Mooresville NC News

MOORESVILLE, NC – On September 11, 2025, the Mooresville Police Department Narcotics Unit executed a search warrant at 116 S. Magnolia St. in Mooresville. Detectives seized 30.7 grams of methamphetamine, along with seven grams of cocaine and $12,851 in cash.   James Gabriel Jr., 62, of Mooresville, was charged with Trafficking in Methamphetamine, two counts of Possession with Intent to Sell/Deliver, Felony Possession of Cocaine, Felony Possession Schedule II, Felony Maintaining Dwelling, Maintaining/Sell/Deliver/ Possess Controlled Substance within 1,000 feet of a school, and Drug Paraphernalia. Gabriel was given a $350,000 bond. 

MOORESVILLE, NC – The Mooresville Police Department (MPD) announced that Second Assistant Chief Rhonda Faust recently graduated from the FBI National Academy (FBINA) as a member of the 295th session. The graduation took place at the National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, on September 4th, 2025. Faust becomes the third officer in department’s history—and the first female MPD officer—to complete this prestigious program. Nationally, less than one percent of officers have the opportunity to attend the program.   Internationally known for its academic excellence, the National Academy offers 10 weeks of advanced communication, leadership, and fitness training. Participants must have proven records as professionals within their agencies to attend. On average, these officers have 21 years of law enforcement experience and usually return to their agencies to serve in executive-level positions. The 295th session consisted of 254 law enforcement officers including men and women from 49 stat...

  Mooresville NC News Iryna got stabbed from behind while sitting in the metro, minding her own business. It looks like nobody helped her or got help. She survived the war but not her trip home after working her shift.

MOORESVILLE, NC – On August 30, 2025, Mooresville Police Department (MPD) officers responded to a disturbance call on N. Church St. One of the vehicles involved in the disturbance was located on Selma Dr. with four occupants. When officers initiated a traffic stop on the vehicle, it pulled into a residential driveway. Two of the occupants then jumped from the vehicle and ran. One of the occupants was observed to have a handgun in his waistband while running away from the vehicle. After a brief foot pursuit, both individuals were apprehended. One of the individuals was a juvenile. The individual who was observed to be in possession of a firearm was later identified as Sirron Cordell Phiffer, 20, of Kings Mountain. MPD K-9 responded to the scene and conducted an article search of the immediate area where Phiffer was apprehended. A firearm was subsequently located. Phiffer was arrested, charged with Carrying a Concealed Weapon and received a $2,500 ...

MOORESVILLE, NC – On August 2, 2025, Mooresville Police officers responded to a call for service at 132 Meadow Hill Cir. for a welfare check. The caller, Stephen Johnson, stated that a female acquaintance was at this location, and he wanted officers to check on her safety. The female was located by officers and had visible signs of being assaulted.  While first responders were on scene providing assistance to the female, a second call for service was received regarding a disturbance at 429 E. Plaza Dr. in which one party was threatening another with a handgun. Officers arrived on scene and located two individuals, Stephen Christopher Johnson, who was the original caller in the first incident, and Brett Patrick Moir. Callers reported that Johnson was pistol whipping Moir, who was attempting to flee. Both Moir and Johnson were detained. During the course of the investigation, officers discovered that Johnson did have a firearm prior to ...

MOORESVILLE, NC – On July 24, 2025, Mooresville Police Department (MPD) officers received a call about an active vehicle fire. Upon further investigation by responding officers and the Mooresville Fire-Rescue fire marshal, it was determined the vehicle was intentionally set on fire by Clayton Morrison Broyhill, 27, of Mooresville. A victim was inside the vehicle at the time the fire was set but was able to exit the vehicle without serious injury. Warrants were subsequently obtained for Broyhill’s arrest.   On July 28, 2025, MPD detectives and the U.S. Marshal’s Fugitive Task Force attempted to serve these arrest warrants on Clayton Broyhill after confirming his location. Detectives and Marshals attempted to call Broyhill out of the residence, but he refused to comply and exit the residence. MPD’s Special Response Team and Crisis Negotiation Team were activated and successfully talked Broyhill into coming out of the residence.   Broyhill was arrested and charged wit...

MOORESVILLE, NC – On July 24, 2025, Mooresville Police Department (MPD) officers responded to a possible kidnapping of a 4-year-old child. Officers determined that the child was in the Iredell County Department of Social Services' custody but was staying with a relative when the child’s mother, Haley Ervin, 30, of Mooresville, went to the relative’s residence and took the child without permission. On July 25, 2025, MPD detectives, with the assistance of the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office, served a search warrant at an address in Rowan County. Haley Ervin and the child were located at the residence. Ervin was arrested for First Degree Kidnapping and was transported to Iredell County Jail and held on no bond. The child was returned to the custody of the Iredell County Department of Social Services.

MOORESVILLE, NC – On July 24, 2025, at 3:41a.m., Mooresville Police Department received a call for service for a welfare check regarding a male on the side of the roadway on Charlotte Hwy. Mooresville Police Department officers located Tylor Scott Perry, 28, of Mooresville unconscious on the shoulder of Charlotte Hwy.      During the encounter, officers located a handgun concealed on Perry’s person and he was arrested. During the arrest, he was found in possession of approximately 30 grams of Methamphetamine and other drug paraphernalia. Perry was charged with Trafficking Methamphetamine, Possession with Intent to Sell and Deliver Schedule II-Controlled Substance, Possession of a Firearm by Convicted Felon, Carry of a Concealed Weapon, and other controlled substance violations. He was transported to the Iredell County Detention Center where he received no bond.

MOORESVILLE, NC – On July 21, 2025, Mooresville Police Department officers received an automated license plate reader notification for a stolen motor vehicle. They located the stolen vehicle, and a traffic stop was attempted but the vehicle failed to stop. The vehicle fled south on Williamson Rd to I-77 and Mooresville Police Officers pursued. Officers utilized tire deflation devices to successfully deflate both passenger side tires on I-77 near Exit 31. The vehicle exited the interstate at Exit 30 and came to rest at an apartment complex just west of the exit in Davidson. Four suspects fled the vehicle on foot, but two were apprehended almost immediately. Several local agencies, including NC State Highway Patrol, Cornelius Police Department Marine 1 lake patrol boat, Davidson Police Department, as well as Mooresville Fire- Rescue assisted with the perimeter and search. A Mooresville Police Department K-9 track was conducted, which led to the apprehension of the third suspect. Corneliu...

           Second Assistant Chief Rhonda Faust MOORESVILLE, NC – Second Assistant Chief Rhonda Faust of the Mooresville Police Department (MPD) has been selected to participate in the 295th session of the FBI National Academy in Quantico, VA.  The FBI National Academy (FBINA) is a comprehensive 10-week residential program where Faust will receive world-class academic instruction, undergo intense physical training, and have opportunities to network with law enforcement leaders from around the world. Since its inception, more than 50,000 graduates have completed the program, representing all 50 states, over 170 countries, and more than 10,000 law enforcement agencies. Faust has nearly 29 years of experience with the Mooresville Police Department, where she began her career as a patrol officer in 1997. She was MPD’s first traffic officer and helped lay the foundation for the department’s current Traffic Unit. In April 2020, she became the depa...