Police said he killed a man on a front porch in Charlotte last August. But more than six months later, David Graves walked out of jail. No trial. No bond. No plea agreement. - For at @charlotteobserver.com: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

Court filings reveal that DeCarlos Brown Jr. is "incapable to proceed" with state hearings on the Charlotte light rail stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska. For @charlotteobserver.com: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

Wells Fargo’s Charlotte skyline lights have gone out.

Uh oh I’m the editor. @nclocal.bsky.social @ncopengov.org @juliacoin.bsky.social

A Trump-appointed federal prosecutor wants to drop the last charge against a Charlotte man who photographed ICE | By @juliacoin.bsky.social www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

CMPD said officers followed policy before light rail stabbing. They didn’t. | By @juliacoin.bsky.social (Gift link) www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

Charlotte police will today release videos of officers responding to DeCarlos Brown Jr. after he called 911 saying "man-made" material was controlling him months before the light rail stabbing. A judge ordered release after the Observer filed a petition. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

@juliacoin.bsky.social keepin em honest So proud of the work my newsroom has done on the Border Patrol in Charlotte. @charlotteobserver.com www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

DHS incorrectly said a Honduran man was charged with murder and released “back on to North Carolina’s streets” under “sanctuary policies” in Charlotte. That man has not left Mecklenburg jail since he was booked in June 2024. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

Charlotte police said officers ‘immediately’ rendered aid after shooting. Video shows otherwise (Gift Article) | Part Two of an investigative series by @juliacoin.bsky.social www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

CMPD ignored pleas, shot mentally ill man, then waited for drone, videos show | Observer investigation by @juliacoin.bsky.social www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

Private prison guards deployed a chemical gas into cells unprovoked, court records say. People drained toilets to breathe air through the plumbing as smoke lingered. A Charlotte federal judge handed down a reduced sentence to a man exposed to the fumes. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

Ex-Wake Forest University trainer sues congressman over claims she was fired for Charlie Kirk posts. Lawsuit says the trainer & university 'mutually agreed' to part ways & was not fired as Rep. Pat Harrigan claimed. (Via @juliacoin.bsky.social) www.newsobserver.com/sports/artic... #nced #ncpol

The federal defense attorney representing DeCarlos Brown Jr. has worked several high-profile death penalty cases and appeals.

A CMPD officer of 20 years was suspended after talking to reporters and criticizing Chief Johnny Jennings and his spokesperson.

Trump and NC lawmakers have in part blamed Charlotte's light rail stabbing on a magistrate who released DeCarlos Brown Jr. from jail in January. Her decision adhered to state law and policies developed by some of her current critics. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

An off-duty officer was shot in the leg while responding to a domestic dispute in uptown Charlotte. One day later, information from CMPD remains scarce. Responding police took the officer, who is now in stable condition, to the hospital in a squad car. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

A Charlotte police officer who shot at a fleeing car while responding to an airport trespassing call does not have immunity and probably used an unconstitutional level of deadly force, appellate judges ruled Tuesday. @charlotteobserver.com www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

Court officials are delaying cases and retesting evidence following reports that a DNA analyst intentionally manipulated tests inside Charlotte’s police crime lab, the Mecklenburg District Attorney’s Office said. #clt #dna More from @juliacoin.bsky.social : www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

Charlotte City Councilwoman Tiawana Brown, the first formerly incarcerated person elected to the council, has been indicted on federal charges for lying on loan applications for COVID pandemic relief funds. ✍️ @juliacoin.bsky.social 🔗 www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

What grounds did Charlotte chief have to sue? Not much, one expert said. | @juliacoin.bsky.social www.charlotteobserver.com/news/article...

🧵 The Charlotte Observer and The News & Observer were honored as a Pulitzer Prize finalist for their joint coverage of Hurricane Helene and the aftermath in NC. The Associated Press and The Washington Post were also finalists. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

JUST IN: #Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested someone at the county courthouse Wednesday. #clt #ice What we know from @oehrli.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

BREAKING: Robert DeWitt, head of #Charlotte FBI who previously led the FBI’s Miami office when federal agents raided then former-President Donald #Trump’s estate in 2022, is retiring at the end of May. #ncpol From @juliacoin.bsky.social & Virginia Bridges: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

A DNA analyst manipulated Charlotte crime lab tests, according to documents obtained by @charlotteobserver.com. Mecklenburg DA Spencer Merriweather now must decide: will the analyst, who potentially reported unreliable DNA results, face criminal charges? www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

In the days after Asha Degree vanished from Shelby — and in recent interviews with The Charlotte Observer — investigators said they were haunted by one persistent thought: What if that was my daughter? A special report from @juliacoin.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

It's been 25 years since 9-year-old Asha Degree vanished in Shelby, NC. Asha’s story has reverberated through her Cleveland County community, the surrounding Charlotte metropolitan area & beyond for more than 2 decades. More from @juliacoin.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

Union County protesters demand schools define protections for undocumented NC students #ncpol #nced www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/e...

Charlotte Hornets star player LaMelo Ball, who is also the highest-paid athlete in Charlotte, wants the family alleging he ran over and broke a child's foot to pay his attorneys' fees, according to recently filed court documents. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office will pay $550,000 to the family of a teenager who committed suicide in the county jail in 2020, according to the family's lawyer. That lawyer says the sheriff's office will do more to protect people in the jail, too. www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

Wendy Shaffer, a Charlotte mom of 2 boys, died aboard the American Airlines plane that crashed Wednesday into a military helicopter in Washington D.C., friends shared on social media Thursday. From @juliacoin.bsky.social: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

"Put your big girl pants on." That's what a small-town NC sheriff told a 22-year-old female deputy after she questioned how he disciplined a 62-year-old who had reportedly unleashed a wave of sexual comments on to her. More on Rowan County's sheriff: www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

12/8/24 Charlotte Observer front page I designed. Story by @juliacoin.bsky.social. Photo by Melissa Melvin-Rodriguez.

What mass deportation under Trump would mean for North Carolina’s undocumented immigrants | Charlotte Observer story by @oehrli.bsky.social www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...

Hard-to-prove NC drug law leaves families of fentanyl victims chasing justice The latest of our ongoing NC fentanyl coverage from @juliacoin.bsky.social www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/c...

A must-read: Patrick Chandler Brown — named after the PCB chemicals dumped in his community — purchased the plantation where his great-grandfather was enslaved and is in the process of transforming it to serve farmers like him

The gift of shelter: Donated campers give hope, community in Western North Carolina | Charlotte Observer story by @juliacoin.bsky.social www.charlotteobserver.com/news/local/a...