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How a quiet bank executive built lavish life on stolen money

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Published June 13, 2010 at 5:50 a.m.

Scott Welch accumulated. He bought golf carts and landscaped extravagantly and turned a modest ranch house into a striking estate. He had a log cabin playhouse built for his children and a pier built for his speedboat. And all of it was not terribly notable for a Wachovia executive in the midst of the Charlotte banking boom ... Welch himself seemed unremarkable - quiet and well-liked by most neighbors and colleagues, a family man who took his children to sporting events around Mooresville and

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Probe widens into 1990 killing of Charlotte activist Kim Thomas

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Published Feb. 18, 2010 at 8:23 a.m.

Saying new evidence has surfaced, police are intensifying their investigation into the 1990 killing of women's rights activist Kim Thomas - one of Charlotte's most enduring crime mysteries ... Police announced their new efforts Wednesday, nearly 20 years after Thomas - a new mother and the wife of a doctor - was found handcuffed and dead on her dining room floor ... Two cold case detectives have been assigned to the case and are "conducting additional interviews of witnesses and/or suspects,"

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Marion Gales pleads guilty to Charlotte killing

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Published July 23, 2009 at 12:53 p.m.

Marion Gales, who was a suspect in the high-profile 1990 killing of Charlotte activist Kim Thomas, was sentenced Thursday to at least six years and eight months in prison for the 2008 killing of a 27-year-old woman ... Gales, 47, had been charged with murder but was allowed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the killing of LaCoya Monique Martin, whose shirtless body was found next to a house on Oaklawn Avenue on April 6, 2008 ... Gales entered what's called an “Alford” plea,

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Gloria Pace King denies misconduct at United Way

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Published July 13, 2009 at 11:23 a.m.

Former United Way President Gloria Pace King, fighting accusations of embezzlement, says she had legitimate business reasons for charging hotel stays, Carolina Panthers football tickets, a $5,000 book about her career and high-end restaurant meals to the agency ... The United Way, locked in a bitter court battle with its former leader, accused King of billing the agency for tens of thousands of dollars of personal expenses. In court papers filed late Friday, King offered her first full legal

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