Man charged with indecent liberties and sex offenses against girl
Dustin Blaine Smith, 26, of Sum merow Road, faces felonies indecent liberties with a child and first degree sex offense for abuse alleged between April 1 and May 31, 2015 when the girl was 8. Bond set at $250,000 after Monday arrest. known to the girl and family.
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Stanley
Dustin Blaine Smith
Summerow Road
Smith
Six suspects tied to Gaston County mail theft ring
Police say a group of at least six black suspects targeted Gaston County mailboxes in May to steal checks, forge them with counterfeit software, and buy items at Wal Mart to return for cash. Victims reported checks taken, with arrests tied to incidents at Gastonia and Belmont stores and possibly another Mecklenburg location. Vehicles linked include a dark Dodge Ram, a red Chrysler 300, and a silver Nissan Quest.
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Gastonia
Wal-Mart
Gaston County
J.T. Bliss
Bliss
Franklin Boulevard
Belmont
Hawley Avenue
Mountain Island Lake
Mecklenburg
Wal- Mart
Inmate Lipscomb Faces New Charges in Gaston Jail
Gastonia man Xavier Jamal Lipscomb, 22, already jailed after at least four arrests in a year, is accused of setting off a jail fire alarm and damaging property. He allegedly broke a sprinkler, triggering water spray in his cell, adding three charges this month as officers note prior probation violations and mental health treatment orders.
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Lipscomb
Cherbough Way
Gastonia
Darrell Griffin
Griffin
Gaston County
Man Kills Self As Officers Serve Warrants
Nelson Thomas Moore a 39 year old Gastonia man killed himself by slashing his throat as police attempted to serve warrants at his home on Gail Avenue southeast of Hudson Boulevard and U S 321 at 1004 PM Sunday Moore died shortly after police say the warrants included felony breaking and entering misdemeanor communication of threats from Gaston County Police and a cyberstalking warrant from Lincoln County authorities Police described the incident as a routine warrant service that ended tragically.
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Gastonia
Nelson Thomas Moore
Gail Ave
Hudson Boulevard
U.S. 321
Moore
Gaston County
Lincoln County
Woman Arrested In Car And Trailer Theft Case
Gastonia police identified and charged 44 year old Kimberly Michelle Wright Rowland of Kings Mountain after she allegedly stole a car and trailer outside a convenience store. She was arrested at a Rite Aid pharmacy by Detective D. Black amid accusations of false documents to obtain prescription medication and related counts of obtaining a controlled substance, obtaining property by false pretenses, computer threats and resisting a police officer.
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Cameron Je’Tur Robinson
Robinson
Gastonia
Gaston County
Steve Jentsch
Kings Mountain
Kimberly Michelle Wright Rowland
York Road
D. Black
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