Owner Darin Nicolas is led away in handcuffs from the Creole House Tuesday. (DavidsonNews.net photo)

Updated Wednesday, 6:15 p.m.
The owner of the Creole House restaurant on North Main Street in Cornelius was arrested on drug charges Tuesday afternoon after an undercover Cornelius police officer bought drugs at the restaurant.  Police allege the man was growing marijuana in an upstairs room.  Details on the arrest, plus the week’s traffic enforcement tally, are below. Read the full story

Police arrest man at Creole House

CORNELIUS – Don’t try dining at the Creole House on North Main Street anytime soon. Cornelius police executed a search warrant there Tuesday shortly after 2:30 p.m., and took away one man in handcuffs.

The restaurant was expected to remain closed Tuesday while police pursue a drug-related investigation.

The investigation brought a swarm of police officers and vehicles to the restaurant, which is at 20517 N. Main St., diagonally across from the Ace Hardware. Read the full story

Davidson police investigated two burglaries of big-ticket electronic equipment from local homes this week. In addition, a Davidson man was charged with being intoxicated and disruptive, damaging a vehicle’s passenger side window in an incident on Catawba Avenue. Details on these stories and more may be found below. Read the full story

Icy conditions caused problems for local drivers over the past two weeks, including four traffic accidents during the wintry blast that came through last week. Details on these incidents, along with a tally of the past two weeks’ arrests and traffic citations, may be found below. Read the full story

By THOMAS CHRISTY
DavidsonNews.net

Two more teens have been charged in connection with a Dec. 5 incident on Pat Stough Lane in which a 16-year-old high school student was critically injured after reportedly falling from a second-story window while at an alcohol-fueled party. The teens – one from Huntersville and one from Davidson – were cited for under-age consumption of alcohol. Read the full story

An eastbound minivan went off Concord Road just before Crescent Drive and hit a power pole. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

A minivan went off Concord Road and hit a utility pole around 6:45 Friday morning, pulling down wires and closing the road at the start of rush hour. The road was closed in both directions between Pine Road and Crescent Drive. Read the full story

Updated Thursday, 8:20 a.m.
Police arrested two teens and said they expect to make more arrests in coming weeks in connection with an incident last month in which another teen apparently fell out the second-floor window of a home on Pat Stough Lane during a late night drinking party.

Both men charged were 17-year-old Davidson residents and were at the Dec. 5 party with the 16-year-old victim, Clay Durboraw, a Hough High School student from Cornelius who was critically injured in the apparent fall.
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Drivers struck deer on East Rocky River and Concord roads over the past two weeks, and a Cornelius driver struck a parked car while looking for hand lotion while driving on South Main Street. Police issued more than a dozen citations for speeding on Griffith Street over the past two weeks, and cited for shoplifting a woman who allegedly stole $30.81 worth of cosmetics from the Harris Teeter supermarket. Details on these stories, along with a tally of the week’s of traffic citations, is below. Read the full story