Teenager charged in Eastland Shell gas station robbery
Police arrested a 13 year old youth for robbing an employee at gunpoint at the Eastland Shell on Central Avenue in east Charlotte shortly before 8 p.m. Tuesday. He was caught about 15 minutes after the robbery and no one was injured.
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East Charlotte
Eastland Shell
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Charlotte Police Seek Two Missing Women
Charlotte police search for Judy Carolyn Leggett a 29 year old black woman last seen June 15 near Dundeen Street. She stands about 5 foot 6 and weighs 130 pounds. Police note a prior disappearance of Carolyn Love, 20, from Bojangles on Central Avenue the same night. Call Crime Stoppers at (704) 334 1600 with information.
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Judy Carolyn Leggett
Dundeen Street
Ms. Leggett
Carolyn Love
Bojangle’s
Central Avenue
Rail strike halts work on Tyvola Road crossing
Rail workers strike delays crossing construction on Tyvola Road causing detours and a temporary fix. City officials opened the block to traffic by 6 p.m. and will keep it open until the strike ends. A separate plan to install steel beams over Briar Creek Road will run dusk to dawn this weekend with detours via Central Avenue and Monroe Road.
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Charlotte Coliseum
Charlotte
State Road
Independence Boulevard
Briar Creek Road
Old Coliseum
Independence
Central Avenue
Monroe Road
Two Mecklenburg Officers Discharged in Theft Investigation
Two more Mecklenburg County police officers, Jack Curlee and Charles McLean, were fired amid a theft inquiry tied to former Sgt Kenneth Helms. Helms faces misdemanor larceny charges for the May 17 lumber theft from Durable Wood Preservers. Curlee and McLean will not be charged.
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Jack Curlee
Charles McLean
Kenneth Helms
Helms
Curlee
McLean
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