Police are investigating after an unknown suspect(s) vandalized and damaged multiple mailboxes and street lights on Blakely Shores Drive Saturday night. Meanwhile, a 30-year-old Huntersville woman was taken to the hospital after her moped crashed into a vehicle that failed to yield at West Catawba and I-77, and police located a driver who left the scene after hitting a mailbox and electrical unit on Magnolia Estates Drive. Read below for details of these and other recent incidents. Read the full story

Updated Feb. 13, 2012 at 2:53 p.m.

Denise Powers and her daughters McKenna, 7, (right) and Kylee, 5.

Denise Powers and her daughters have a hard time visiting their former neighbors on Brinkley Street in Cornelius, because they have to walk past their old house. The charred remains of their home, which burned in a fire Feb.12, are a terrible reminder of all they lost, she said.

But thanks to the generosity of local churches and community members, the Powers’ have found new support in unexpected places. Read the full story

The Cornelius-Lemly firefighters stand in front of the customized truck. Left to right: Chip Sellers, Paul Cooper, Ashton Chaney, Jim Barbee, John Lang, Robert Amadeo and kneeling, David Chaney. (Chief Jim Barbee photo)

Firefighters from Cornelius and other neighboring towns on Sunday attended a special truck dedication ceremony at Outcast Kustoms in Mooresville. The shop unveiled it’s latest custom truck – a pink fire truck to be used for breast cancer awareness. Also this week, Cornelius firefighters helped extinguish a brush fire near mile marker 31 of I-77 Northbound, and assisted Huntersville firefighters in investigating a report of smoke. Read below for details of these and other calls. Read the full story

Police are investigating after an unknown suspect(s) broke into a vacant house on Jetton Road and damaged multiple items, including chandeliers and appliances. The suspect(s) caused more than $4,000 in damages inside the bank-owned home. Also this week, a 21-year-old Charlotte man was charged with possession of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia after police responded to a suspicious vehicle call. The man was parked in the Church of God parking lot on Hickory Street. And, a suspect forged a bank note with the account number for Bethel Presbyterian Church.

Read below for details of these and other recent incidents. Read the full story

Over the past week, Cornelius firefighters helped Huntersville crews with a fire in a detached garage on Greenway Street, and helped investigate an electrical short-circuit at a Segars Lane home in Huntersville. Crews also responded to an auto wreck with injuries on Catawba Avenue near South Ferry Street, and a report of an outdoor fire on Catawba Avenue. Read below for details of these and other calls. Read the full story

Victor Moultry

Huntersville police have filed murder charges against a Charlotte man who is accused of plowing his car at high speed into another car on Statesville Road Feb. 16, leaving that car’s 53-year-old driver with fatal injuries.

Huntersville’s Traffic Safety Unit arrested Victor Olandus Moultry, 44, after a grand jury issued indictments in the case. He is charged with murder, Felony Death by Motor Vehicle, Felony Possession of Cocaine, Careless & Reckless Driving and Hit & Run.

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On Saturday, March 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the Cornelius Police Department will host a combined Operation Medicine Drop and Document Shredding Event in the parking lot of Cornelius Town Hall, 21445 Catawba Avenue. Both events are free and open to the public. Read the full story

Pedestrians must cross 4 lanes of traffic to get to Jetton Park. (Lyndsay Kibiloski / CorneliusNews.net)

By CHRISTINA RITCHIE ROGERS
CorneliusNews.net

After several “near misses,” officials are looking to improve pedestrian safety at a Jetton Road crosswalk by installing a new lighted signal system.

Pedestrians headed to Jetton Park from the opposite side of the street must cross four lanes of traffic, and sometimes drivers in the far lane don’t see them right away, town planners say. Heading into the spring and summer months, town officials and Cornelius Police say that increased pedestrian traffic could mean increased risk of an accident. Read the full story