A worker drives over the completed Piedmont Natural Gas pipeline Friday evening. We talked to the driver, who said workers were blowing off gas from the new pipeline. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Updated 9:03pm
A loud roaring noise, which some residents described as sounding like a jet engine, was heard in the Lake Norman area Friday afternoon and evening, followed by the smell of gas from Cornelius to Davidson to Mount Mourne. The odor of gas prompted more than two dozen 911 calls in Davidson and Cornelius between 5 and 8:30pm, as well as calls in the south Iredell area. Read the full story

Mooresville Police said Thursday they have charged two parents with murder and child abuse in the March 2012 death of their 2-year-old girl. Meanwhile, the Iredell sheriff’s office has released more information about the man they tracked down after a search of fields and woods off NC 115 and Bridges Farm Road on Jan. 29.   In Davidson, police reports over the past week included a domestic dispute and a case of debit card fraud. Details on these stories and a tally of the week’s arrests and citations may be found below.

MOORESVILLE PARENTS CHARGED

Mooresville police said they have charged a couple in South Carolina with the March 2012 death of their 2-year-old girl at their home east of downtown Mooresville.

Nicholas Burnette Clark, 22, and Sheila Amanda Hendley, 21, were arrested in South Carolina on Wednesday, Feb. 6, on one count of first degree murder and two counts of felony child abuse. South Carolina Law Enforcement Division and Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office assisted with the arrests.

The charges stem from an investigation that began on March 15, 2012, when Mooresville police were called to 519 Sharpe St. to assist with an EMS call. A 2-year-old child was found dead at the scene, and police opened an investigation.

Mr. Clark told The Mooresville Tribune that the couple is not responsible for the child’s death.  (See Feb. 7, 2013, Mooresville Tribune, “11 months later, parents arrested in child’s death”)

MAN ARRESTED AFTER MANHUNT

The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 26-year-old Mooresville man on multiple felony charges after chasing him down in a manhunt near the Davidson Pointe neighborhood on the morning of Jan. 29.

John Brandon Thompson, of Baracah Road in Mooresville, was charged with obstructing and delaying and multiple felony charges after his arrest on Jan. 29. That morning shortly before 8 am, an officer on patrol recognized the man, and stopped to arrest him. The man fled on foot into fields and woods off Bridges Farm Road and NC 115.

Canine officers and Davidson police were called to help. He later was found hiding in an abandoned farm house.

Mr. Thompson had been wanted on several warrants, alleging break-ins and larceny. See the original story here: Jan. 29, 2013, “Police search for suspect off Bridges Farm Road”

INCIDENT REPORTS

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 8:13 a.m., 800 block of Beaty Street – Police responded to a call about a domestic disturbance in which a female assaulted a 34-year-old male.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 23, 8:49 a.m., 18800 block of Greyton Lane – Police are investigating a case of fraud in which an unknown suspect used the victim’s debit card number without her consent.

FRIDAY, JAN. 25, 4:43 a.m., 644 Davidson Gateway Drive, Rushco – Police arrested a 29-year-old male suspect for driving with a suspended license and being in possession of stolen property.

ARRESTS, CITATIONS, AND TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT: JAN. 28 – FEB. 3

• BEATY STREET - 1 citation for speeding and 1 for no operator’s license
• CONCORD ROAD - 1 citation for expired registration
• DEMBRIDGE DRIVE - 1 citation for driving while license revoked
• GRIFFITH STREET - 13 citations for speeding.
• MAIN STREET - 2 citations for speeding and 1 for expired registration/inspection
• NC-115 - 1 citation for speeding and 1 for no operator’s license
• ROBERT WALKER DRIVE - 1 citation for speeding

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A Davidson police officer watched an open field next to the sharp curve on Bridges Farm Road Tuesday. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Updated 5:08pm
Commuters leaving the Davidson Pointe neighborhood north of Davidson on Tuesday morning were surprised to see flashing lights, police cars and police officers in an open field off Bridges Farm Road. Iredell County sheriff’s deputies and Davidson police were searching for a suspect who had fled on foot into an overgrown field and woods off  NC 115.
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Piedmont Natural Gas workers are installing the pipeline in a cut through the east and northern parts of town. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Work is continuing on an 8-mile section of natural gas pipeline through Davidson, which eventually will help supply gas to a new gas-fired electrical plant in Wilmington. Piedmont Natural Gas began the work in October, as part of a 127-mile pipeline project.

The 30-inch pipes follow a route in Davidson that runs roughly northwest to southeast. The work – and vast areas of brown dirt – is visible where it crosses N.C. 115 north of town, on Grey and Shearers roads, at East Rocky River Road and on N.C. 73 near the Summers Walk neighborhood.

PREVIOUS COVERAGE

Read previous coverage of the gas pipeline project on DavidsonNews.net.

Sunset on Lake Davidson Saturday evening, Nov. 17. (Rick Brunschwyler photo)

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Davidson Police are continuing to release details on a recent series of auto break-ins, even as they continue the search for a 27-year-old Cornelius man wanted in connection with the break-ins. Also this week, a 41-year-old Harrisburg man died in a motorcycle wreck in Concord. Read the full story

Firefighters investigated two possible fires this week, including one residence on Elm Row Court in which the homeowners smelled a strong odor of smoke outside  their home. Thermal imaging cameras and portable gas monitors helped firefighters determine no hazards were present. An I-77 driver also reported a fire either on a boat or along the bank of Lake Norman, but an investigation by fire crews turned up nothing.

A large tree limb broke off early Thursday morning, July 26, and blocked both lanes of traffic on Concord Road. Firefighters used tools to help open one lane of traffic, but Town of Davidson public works personnel had to be called to help remove the rest of the limb. Malfunctioning smoke detectors rounded out the rest of the week’s fire calls, and a tally of the week’s medical calls may be found below. Read the full story

A man under investigation by Davidson police over an April sexual assault has been arrested again, in Cabarrus County. Cabarrus Sheriff’s deputies this week arrested the 36-year-old man on charges of threatening his ex-wife and children in Midland, and again two days later on charges of intimidating a witness. Also this week, an outboard motor was stolen from a boat docked in the Davidson Pointe neighborhood. Details on these stories and more (along with a tally of the week’s arrests, citations, and traffic enforcement) may be found below. Read the full story