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Investigative reporter for the Charlotte Observer, document packrat, typist with a jackhammer touch.

Charlotte, NC
charlotteobserver.com
Joined August 2009
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  1. 2 hours ago

    NC election officials knew of fraud claims in 2016. Why did they continue in 2018?

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  2. 2 hours ago

    Wells Fargo agrees to pay $575 million to resolve state investigations

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  3. 23 hours ago

    A Shelby woman says she is $141,000 wealthier after a good deed led to a winning lottery ticket on Christmas Eve.

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  4. 23 hours ago

    He claimed diplomatic immunity. Feds at the Charlotte airport took his $250K anyway.

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  5. Dec 27

    Police identify victim, one suspect in deadly shooting in Huntersville

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  6. Dec 24

    Mecklenburg had ended in-person jail visits. Why a new sheriff is bringing them back.

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    Dec 11

    EXCLUSIVE: I decided to surprise Rae Carruth at his home in Pennsylvania by ringing his doorbell. I wanted to talk to him for . Here's what happened next: This also resulted in an epilogue to our "Carruth" podcast, now available everywhere.

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  8. Dec 11

    Exclusive: Scott Fowler rang Rae Carruth’s doorbell in Pennsylvania. Here’s what happened next.

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  9. Dec 11

    ICYMI: NC election official resigns saying, ‘Things have gotten way out of hand’

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    Dec 10

    Bladen County counted its early votes several days before it was supposed to and, one witness says, allowed outside officials to see the numbers. My latest on :

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  11. Dec 7

    Republican Mark Harris open to new election if fraud could have changed outcome

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  12. Dec 6

    Dealer tried to warn buyer that the drugs were dangerously strong. But it was too late. Now she's doing time for manslaughter.

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    Dec 5

    For five months, has been investigating the impact of Wall Street landlords on Charlotte.

    Tricon bought hundreds of Charlotte houses and continues to raise rent
    @Fred_CKelly on the Tricon American Homes.
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    Dec 5

    Mel Watt is the nation’s most powerful housing regulator. His agency has been accused of helping create “a new class of Wall Street slumlords.”

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    Dec 5

    “There is a crisis ... The bus driver, the secretary at your church — (they) are being priced out of Charlotte.”

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    Dec 5

    Months of work by to show the impact of an investment firm buying homes and driving up rent.

    “There is a crisis ... The bus driver, the secretary at your church — (they) are being priced out of Charlotte.”
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  17. Dec 6

    ‘A troubled history’: Bladen County has faced five elections investigations since 2010

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  18. Dec 4

    Alleged fraud clouds North Carolina’s 9th District vote. Is a new election possible?

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    Dec 3

    Wake County district attorney investigating Bladen County ballots amid fraud claims

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  20. Dec 3

    At center of voter fraud scandal, a convicted felon and ‘grassroots’ campaigner

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