg
Since 2013, over 3,300 guns have been stolen from gun shops in North Carolina.

WBTV Investigates

Former Myers Park High student files appeal in sexual assault lawsuit

Updated: Feb. 17, 2023 at 2:26 PM EST
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By WBTV Web Staff
The notice of appeal was filed on behalf of the former student, identified as ‘Jane Doe,’ on Thursday.

WBTV Investigates

Homeowners vs Developers: The fight for HOA control in North Carolina

Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 8:27 PM EST
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By David Hodges
The WBTV Investigates Team is uncovering the scope and impact of developer-controlled associations, called declarant control. It allows developers to profit off the sale of new homes while simultaneously appointing HOA board members to manage the homeowner fees.

WBTV Investigates

NCDOT: New toll lanes definitely coming to I-77 in Charlotte

Updated: Feb. 16, 2023 at 5:34 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
A spokeswoman for the N.C. Department of Transportation told WBTV on Thursday that new, paid toll lanes are definitely coming to I-77 from mile marker 11 to the South Carolina state line.The question, the spokeswoman said, wasn’t whether any new lanes would be tolled but “how they will be delivered.”

WBTV Investigates

WBTV Investigates: A look into a broken child welfare system

Updated: Feb. 13, 2023 at 9:05 PM EST
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By Whitney Clegg
Toia Potts was visiting her three-year-old son at the Community Family Life Recreation Center. A court had mandated that the visit be supervised by a social worker.

WBTV Investigates

‘The situation was horrible’: Mother responds after daughter reported sexual assault

Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 7:24 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
CMS staff member David Lucas was arrested and charged with sex offenses.

WBTV Investigates

‘This place is crazy’: Whistleblowers detail fraud, boxes of cash at Charlotte non-profit clinic

Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 7:20 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
More whistleblowers are coming forward to detail allegations of fraud and financial mismanagement at CW Williams Community Health Center. A former doctor and a former chief financial officer at the clinic spoke with WBTV about what they experienced working there. And a third former employee has filed a lawsuit alleging she was fired minutes before she was scheduled to detail her concerns to the board.

Current, former Lincoln Co. deputies charged after violent arrest

Updated: Feb. 9, 2023 at 11:45 AM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
A current and former deputy with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office have been charged with assault for their actions in a violent arrest last May. The charges came to light after the North Carolina SBI opened an investigation following a WBTV investigation.

WBTV Investigates

Top Charlotte leader calls for changes to MEDIC dispatch policy after in-custody death

Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 12:04 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
Charlotte Mayor pro Tem Braxton Winston reiterated his call to re-evaluate how ambulances are dispatched in the wake of MEDIC’s response in the case of Jovontay Williams, who struggled to breathe while he waited more than 20 minutes for EMTs to response to a call for medical aid.

WBTV Investigates

Caught on Camera: Surveillance camera doesn’t deter catalytic converter theft

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:54 PM EST
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By David Hodges
A WBTV Investigation tracks the rise of catalytic converter thefts and seeks possible solutions to protect car owners.

WBTV Investigates

Charlotte man waited 22 minutes for medical attention after CMPD’s call for help

Updated: Feb. 2, 2023 at 5:46 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
Jovontay Williams was arrested by CMPD officers early in the morning of June 13, 2022, in Charlotte.

Mecklenburg County

CATS union reaches tentative agreement to avoid bus drivers strike

Updated: Jan. 31, 2023 at 4:43 AM EST
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By WBTV Web Staff and Nikki Hauser
The union will vote on the agreement on Feb. 4.

WBTV Investigates

Las barreras lingüísticas en Carolina del Norte dejan vulnerables a las familias latinas

Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 6:20 PM EST
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By David Hodges
A medida que la población hispana/latina crece rápidamente en Carolina del Norte, una investigación de WBTV revela que las barreras lingüísticas para los hablantes limitados de inglés continúan persistiendo en el gobierno local y estatal.

WBTV Investigates

Language barriers in North Carolina leave Latino families vulnerable

Updated: Jan. 23, 2023 at 6:20 PM EST
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By David Hodges
US Census data shows the Hispanic/Latino non-English speaking population has progressively grown in Mecklenburg County. In 2010, the number of Latinos who spoke English “not well” or “not at all” was roughly 30,000. In 2020, the number was closer to 43,000.

Myers Park High School

Jury finds CMS did not act with ‘deliberate indifference’ in former Myers Park student’s case

Updated: Jan. 20, 2023 at 7:52 PM EST
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By WBTV Web Staff
The decision comes after days of court hearings regarding the alleged 2015 incident.

WBTV Investigates

‘I just want to be believed’: Former Myers Park HS student testifies about alleged sexual assault

Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:02 PM EST
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By Brad Dickerson
The former student, identified as Jane Doe, began testifying around 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

Myers Park High School

Judge drops CMPD from lawsuit brought by former Myers Park High School student

Updated: Jan. 19, 2023 at 7:00 PM EST
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By WBTV Web Staff
The former student alleges that she was led into the woods and raped near the school in 2015.

News

Former Myers Park HS student opens case against CMS, CMPD over handling of reported rape

Updated: Jan. 17, 2023 at 8:53 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
The trial began Tuesday in the case of a former Myers Park High School student who reported being led into the woods adjacent to campus and sexually assaulted by a male classmate.

WBTV Investigates

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools official details start of Title IX reform as trial looms

Updated: Jan. 16, 2023 at 10:37 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
The actions of Myers Park High School administrators and officers at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department in the wake of a student’s reported rape will go on trial Tuesday. The case involves a student who reported being forced into the woods adjacent to the school’s campus and sexually assaulted by a male classmate. The incident was reported in early November 2015.

WBTV Investigates

WBTV Investigation: Charity hasn’t made donations to local police department it’s been fundraising for.

Updated: Jan. 12, 2023 at 6:30 PM EST
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By David Hodges
Since WBTV started investigating, the charity announced it is placing donors’ contributions into a secure bank account before taking any more steps.

National

Playing God: Medical staff accused of placing DNRs on patients without family knowledge

Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 5:12 PM EST
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By Andy Pierrotti
In most cases, patients with mental disabilities must be evaluated by doctors and get approval from their legal guardians before a “Do Not Resuscitate” order is approved. InvestigateTV uncovered that doesn’t always happen. The result: when a patient has an emergency, medical staff are not allowed to intervene with potentially-life-saving treatments.

WBTV Investigates

Pineville nursing home loses five-star rating following WBTV investigation

Updated: Jan. 9, 2023 at 2:20 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
A Pineville nursing home saw its rating drop dramatically following a WBTV investigation. In October, WBTV investigated Pineville Rehabilitation and Living Center, which still had a five-star rating from federal regulators. After our story, that rating dropped to one-star.

News

After failed negotiations, CATS bus drivers vote to strike

Updated: Jan. 8, 2023 at 9:02 AM EST
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By Nikki Hauser
After months of unsuccessful contract negotiations, CATS bus operators confirmed Sunday they are voting to strike.

WBTV Investigates

WBTV reporter fights for access to unseal Madalina Cojocari investigation documents

Updated: Jan. 5, 2023 at 9:16 PM EST
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By WBTV Web Staff
In an exclusive petition, Ochsner filed a motion to unseal critical documents in the search for missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari.

National

Fraud Files: Billions in federal funds meant to help unemployed stolen by scammers

Updated: Jan. 2, 2023 at 11:07 AM EST
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By Caresse Jackman
Unemployment payments kept many Americans afloat during the pandemic, but con artists were also running scams to steal taxpayer dollars. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, over two years nearly $900 billion in emergency assistance was paid out, but among that aid was billions of dollars lost to potential fraud. Consumer investigator Caresse Jackman investigates where the money went and what’s being done to protect your tax dollars in the future.

WBTV Investigates

CATS releases ‘report’ finding problems with procurement and finance; City claims CFO resigning unrelated

Updated: Dec. 23, 2022 at 2:31 PM EST
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By David Hodges
During a news briefing Friday, city officials said CATS CFO Blanche Sherman resigned but claimed the resignation was unrelated to the assesssment or any other review.

WBTV Investigates

Investigation into Charlotte City Councilmember sent to DA’s Office

Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 4:59 PM EST
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By David Hodges
The investigation into Councilmember James "Smuggie" Mitchell's potential conflict of interest is completed by the North Carolina State Bereau Investigate. Now it’s up to the District Attorney to decide if a crime is being committed.

WBTV Investigates

Federal prosecutors allege Lindberg, employees conspired to defraud N.C. Dept. of Insurance

Updated: Dec. 22, 2022 at 12:54 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
A top executive for billionaire insurance magnate Greg Lindberg has pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Court documents unsealed on Thursday detailed the case against the executive, Christopher Herwig.

Top Story

‘Please don’t let her go’: Rock Hill mother faults school for role in child abduction

Updated: Dec. 21, 2022 at 7:17 PM EST
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By Nick Ochsner
Two children were illegally taken from their school in the Rock Hill school district, six months apart. Both were recovered when their father was stopped by N.C. State Highway Patrol on Monday. Now their mom is speaking only with WBTV to question why the system that was supposed to safeguard her children failed not once but twice.

News

Odometer fraud cases rise as cars become more digital

Updated: Dec. 19, 2022 at 3:31 PM EST
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By Lileana Pearson
North Carolina ranks 11th in the country for odometer fraud.

CATS Bus Investigations

CATS bus operators reject company’s labor contract proposal, will vote on strike next

Updated: Dec. 15, 2022 at 8:36 PM EST
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By WBTV Web Staff
For months, operators have been negotiating their contract with the company hired to run the bus system.
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