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6 meth labs found in one house

6 meth labs found in one house

SALISBURY - The Rowan County Sheriff’s Office Special Investigative Unit executed a search warrant, shortly after 7:30 am this morning, at 2406 Windswept Way, Rockwell, NC. 

Located during the search of the residence were 6 "one pot meth labs", along with other drug paraphernalia. 

A suspect has been identified, but no arrests have been made at this time. 

The investigation is still ongoing, with Investigators still on the scene awaiting the arrival of  the SBI lab disposal team.

Stay with WBTV-Salisbury for more information as it becomes available, and when arrests are made in this case.

Spencer man charged with trying sell oxycodone pills, report says

SALISBURY, NC (WBTV)- A Spencer man was arrested in Salisbury Thursday after deputies say he was trying to sell oxycodone pills.

James Brian Javis, 49, of Spencer, is charged with two counts of trafficking opium or heroin, conspiring to traffic opium/heroin, possession with intent to manufacture, sell, or distribute a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, according to a news release from the Rowan County Sheriff's Office.

Javis was stopped by deputies in the parking lot of Chick-fil-A on East Innes Street.

Deputies found Javis had 100 oxycodone pills in the car that were not prescribed to him and he was attempting to sell them to unknown individuals, according to the report.

Javis was placed in the Rowan County Dentention Center under a $252,500 bond.

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FBI searching for Cabarrus sex offender who cut GPS tracker and fled

FBI searching for Cabarrus sex offender who cut GPS tracker and fled

CHARLOTTE - From the FBI: The Charlotte Division of the FBI and the Cabarrus County Sheriff’s Office are seeking the public’s assistance to locate a registered sex offender who cut off a tracking device after child pornography was found in his possession.

James Brian Webb (born October 28, 1969), is facing federal charges of receipt of child pornography and state charges of felony sex offenses and violations of probation.

Webb was last seen at his home in Concord, North Carolina on May 20, 2013, during a search of his residence.

Man leads deputies on high speed chase with one year old and three week old in car

Man leads deputies on high speed chase with one year old and three week old in car

SALISBURY - Deputies say a man led them on a chase with speeds exceeding 100 miles an hour on I-85 while he had two very young children in the car, and deputies say the children were not restrained in car seats.

It happened on Saturday afternoon.  A deputy driving south on Highway 29 near Webb Road noticed a car driving north at a high rate of speed.  The deputy began to follow the car, but said in the report that the driver sped up, then made an erratic turn into the parking lot of Bebop's. 

The deputy blocked the driver from turning back on to Highway 29, but the driver did manage to get out of the parking lot and head onto I-85 going south.  The deputy says the driver then sped up to to more than 100 miles an hour.  While on the interstate, the driver crossed over four lanes of traffic to take the China Grove exit. 

Catching the tail end: man walks away from armed robber, gets shot in back side

SALISBURY - A Salisbury man is recovering from a gunshot wound after turning his back and walking away from a man who was trying to rob him.

According to Salisbury Police, Van Louis Jones, Jr., walked outside of his home in the Wiley School apartments on Ridge Avenue Monday night when a car pulled up the curb and a man said "give it up."  Taking that to mean he was being robbed, Jones said no, and turned to walk away.

Jones said he was the shot in the backside and the car sped away.

Jones walked back home and called 911 and waited for police.  He was taken to Rowan Regional Medical Center and then transferred to Wake Forest University Baptist medical Center in Winston-Salem.

Anyone with information is asked to call Salisbury Police or Salisbury-Rowan Crime Stoppers at 1-866-639-5245.

 

NASCAR driver faces more charges in car hauler dispute

NASCAR driver faces more charges in car hauler dispute

SALISBURY - Two days after racing in the North Carolina Education Lottery 200 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, NASCAR driver Mike Harmon found himself being charged, again, by Rowan County Sheriff's detectives in an ongoing feud he's having with fellow driver and NASCAR Camping World Truck Series team owner Jennifer Jo Cobb.

On Sunday Harmon was charged with obstruction of justice and released on $20,000 bond.

Harmon is accused of stealing Cobb's race hauler.  On Friday night he had his cell phone confiscated by deputies as they investigate the crime.

WBTV has learned that authorities with the Rowan County Sheriff's Officer took driver Mike Harmon's cell phone around 4:30 p.m. on Friday after obtaining a search warrant.

Deputies are reportedly using his cell phone to track Harmon's GPS, text messages and phone calls.

When can a toothbrush be worse than dental floss? When it comes with a blade

When can a toothbrush be worse than dental floss?  When it comes with a blade

SALISBURY - A man who was already in jail is now facing more charges for fashioning a knife out of a toothbrush in the Rowan County Detention Center.

According to the report, Willie James Johnson Jr., 20, of S. Merritt Avenue, was charged with misdemeanor possession of weapon by a prisoner. He was issued a secured $5,000 bond on that charge, increasing his total bond to $91,000.