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Staff reports The Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office announced today a sweeping action, which resulted in the arrest of almost a dozen people for theft and destruction of copper wire and fiber optic cable across multiple jurisdictions. This action was taken in collaboration with the Gaston County Police Department after several months of investigation. Between August 2025 and November 2025, law enforcement personnel responded to a series of thefts spanning multiple counties, i

By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Crime Stoppers Board Member Cheryl Yates assists Michael and Katina with their BBQ order Saturday afternoon. Chuck Thompson | Shelby Independent For anyone that says crime solving and BBQ doesn’t go hand-in-hand must have missed out on Crime Stoppers BBQ fundraiser. On Saturday, Cleveland County Crime Stoppers, in association with Black Hat BBQ, at First Presbyterian Church in Uptown Shelby, held their first ever sold-out BBQ pl

Crime Stoppers will host its BBQ fundraiser on Nov. 15 By Chuck Thompson | The Shelby Independent Have you ever wanted to help fight crime by eating BBQ? Now you can – and sign me up, too. Cleveland County Crime Stoppers is hosting a BBQ fundraiser on Nov. 15. Since the reboot of Crime Stoppers in Cleveland County in early 2022, the organization has relied mostly on grants from local entities for their funding to pay anonymous tipsters reward money for information that leads

Staff Reports Kings Mountain, N.C. – In coordination with the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement (NC ALE) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Kings Mountain Police Department (KMPD) executed a search warrant at a business known as “Lucky Teeters,” located at 402 E. King Street, in connection with an ongoing illegal gambling investigation. In the press release sent out late Thursday afternoon, it stated, "The Kings Mountain Police Department received multiple