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Cops: Ex-boyfriend beat woman with belt, doused her in cooking oil in front of kids

Friday, January 20th, 2012, 7:20pm

SHELBY, NC (WBTV) - Police in Shelby have issued an arrest warrant for a man accused of beating his ex-girlfriend with a belt, dousing her with cooking oil during an attack in front of the woman's two children.

According to a Shelby Police report, officers were called to the emergency room at the Cleveland Regional Medical Center on Thursday night at 9:48 p.m. to the report of an assault.

When officers arrived, they spoke to a 22-year-old woman who told officers that she had just been attacked by her ex-boyfriend in their 1300 block of North Lafayette Street home.

The woman told officers that she had just broken off a multi-year relationship with her boyfriend, Ryan O`Keith Campbell, and was attacked a short time later.

According to the report, the pair had talked about breaking-off their relationship after at least four years and she felt that the "separation was a mutual agreement."

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Soapy prank leaves fire station fountain squeaky clean

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Monday, October 24th, 2011, 3:22pm

Soapy prank leaves fire station fountain squeaky clean

SHELBY - The crew at Fire Station #2 in Shelby is wondering who made their front fountain fill up with foam.

According to a report filed with Shelby Police, the station reported Sunday that someone put some type of soap in their fountain sometime between 1-6:30 p.m.

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5.9 magnitude earthquake felt across the Carolinas

Submitted by Alison Hill, Community Web Producer

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011, 3:05pm

5.9 magnitude earthquake felt across the Carolinas

An earthquake hit the Virginia region about 1:51 pm. and was felt throughout North Carolina -- and as far south as Savannah, GA.

The earthquake was centered in Virginia about 34 miles northwest from Richmond and was a 5.9 magnitude. (Original reports put it at 5.8 strength)

The Pentagon was evacuated at just afterward and the US Capitol was also being cleared.

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Woman run over by own van while trying to save dog

Submitted by Chris Dyches

Friday, July 1st, 2011, 2:27pm

Woman run over by own van while trying to save dog

BLACKSBURG, SC (WBTV) - A 55-year-old woman has serious injured after troopers says she was run over by her own van while trying to save her dog.

According to the South Carolina Highway Patrol, 55-year-old Terry Lekins was run over early Friday morning around 7:56 a.m. along Huffman Ridge Road in Blacksburg. Troopers say this area is just across the county line from York County.

Trooper Billy Elder told WBTV that Lekins was driving down the road, when her dog got loose from her 2009 Chrysler minivan. That's when troopers say Lekins got out of the van, didn't put the van in park and was run over by the van. The van continued moving until it hit a fence.

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Teen took pills, went 'mad' before killing roommate, according to 911 call

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Tuesday, February 22nd, 2011, 4:45pm

HICKORY, NC (WBTV) - Funeral details have been released for a man who was murdered inside his Catawba County home early Monday morning.

In a 911 call that was released on Tuesday, 19-year-old Michael Anderson, who was charged with the murder, can be heard telling the 911 operator that he killed his roommate, 36-year-old Stephen Starr.

Anderson called 911 around 4:45 a.m. and told the operator he had taken cough medicine which lead him to brutally kill and mutilate his roommate.

"I took some pills and, um, the pills made me go mad and I murdered my roommate," and Anderson added, "I shot him three times and then I used an axe and mutilated his body."

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Emergency responders on Sasquatch sighting, 911 calls released

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010, 8:01pm

By Kristen Hampton - bio l email

CASAR, NC (WBTV) - Officials with the Cleveland County Communications Center have released a recording of a man describing a close encounter with Bigfoot.

Tim Peeler called the 911 emergency line around 3 a.m. and reported a large beast-like creature "messin' with my dogs."

If you've ever lived near or even visited the Northern part of Cleveland County, you've probably heard of Knobby. Back in the 70's, Knobby was the legendary Sasquatch that inhabited certain parts of the county.

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Dozens of dead and live animals found at a woman's home in Shelby

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Friday, May 28th, 2010, 4:38pm

SHELBY, NC (WBTV) - A Cleveland County woman is behind bars Friday afternoon after investigators found 90 live animals boarded up in her mobile home, with another 50 dead animals piled up in containers.

The horrible scene out of Cleveland County ended in the arrest of Doretha Harbinson, 59, Friday morning, police say.

The bodies were found at the mobile home on Barclay Road late Thursday night.

Harbinson was charged with Cruelty to Animals and Improper Disposal of Dead Animals, according to the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office web site.

Sam Lockridge, Cleveland County Coordinator of Health Services, says the department has received years of complaints and she was visited multiple times by Cleveland County Animal Control.

Lockridge says Harbinson's animals were usually roaming free to wander in and out of the home, but thinks she put them all inside the home so Animal Control couldn't catch any of the animals.

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