Fire damages Gastonia home after attic blaze
Firefighters responded to a 6:15 a.m. attic fire on Forestbrook Drive. A neighbor woke to smoke, alerted authorities, and the Gastonia Fire Department found flames in the attic with the home searched empty. Damage estimated at $25,000 per fire officials.
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Gastonia
Forestbrook Drive
Jim Landis
Suspects use stolen cards captured on video in Kings Mountain case
Two men accused of stealing credit and debit cards were seen using them on surveillance after a May 1 car break in Kings Mountain. Debit card used in Gastonia the same day. Suspects described as male possibly hispanic. one with medium build in striped T shirt, dark pants and tennis shoes. Other heavier build in white T shirt, dark shorts and black tennis shoes. Police seek tips to Detective David Wind at 704-836-0071 or Crime Stoppers of Gaston County.
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Kings Mountain
Gastonia
David Wind
Gaston County
Lauren Baheri
Robbery Suspects Sought in Gastonia Convenience Store
Police seek suspects in the Kingsway convenience store robbery on Chapel Grove Road Gastonia. Names or descriptions were not provided in the readable text from Gastonia Police.
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Kingsway
Chapel Grove Road
Gastonia
Robbers breach Gastonia store with roof hole
Police report suspects used a hole in the roof from an earlier break in to access a Kingsway store at 4606 Chapel Grove Road in Gastonia during the early hours of June 5. They wore military style clothes and gas masks while stealing, with footage captured by cameras. Crime Stoppers and Sgt. J R Rollins seek tips at 704 861 8000 or 704 866 3320.
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Kingsway
Chapel Grove Road
Gastonia
J.R. Rollins
Police: Sex for pay goes wrong in Gastonia
Julie Ann Carey 41 of North Morris Street told Gastonia police a man robbed her at knife point after she offered sex for pay. Police then arrested her for solicitation when she reported the crime and the theft of $40.
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Jenkins Road
Carey
Waldrop
Gaston County
Julie Ann Carey
North Morris Street
Gastonia
C.D. Waldrop
Driver charged in fatal wreck in Cramerton
The driver William Vance Pool, 75, of Gastonia, faces charges of unsafe movement and misdemeanor death by a vehicle after a crash on U.S. 74 in front of a Cramerton Burger King that killed Michelle Lee Day, 43, of Mount Holly. Pool was injured and released from CareMont Regional Medical Center. Day was eastbound on Wilkinson Boulevard when Pool turned left into the restaurant.
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Cramerton
William Vance Pool
Gastonia
Michelle Lee Day
Mount Holly
U.S. 74
Burger King
Pool
CareMont Regional Medical Center
Day
Wilkinson Boulevard
Correction notes Gaston County budget cut photo caption
The Gazette corrects a Thursday caption stating branch libraries would close to save money. The county says only branch libraries except the main Gastonia location would close, saving more than 823000 dollars.
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Gaston County
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