 Top story, no charges against a Pineville cop who shot and killed a shoplifter. Mecklenburg County District Attorney Spencer Merriweather said in a statement that he agrees with CNPD's investigation and assessment that Pineville Police Sergeant Adam Roberts was not in the wrong in using deadly force to shoot and kill Dennis Bodden back on May 14th. Quote, there is no likelihood that a unanimous jury would find beyond a reasonable doubt that the use of deadly force by Sergeant Adam Roberts constituted in a violation of criminal