An email from Charlotte ICE spokesperson Lindsay Williams identified the four men arrested as Oscar Lopez-Lopez, Jose Ortiz-Ortiz, Jose Nicolas-Martinez, and Miguel Sanchez-Vega. Williams did not ...

A bomb threat temporarily disrupted Mecklenburg County jail operations, including a delay in courthouse transfers.

Amid allegations of a toxic work environment and a recording that caught Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden using racially charged language, some people are calling on McFadden to step down.

The race for the next Mecklenburg County sheriff will be determined by next week’s Democratic primary since there are no Republicans running. The management of the jail in uptown Charlotte and ...

The Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office says there’s been a notable rise in suicide attempts at the jail. So far, 15 attempts have been reported this year. The sheriff’s office says in all ...

CHARLOTTE — The Mecklenburg County sheriff addressed claims that he used racial slurs after one of his chief deputies resigned and a racially charged recording surfaced. Sheriff McFadden ends ...

Here’s what some sheriff’s offices told the Observer on Tuesday about their ability to take inmates from Mecklenburg County: The Cabarrus County jail has beds available, but it doesn’t have ...

MECKLENBURG COUNTY, N.C. — Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden asked at Tuesday’s county commissioners meeting why he hasn’t been paid. The Sheriff's Office said the county manager ...