The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department announced yesterday that officers had arrested a 39-year-old man for sexually assaulting multiple children in Charlotte over a two-to-three-year span. According to a CMPD release, police received a tip on Wednesday that Nicolas Vasquez had been molesting children between 9 and 12 years old. Investigators reportedly found evidence backing up those allegations while serving a resulting search warrant and took Vasquez into custody. After interviewing him, police charged Vasquez with 18 counts of indecent liberties with a child, 11 counts of first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and five counts of first-degree sex offense. He was transferred into the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office. It's unclear where these attacks took place, but the report notes that Vasquez was an active member at the Asamblea Apostolica Church in east Charlotte. (Ryan Pitkin) 

Just as Carolina Panthers star quarterback Cam Newton was becoming visibly tired of the constant press conferences and media appearances in the lead-up to Super Bowl 50 in Santa Clara, California on Sunday, Snoop Dogg came through to loosen him up a bit. In the video below, Snoop surprises Newton as an honorary member of the media and asks him one of the more insightful questions we've heard Newton deal with yet. Watch: 


A 12-count indictment was handed down yesterday against a Charlotte doctor who's been accused of sexual abuse against former patients. After Dr. Fidelis Edosomwan’s arrest over the accusations of two former patients, CMPD received over 40 additional reports — some up to eight years old — detailing how the doctor allegedly assaulted patients during examinations. Nine victim testimonies have lead to felony charges. Many of the assaults are believed to have occurred at AmeriCare Health on Milton Road in east Charlotte, but at least one took place at a clinic on West Sugar Creek Road. (Joe Marusak and Cleve Wootson, Charlotte Observer) 

After a nearly month-long investigation into the shooting death of 22-year-old Brandon Reese, Lancaster police announced this morning that the death has been ruled accidental. According to police, Reese was attempting to purchase a gun last month and met with an unnamed gun owner in Lancaster, SC. The unnamed individual then challenged Reese to attempt “Russian Roulette,” and, if successful, he offered to give Reese the gun for free. Reese did not survive the "game."  The two friends who had accompanied Reese that night considered driving him to the hospital, but instead drove past it and abandoned his body and the vehicle on John Everall Road, where he was discovered. Police have not disclosed whether they plan to press charges in connection with Reese’s death, but their investigation has lead to the arrest of Lakendrick Wade, the man who they believe introduced Reese to the gun owner and who abandoned Reese’s body, on attempted murder charges in an unrelated shooting. (WSOC Staff) 

A crooked gun dealer from Macon County was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison yesterday for selling multiple guns to a convicted felon in 2014, according to a release from the U.S. Attorney's Office. Investigators said Philip Elliot, owner of Mountain Top Coins, Guns & Ammo, not only sold multiple firearms to the known felon between March and July in 2014, but discussed selling him a rocket-propelled grenade launchers and told him he would buy stolen firearms and other stolen goods. Investigators seized 20 "off-the-books" guns from the store while serving a search warrant there. (Ryan Pitkin)