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STATESVILLE An Iredell County woman was charged in the shooting death of a 47-year-old man Thursday morning, authorities said.
Cheryl Dhonayle Davis, 41, of 134 Bostian Lake Road, Apartment 5, was in the Iredell County Detention Center on a charge of murder in the death of Rodney Herron, who lived at the same address.
Iredell sheriff's investigators said Herron was found at the residence with a gunshot wound and taken to Iredell Memorial Hospital, where he died. The shooting happened about 6 a.m. Additional details were unavailable. Staff reports
Meck briefs
Huntersville
In a ceremony Wednesday, the Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation Department will celebrate the purchase of 211 acres in the northern part of the county for watershed protection along Mountain Island Lake.
The 3 p.m. ceremony will be at the colonial-era "Holly Bend" house at 3710 Neck Road.
Mountain Island Lake provides more than 80percent of public drinking water in Charlotte and Mecklenburg County. Joe Marusak
Regional briefs
Guilford County
World War II veteran Robert Comito's ashes were supposed to be spread across the N.C. sky.
Instead, the plastic box with the ashes ended up in a 5-inch crater in a Davie County yard, WXII-TV reported. Sheriff's Capt. J.D. Hartman said if the box had hit anyone on the way down, it likely would have killed them.
Comito's son said he is angry at the Collings Foundation, which was supposed to spread the ashes as part of a local airplane exhibition. He thinks what happened was disrespectful to his father's memory.
The foundation said the ashes are supposed to be given to it in a cardboard box so they will disperse easily, and they wouldn't have accepted the remains if they knew they were in a plastic box. Associated Press
Greenville County, S.C. Greenville
Authorities say a 71-year-old man has been arrested and charged with five sexual assault counts involving children more than a decade ago.
John W. Speer was charged Sunday with five counts of criminal sexual contact with a minor.
Greenville County deputies said several men and women told investigators that Speer touched them inappropriately or had sex with them between 1985 and 1998.
The victims ranged from 4 years old to their teens at the time.
Speer was in the Greenville County jail Thursday under a $250,000 bond. Associated Press
Charleston County Charleston
Officials at the South Carolina Aquarium say they made a $1.1 million profit the first nine months of the year and will soon pay off the remaining debt from its opening nearly 10 years ago.
Officials credit a new exhibit called Penguin Planet for a 12-percent increase in aquarium visitors this year.
Aquarium President and Chief Executive Kevin Mills said the attraction needs just a few more key donors to pay the last of the $12 million debt the aquarium picked up when it opened in 2000.
Mills said the attraction will use the extra cash from the payoff of the debt and the increase in visitors for pay raises as well as new paint, carpet and equipment. (Charleston) Post & Courier
Police digest
Mecklenburg County Charlotte
A 31-year-old man died when his motorcycle crossed the center line on Queen City Boulevard around 9 p.m. Wednesday and slid into a ditch, police said.
Adam Jason Havard was pronounced dead at the scene. Police said Havard was speeding on a 2007 Harley-Davidson and didn't slow down in time to negotiate a curve. Harvard was thrown off, police said. Joe DePriest
A woman suffered life-threatening injuries when a vehicle struck her as she was crossing at South McDowell and Fourth streets at about 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, police said.
The victim, whose name wasn't available, was taken to Carolinas Medical Center. Police said the vehicle was traveling on South McDowell when it struck the woman. Joe DePriest
Two adults and a child were injured Thursday morning in a single- vehicle wreck on Interstate 77 near LaSalle Street. The vehicle ran off the left side of the road and hit an overpass sign. The driver may have fallen asleep, state troopers said. Joe DePriest
