The Durham Police Department announced today that investigators arrested a Durham teenager and charged him with a murder that occurred in October. Sixteen-year-old Myquan Deshun Spears was charged with the murder of Willie Shon Sadler, 43, who was discovered dead on Oct. 22 inside a vehicle on East Weaver Street in Durham. Investigators initially believed […]
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Child Fatality Task Force backs cameras on school buses
Today a subcommittee of the Child Fatality Task Force, which includes state legislators and child safety experts, voted to support a plan to equip all public school buses in North Carolina with cameras to photograph the license plates of any vehicle that illegally passes a stopped school bus. The task force had been lobbied to […]
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Durham police arrest two men for robbing pizza deliveryman
An armed robbery on Tuesday of a Durham pizza deliveryman has led to the arrest of two men. The robbery occurred on the 400 block of East Pilot Street at 7:41 p.m. Javonta Lakeith Williams, 20, and Leon Deshaun Johnson, 17, were charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon, felony conspiracy, larceny of a motor […]
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Four NC families sue banks for funding terrorism during Iraq War
On Jan. 20, 2007, U.S. military officers and their Iraqi counterparts met at the Provincial Joint Coordination Center in Karbala, about 30 miles south of Baghdad, to plan security coordination for the upcoming observance of the Shi’a Muslim holiday of Ashura. Just after nightfall a five-car convoy of black GMC Suburban trucks—commonly used by American […]
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Alamance man’s plan to cry on witness stand can be disclosed, judges confirm
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 claimed in a ruling issued yesterday out of Richmond, Va. The three-member panel denied defendant Marvin Davis’ appeal from a 2012 trial in U.S. […]
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Three Marines with NC links indicted in fraud case involving president’s helicopter
One active Marine and two retired Marines with ties to Camp Lejeune, N.C., have been indicted by a federal grand jury for defrauding the government in an effort to win a contract to service Marine Helicopter Squadron One, which is tasked with transporting the president and vice president of the United States. The indictment alleges […]
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Election results for local judicial, courts races
A mix of incumbents and challengers won judicial races in Durham and Wake in yesterday’s election. In Durham, incumbent Pat Evans defeated challenger Steven Storch, a Durham magistrate, with 75 percent of the vote. Incumbent Doretta Walker defeated her challenger, attorney Henry Pruette, with 61 percent of the vote. Fred Battaglia, an attorney, defeated incumbent […]
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Man Loses $400, Takes Case to Court of Appeals
A Charlotte man forced to forfeit $400 to the government wants his money back. And he has taken his plea to the North Carolina Court of Appeals in hopes of reclaiming the cash. Tomorrow the court is scheduled to consider the case of Thomas Royster, who pleaded guilty to a marijuana charge stemming from 2011. […]
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Durham murder trial resumes Thursday
The brother of a woman who died from a gunshot wound to the chest took the witness stand in Durham this morning and testified that his sister struggled with suicidal thoughts prior to her death. Kevin Surratt testified as a defense witness in the trial of Travis Daughtridge, who stands of accused of murdering his […]
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Knightdale pizzeria, sports bar raided by SBI
A three-month investigation into a Knightdale pizzeria and a sports bar and grill resulted charges against nine people—eight for drug offenses—the State Bureau of Investigation is reporting. Rudino’s Pizza and Grinders, located at 4022 Village Park Dr., and The Sports Page, located at 835 N. Smithfield Rd., had come under investigation by the SBI’s Alcohol […]