The government produced a detailed public record of Operation Charlotte's Web. It's about the protesters.

04min | 09/05/2026

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A federal jury convicted two Charlotte residents — William Stanley, 25, and Heather Morrow, 45 — over a November blockade at the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations building. Both were convicted of misdemeanors; Morrow was also convicted of simple assault on a federal officer, and Stanley was acquitted of that charge. Both are out on bond with no sentencing date set. It's the first detailed, named, public federal account of any single day in Operation Charlotte's Web — and it concerns the two people who protested the operation, not any of the roughly 400 it detained, whose fate this show reported last Sunday that nobody would disclose. There's a real explanation for that, and it isn't a conspiracy. Plus: three human cases of West Nile virus in Mecklenburg County, and the Panthers' home opener finally has a date.

CLT Daily is written, hosted and produced by Steve Bouboulis, an independent journalist covering the Queen City. Got a tip, a document, or a story the city isn't telling? Reach him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebouboulis/

CLT Daily — Charlotte's independent daily briefing. New episodes every morning. cltdaily.com

Sources this episode: U.S. Attorney's Office (WDNC), WFAE, Mecklenburg County Public Health

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A federal jury convicted two Charlotte residents — William Stanley, 25, and Heather Morrow, 45 — over a November blockade at the ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations building. Both were convicted of misdemeanors; Morrow was also convicted of simple assault on a federal officer, and Stanley was acquitted of that charge. Both are out on bond with no sentencing date set. It's the first detailed, named, public federal account of any single day in Operation Charlotte's Web — and it concerns the two people who protested the operation, not any of the roughly 400 it detained, whose fate this show reported last Sunday that nobody would disclose. There's a real explanation for that, and it isn't a conspiracy. Plus: three human cases of West Nile virus in Mecklenburg County, and the Panthers' home opener finally has a date.

CLT Daily is written, hosted and produced by Steve Bouboulis, an independent journalist covering the Queen City. Got a tip, a document, or a story the city isn't telling? Reach him on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stevebouboulis/

CLT Daily — Charlotte's independent daily briefing. New episodes every morning. cltdaily.com

Sources this episode: U.S. Attorney's Office (WDNC), WFAE, Mecklenburg County Public Health

Hosted on Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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