STATESVILLE, NC (WBTV) -  The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office needs your help in locating a man wanted in a Craigslist scam.

Troy Lee Waters, 45, is wanted in Iredell County for Obtaining Property by False Pretense, according to a news release from the Iredell County Sheriff's Office.

Waters is also wanted in three states for similar crimes.  

Deputies say he is using multiple aliases when buying hot tubs from persons who post their ads on Craigslist.  

Waters will contact the seller, show up at their residence and write them a check that cannot be cashed or deposited, due to the fact that the checks are being written on a closed account, according to the release.  

RALEIGH, NC (WBTV) - North Carolina's Governor Bev Perdue has officially announced that she will not seek re-election for governor later this year.

Within several hours of making her announcement, Lt. Governor Walter Dalton said he would seek the governor's slot while Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx only said he was considering his political future.

In a statement released on Thursday at 12:01 p.m., the first-term Perdue said "I am announcing today that I have decided not to seek re-election."

In the four paragraph statement, Perdue said that she was not one to back down from tough fights, but stated that "we live in highly partisan times, where some people seem more worried about scoring political points than working together to address the real challenges our state faces.

WEB EXTRA: Read Gov Bev Perdue's full statement here

LONG VIEW - Officers arrested a convicted felon Wednesday night after finding a methamphetamine lab in his home.

Investigators were searching for a stolen vehicle on 15th Avenue Northwest and noticed something odd with one of the homes, officials told WBTV.

A search warrant was executed at a home in the 1900 block and a meth lab was found in the home of Jonathan Harold Reep.