Motel in unsafe, poor condition is evacuated: Officials shutter site, sending some tenants to homeless shelter. From: Charlotte Observer (Charlotte, NC ) | Date: July 14, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Charlotte Observer. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Fred Kelly

Jul. 14--Motel in unsafe, poor condition is evacuated Officials shutter site, sending some tenants to homeless shelter Fred Kelly

An advertisement posted online for the Knights Inn Charlotte describes large clean rooms, an outdoor swimming pool and "the best hospitality in the area." But police and fire officials shuttered the northside motel off Statesville Road Thursday, saying it is a squalid and dangerous den for drugs and...