Ryan Oehrli

6 days ago | charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli

Mecklenburg County's top prosecutor will not recommend charges against a Pineville police officer who shot and killed a man who reportedly threatened others at a bar. The Charlotte Observer previously reported that Colton Maxwell Floren scared people at dive bar Tavern 51 when he threatened a shooting and claimed to have three guns on him, according to a 911 call. Officer Kyle McClure shot Floren twice outside the bar, killing him.

1 week ago | charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli

A proposal that would require some websites to remove people's bookingmug shots has a future in the General Assembly even as a legislation deadline passes, according to the lawmaker who filed it. Thursday is North Carolina's crossover deadline, the day when legislation has to move from one chamber to the next. House Bill 446 went to the rules committee on March 20, where it has stayed since.

1 week ago | charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents apprehend an undocumented migrant they were surveilling in Herndon, VA, Jan. 15, 2025. Josh Morgan / USA TODAY NETWORK President Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign is ramping up. There's a deluge of immigration news nationally and in Charlotte. Here's an overview of what's happening. What has changed in 2025? A lot. The president is using the Alien Enemies Act to speed up deportations; until now, that law has been used only in war.

2 weeks ago | charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli

Central Piedmont Community College asked Charlotte-Mecklenburg police to "flag" any growing movement against a first responder training facility being built in Matthews, according to emails included in a lawsuit. Police agreed to keep an eye on the activist group Charlotte Uprising, and shared with college officials some social media posts that were critical of the plan, the emails show. Charlotte Uprising describes itself as a police and prison abolition organization.

2 weeks ago | americanmilitarynews.com | Ryan Oehrli |Julia Coin

Sheriff Garry McFadden of Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, said federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers arrested someone at the county courthouse Wednesday. Two lawyers who saw the agents said the situation created fear and safety concerns. The sheriff witnessed the arrest, he said in a Thursday news release.