Nhan “Tom” Tran, 60, was booked into the Mecklenburg County Jail in the early morning hours of Thursday, Feb. 13.

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office is urging visitors and staff at the courthouse to comply with security rules. It comes following a recent rise in weapons confiscations.

As part of a plea agreement, an Amelia County man admitted in court to raping and sexually assaulting his girlfriend — a move that caps his potential prison time at nine years and two months. John ...

The 18-year-old got “preferential treatment,” prosecutors said, and a magistrate was “wholly inappropriate” in not requesting bond payment.

The charges against an 18-year-old accused of shooting and killing a man in east Mecklenburg County were dropped. According to court records, 18-year-old Michael William McAllister was driving his ...