Crime - Lake Norman Publications (2024)

Mooresville man charged with statutory rape of a child

By Lake Norman Staff | on July 18, 2024

MOORESVILLE – On Tuesday, July 16, the Mooresville Police Department (MPD) received a report of a possible sexual assault on a 13-year-old female victim. MPD officers responded and spoke with the minor’s parents, and learned that there was possible inappropriate conduct between the victim and an adult neighbor, according to a release issued by the department. The suspect was identified […]

LCSO investigating double homicide

By Lake Norman Staff | on June 26, 2024

LINCOLNTON – Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating a double homicide and serious injury to a third person. The incident occurred overnight at 715 Springs East Road, near the Catawba County line.Two people were found deceased inside the residence, according to the sheriff’s office. A third person is on life support at Caromont-Gaston. Officers have taken a person of […]

MPD apprehends suspects following Legacy Village vehicle break-ins

By Lake Norman Staff | on June 06, 2024

MOORESVILLE – The Mooresville Police Department (MPD) received a call Thursday morning at 4:22 a.m. regarding the breaking and entering of vehicles in the Legacy Village subdivision. Upon arrival, MPD officers observed four suspects fleeing the scene in a stolen 2018 Audi, according to a news release issued by the department. The suspects were pursued by MPD officers until the […]

MPD charges 15 with internet crimes against children

By Lake Norman Staff | on May 31, 2024

MOORESVILLE – The Mooresville Police Department (MPD) recently brought charges against 15 individuals for internet crimes against children as a part of Operation Artemis. Operation Artemis ran May 28-30, involving multiple municipal, county, state and federal agencies and is to date the largest child predator operation in MPD’s history, according to a release issued by the department on Friday. Preparation […]

LCSO investigating attempted armored truck robbery

By Lake Norman Staff | on May 30, 2024

DENVER – Deputies of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to an attempted armed robbery of an armored truck at around 12:30 p.m. Thursday near a business at the intersection of Webbs Road and N.C. 16 Business. The Major Crimes Unit has taken over the investigation, with witnesses describing the suspect as a black male driving a white sedan […]

MPD makes two stolen vehicle arrests

By Lake Norman Staff | on May 22, 2024

MOORESVILLE – On May 21, the Mooresville Police Department (MPD) made two arrests for larceny of a motor vehicle with assistance from the department’s automatic license plate reader (ALPR) system. At approximately 7:08 a.m., MPD officers responded to the area of River Highway and Interstate-77 pursuant to an ALPR hit of a black Chevy Camaro reported stolen out of Winston-Salem. […]

East Lincoln assistant soccer coach charged with child sexual assault

By Lake Norman Staff | on May 19, 2024

DENVER – The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office has charged a man who served as an assistant boys soccer coach at East Lincoln High School with felony sexual assault charges. On May 15, deputies were dispatched to a call concerning the sexual assault of a minor, according to a release issued by the sheriff’s office on May 18. Following the investigation, […]

Officers with Mooresville ties killed in shootout with Lincoln County fugitive

By Lake Norman Staff | on May 01, 2024

by Lindsay Krone

CHARLOTTE – Two heroes with ties to Mooresville died in what Gov. Roy Cooper described as a tragic, brutal and deadly attack on law enforcement officers. Seven officers were shot and another injured while attempting to serve a warrant out of Lincoln County at a Charlotte home, rocking the nation on April 29. Officer Joshua Eyer, a six-year veteran of […]

Mooresville man engages Iredell County deputies in shootout; takes own life

By Lake Norman Staff | on April 21, 2024

MOORESVILLE — After initiating a shootout with the Iredell County Sheriff’s Office that left one deputy injured, a man turned the gun on himself in an incident at 113 Northampton Dr. on Saturday morning, according to a report released by the sheriff’s office. Iredell County Emergency Communications received a call at 7:40 a.m. from a family member of the suspect, […]