Crime
Road rage results in gunfire, arrest
May 10. [Updated] Cornelius Police have arrested 24-year-old Caden Asher Ellis after a road rage incident Wednesday near Westmoreland and West Catawba. Ellis was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, discharging a firearm within city limits, carrying a concealed weapon and damage to personal property. Police said after firing a […]
Former Cornelius police officer charged with criminal sexual conduct, assault and battery
May 3. [Updated 6:15 pm] The York County Sheriff’s Office Special Victims Unit have arrested former Cornelius policeman Erickson Douglas Lee for dissemination of obscene material to a person under the age of 18, assault and battery 1st degree and criminal sexual conduct with a minor. The alleged incidents took place in Lee’s home in […]
Gina Patterson: Lead detective on Madalina case
PROFILE | By Dave Yochum May 3. Madalina Cojocari was last seen five months ago, causing an outpouring of concern not just in Cornelius, but all over the world. There are a dozen Facebook pages where members try to crack the case. The posts are not as frequent, but her 12th birthday was observed at […]
Missing Madalina: ‘Our goal is to find her’
April 12. By Dave Yochum. The occasion was Madalina’s 12th birthday but it was a sad one because the Cornelius girl has not been seen since November. Cornelius Police, led by Chief David Baucom, utilized her birthday to continue to keep Madalina Cojocari front and center in hopes that there will be new information that […]
Months after Madalina disappeared, Cornelius Police will observe her birthday at 6 today
April 11. The search for Madalina Cojocari, who was last seen publicly Nov. 21, continues, but as the five-month mark approaches, Cornelius Police will hold a birthday party for her at 6 pm this evening next to the Police Station. It is her 12th birthday. There has been very little new in the case which […]
More details in shooting that resulted in 8-hour search near Ramsey Creek Park
April 4. Cornelius Police have released more details in the case of the Concord woman who shot a man she knew during a domestic dispute at Ramsey Creek Park. —Terri Lynn Bignell was arrested on Largo Place at about 12:45 am April 4. —The man was shot near the bathrooms at the tip of Ramsey […]
Ramsey Creek Park incident was a domestic dispute
April 4. By Dave Yochum. A Concord woman in her 60s is in Mecklenburg County Jail after a domestic dispute ended in a shooting late Monday afternoon in Ramsey Creek Park. Cornelius Police said Terri Lynn Bignell, of Farmers Glade Place in the upscale Christenbury Hall neighborhood in Concord, was involved in a shooting that […]
Suspect in shooting apparently on foot near Nantz Road
April 3. By Dave Yochum. Police are looking for a white woman about 66 years old after a shooting in Ramsey Creek Park. She is thought to be on foot farther down Nantz Road which was blocked around 8 pm. Police said she is armed and dangerous. If you see her call 911. [Update April […]
Virtual Police will ask more people to self-report, self-arrest
April 1. New remote policing software is expected to save the Town between $1 million and $1.2 million in the new fiscal year which begins July 1. The virtual positions will pay $40 an hour to start, with retirees and layabouts the most likely to be hired. “Virtual policing is where the future of law […]
Crime doesn’t pay, but helping solve it can
March 28. By TL Bernthal. North Mecklenburg Crime Stoppers wants to work with residents to prevent and solve crimes. Crime Stoppers’ primary aim is to raise awareness with regard to citizen participation in crime fighting in our community. The tip line, 704-896-7887, is one way: Residents can report crimes confidentially and be rewarded if the […]
