Reward offered after man found bound, dead inside Stanly Co. home

Wednesday, May 15th, 2013, 1:33pm

ALBEMARLE, NC (WBTV)- A reward is being offered for new information after deputies say a man's body was found bound to a chair inside a Stanly County home earlier this week.

Stanly County Sheriff Rick Burris told WBTV that CrimeStoppers is offering a reward up to $1,000 for information in the death of 27-year-old Jason Whitney Burleson.

Investigators say Burleson was found bound to a chair inside his home along the 27000 block of Groves Road, just outside of Albemarle, on Sunday afternoon.

"Evidence at the residence indicated that Burleson was the victim of a homicide committed by unknown person or persons," deputies told WBTV.

Sheriff Burris told WBTV that his department is "aggressively investigating" the case and that they are doing a number of interviews.

"It's going to take some time, we have to cover all of our bases," Burris said on Wednesday morning. "But hopefully we'll be able to make an arrest."

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Third person arrested in multi-county chase, crime spree

Submitted by Nick Needham on Wednesday, May 15th, 9:01 am

The scene just outside the Stanly County Fairgrounds

ALBEMARLE, NC (WBTV)- The Anson County Sheriff says a third man has been arrested after a home invasion in Charlotte turned into a carjacking and ended in a police chase through Stanly and Anson counties last week.

Deputies, along with officers with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department's Violent Crimes Taskforce, arrested Edward Hudson from Morven around 8:00 Tuesday morning without incident, according to Sheriff Tommy Allen.

Hudson is the third man arrested in the past week following the crime spree. Robert Lamarr Smith was arrested on Monday, according to the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office.

A third man, 30-year-old Jarvis Terez Marsh, was arrested last week after he crashed a vehicle outside the town of Norwood.

Investigators say two men broke into a home in Charlotte and then took off to Midland, in Cabarrus County, where they reportedly were involved in a home invasion and assault.

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Volunteers key to making summer camps run

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 7:48am

Volunteers key to making summer camps run

The summers are busy for this Charlotte teacher.

When Courtney Blosser is not in her first grade classroom, she is busy at a Charlotte YMCA.

"If you can offer them any extra support than you should do that," said Blosser.

Last summer, she signed up be a teacher volunteer for the Y readers program.

The Huntintowne Elementary School teacher volunteered six weeks and fell in love with her job.

"I love reading," said Blosser.

"I want our children to love reading and I think that for some of our struggling readers that is an amazing program."

The YMCA's Y Reader's program is just one month away.

"This summer we are going to be located at 10 schools across the greater Charlotte area," said Blair Campbell, YMCA communications and partnerships specialist.

The program preps students for the next reading level and helps struggling readers retain information usually lost over the summer.

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Police looking for person responsible in fatal hit and run

Submitted by John Cominsky on Monday, May 13th, 5:36 pm

ALBEMARLE, NC (WBTV)- The Albemarle Police Department is investigating a hit and run that left one person dead over the weekend.

On Sunday morning, at approximately 1:45 a.m. Tony Wayne Cunningham, Jr., who police say was in his twenties, was walking on Snuggs St. near Snuggs Park Road when he was struck by a vehicle, police said.

A witness described the vehicle to police as a possible 2,000's model Toyota or Mitsubishi that was dark blue/ gray in color. The vehicle may have extensive front end damage.

The witness also gave a description of the driver as a black male with shoulder-length dreadlocks.

Anyone with information about this incident is urged to call the Albemarle Police Department at (704)984-9500.

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52 Weeks of Giving

Submitted by Donna Lepre on Friday, May 10th, 9:23 am

For select nonprofit charities, it will be like Christmas, whether it comes in May, August, or December.

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Changing overtime pay for some workers?

Submitted by Dedrick Russell on Thursday, May 9th, 6:42 pm

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV)- There could be a new way to pay employees who work for the private sector. Members of the House have passed a bill to change overtime pay. The law would give employees the option to either get overtime pay or comp time.

Republican Congressman Robert Pittenger favors the bill and thinks this will empower families to take time off when needed - time that will best fit their schedule.

"You may have young kids at home," Pittenger said. "Or go to a soccer game and you may need to go to the dentist or you have aging parents. This is a good bill for hard working American families. It gives those choices back to the families and employees."

While Pittenger thinks this will help families, some hourly workers are not so sure.

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Sunshine is back, but for how long?

Submitted by WBTV Web Staff

Thursday, May 9th, 2013, 4:59pm

CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV)- The sunshine is back, but only for a limited time!

For the third straight weekend, rain is in the forecast as an area of low pressure moves in from the west.

Friday will start off sunny, but clouds build in for the afternoon with a few showers possible in the evening. The major moisture surge moves in Saturday, with showers and thunderstorms making a return along our next cold front.

The rain should taper off early Sunday, followed by much cooler temperatures early next week.

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