The presentation of evidence began this morning in the Wake County case against Justin Bass, 25, who is charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill or inflict serious injury. The charge stems from a late-night shooting in Fuquay-Varina’s Bay Tree apartment complex this past July 4. The shooting […]
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Durham man charged with firing shotgun through his house window
On Sunday Thomas Rowland of West Trinity Avenue in Durham was arrested for discharging a firearm in the city. The arrest was made after Rowland fired a shotgun blast trough the front window of his home. In an interview, Rowland, 56, claimed the shooting was an accident. He was attempting to unload the gun, he […]
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30 individuals indicted by federal grand jury on drug and gun charges
A grand jury in Greensboro has indicted 27 men and three women on federal drug and gun charges, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina announced today. 28 of the defendants are from Alamance County and two are from Guilford County. The 15 indictments allege that the defendants engaged in conspiracy to […]
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Court upholds Durham woman’s conviction for fatally stabbing dog
Yesterday the North Carolina Court of Appeals published a unanimous opinion affirming a lower court’s conviction of a Durham woman who stabbed her dog to death after it bit her finger. Nesta Gerberding, who was convicted for felonious animal cruelty and given probation, had claimed she was justified in the killing because the pit bull, […]
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Aviator Brewing in Fuquay-Varina embroiled in lawsuit against California brewery
Shark Number 1we’ll call him Mighty Whiteywas born in 2000, on the Pacific sands near Eureka, California. Whitey grew strong, with a large pectoral fin, intense gum lines, sharp teeth and fierce overbite. Smitten by California’s beaches and palm trees, Whitey enjoyed surfboardseating them, specificallyaccompanied by his choice beverage, a frothy mug of Belgian white […]
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Convicted of stalking, Wake man says judge conflated evidence that occurred before and after new law was enacted
This week, the North Carolina Court of Appeals will consider the case of a Wake County man convicted last year of felony stalking. David Williams’ argument hinges on an amended law; his stalking occurred over the course of a four-month period that coincided with an change to North Carolina’s stalking statute, which lowered the burden […]
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Brutality claim against Wake detenion officers moves forward
The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, which oversees North Carolina’s federal courts, has declined to throw out a lawsuit accusing three Wake County Detention Center officers of using excessive force. In 2011 Eugene Dunston, an on-again, off-again inmate at the jail, sued the officers, as well as Sheriff Donnie Harrison, claiming that he failed to […]
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NC Court of Appeals denies first appeal of video gambling law
The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled yesterday on the first criminal appeal of a law banning video gambling since the NC Supreme Court upheld it two years ago. In publishing an opinion in State v. Chapman, Spruil, the court affirmed the convictions of two men who operated an Edgecombe County internet cafe. In 2010 […]
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The standard of actual malice is a focus of oral arguments before N.C. Court of Appeals
The firearms analyst is accused of being overly sensitive. The reporter is accused of being deceitful. What started as an investigative article four years ago has morphed into an expansive libel lawsuit that reached the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Yesterday, three judges heard oral arguments in Desmond v. The News and Observer Publishing Company, […]
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Alamance man loses the crying game
An Alamance County man on trial for carjacking should bear responsibility for his plan to cry on the witness stand, a panel of judges for the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. The three-member panel denied Marvin Davis’ appeal of a 2012 conviction on charges of carjacking and brandishing a firearm in an act of […]