Photographer captures motorcycle accident

By Sarah Nagem news@kannapoliscitizen.com CONCORD — Amateur photographer Justin Leedy was at the right place at the right time Thursday night. The Harrisburg resident captured on camera a motorcyle accident near Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Luckily, Leedy said, the crash victim wasn’t seriously injured. Around 8 p.m. Thursday, Leedy and his wife were in a parking lot off Morehead Road, near U.S. 29. “My wife and I were just kind of goofing around, taking some pictures,” he said. That’s when... 

Fugitives on drug charges turn themselves in

On Friday, the Kannapolis Police Department asked the public’s help in finding two fugitives wanted in separate drug cases. Kannapolis Police Sgt. G. Bryan Ritchie released the names of Anthony Joseph Bologna, 27, and Ronald Lee Bowlin, 19, on Friday afternoon, asking the public to call Cabarrus Area Crime Stoppers with the men’s location. By Monday, both men were in jail, Ritchie said. They turned themselves in over the weekend, possibly after reading their names in local media, Ritchie said. Ritchie... 

Second suspect sought in Subway attempted armed robbery

By Frank DeLoache news@kannapoliscitizen.com Kannapolis police are seeking a second suspect in the attempted armed robbery of a Subway restaurant July 14. Within hours of the Monday afternoon attempted robbery, officers arrested Larry James Hancock, 16, of 1625 Oakcrest Drive. He remains in the Cabarrus County Jail under $50,000 bond, charged with attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon. Two men entered the Subway at 2221 Roxie St. at 3:26 p.m. Monday. They sat at a table briefly and then left,... 

Masked men rob safe at Porkys, tape employee to sink

By Jessie Burchette news@Kannapoliscitizen.com CHINA GROVE — Robbers wearing ski masks and carrying a black gym bag  cleaned out the safe at  Porky’s Bar-B-Que restaurant early Monday. The two men entered the  restaurant located at 1309  North Main St. around 1:10 a.m., opened a locked safe and carried off the gym bag full of cash. “They were prepared, they apparently knew  where to go and what was there,” Police Chief Hodge Coffield said Monday afternoon. He noted that Porky’s was... 

China Grove officer wrecks during chase into Cabarrus County

By Jessie Burchette news@kannapoliscitizen.com CHINA GROVE — A police chase involving two sport bikes reached speeds of more than 100 mph, ending when the police car went out of control and struck a tree and a parked car in Cabarrus County. The officer was not injured, and both bikers fled. Around 3 a.m. Sunday, China Grove Officer J.S. Washam clocked two bikers on N.C. 152 west traveling in excess of 100 mph. When Washam attempted to stop them, they changed direction and headed east toward town... 

Pictures show two breaking into Moose Pharmacy

Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office investigators are looking for two men who broke into Moose Drug Company in Mount Pleasant early on July 10. On Thursday, the Sheriff’s Office released a collection of pictures of the men taken by the pharmacy security camera.  Read More →

Mount Pleasant woman guilty of e-mail theft

A Mount Pleasant woman has pleaded guilty to stealing e-mail from a company after she was fired and using the information against her former employer. According to the office of U.S. Attorney Anna Mills Wagoner, Teresa Gamble Treadaway, 49, pleaded guilty in federal court in Greensboro to one count each of wire fraud, computer fraud and unlawful access to stored communication for commercial advantage. Treadaway faces up to 20 years in prison and a fine of $250,000, and a federal judge can order her... 

More charges against man already facing sex charges

By Joanie Morris jmorris@kannapoliscitizen.com Kannapolis police arrested a man June 27 on two counts each of second-degree sexual offense and taking indecent liberties with a child younger than 12. Detective D.F. Miller arrested Tommy J. Wilbanks, 25, 404 Coach St., Kannapolis, who remains in the Cabarrus County Jail under $160,000 secured bond. Kannapolis Police Lt. Ken Jackson said Wilbanks is accused of assaulting a girl and a boy. On warrants obtained from the Clerk of Courts office in Cabarrus... 

Kannapolis teen arrested in shooting

By Joanie Morris jmorris@KannapolisCitizen.com Kannapolis Police have found the man they say shot another man in the face the night of July 2. Quincy Larrell Kennedy, 17, whose last known address was 709 Chapel St., was wanted by the Police Department for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and discharging a firearm into occupied property. The charges stem from a shooting Wednesday night.  Police spotted Kennedy last Thursday night as they were returning to the police station and picked... 

Woman fears neighbor hacked into her computer

A Kannapolis woman suspects a neighbor of linking into her home computer’s router June 26 and then accessing the computer’s hard drive, according to the Rowan County Sheriff’’s office. It wasn’t known if the suspect had obtained information from the computer. In other Sheriff’s Office reports from the Kannapolis-south Rowan area include: • Jeffrey Harold Smith, 45, was charged June 26 with possession of a Schedule V controlled substance at 1750 Rollingwood Drive, Kannapolis. • Erica...