CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The mother of a man who died in the Mecklenburg County jail two years ago filed a wrongful death ...

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden says allegations of extortion and corruption are a strategic attack against his ...

DA requests SBI investigation into Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden following allegations of misconduct, bribery, ...

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden Will be the defendant in a court hearing Thursday amid the push for his ouster.

The inmate was identified as 42-year-old Jason Hicks and he was being at Detention Center-Central on East Fourth Street in uptown Charlotte, the sheriff’s office said in a news release. Melissa Melvin ...

Sheriff Garry McFadden, facing a petition to remove him from office, has three Democratic challengers in a March primary.

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it was closed in 2022. Despite broad agreement that a local facility would be beneficial, staffing challenges are the main barrier.

Mecklenburg state House member Carla Cunningham and Kevin Canty, McFadden's former deputy chief, filed the petition.