A Cornelius police officer has been suspended without pay after investigators determined he improperly handled a call involving a woman who opened a stranger's car door to help a distressed dog on a ...

It happened in early June. The woman called 911 because she saw a dog in a hot car, and then she opened the door of that car to give the dog water.

The Cornelius Police Department is conducting separate investigations into a dog owner and one of its officers following an incident involving a dog left in a hot car and a person who opened the ...

CORNELIUS, N.C. — A Cornelius police officer was arrested on animal cruelty charges following a domestic disturbance call last weekend, authorities said. Michael Ruballo, 37, who served four ...