North Carolina did not enact major legislation last year to reduce prison populations and costs, nor did it expand community-based recidivism-reduction and diversion programs, according to a new report analyzing a litany of new laws across the country. The state did, however, rank high in enacting new laws supporting the reentry of offenders into the […]
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Court of Appeals: warrantless DWI blood draws permissible
The North Carolina Court of Appeals yesterday released an opinion affirming the legality of warrantless DWI blood draws in emergency situations. Stephen Granger of Wilmington had been convicted of a DWI charge after a New Hanover County superior court judge denied his motion to suppress the results taken from a warrantless blood draw against his […]
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New “unsolved homicide” section on Durham Police website
The Durham Police Department has added a new “Unsolved Homicides” section on its website. The section features descriptions of unsolved homicides, and more cases will be added every week, according to DPD. “We know that there are people who have information about these unsolved homicides and we hope that they will come forward. These victims […]
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89-year-old Wake Forest resident fatally shoots intruder
The Wake County Sheriff’s Office just announced that an 89-year-old Wake Forest resident shot and killed a man who was allegedly trying to break into his home on Jordan Lane this past Saturday. When responding deputies arrived in response to a call made at 6:20 that evening, Calvin Anderson Ray, the homeowner stated he had […]
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Eastern North Carolina oxy ring case concludes with final sentencing
Today in New Bern, federal Judge Louise W. Flanagan sentenced the final two defendants of a six-defendant federal prescription pill distribution conspiracy. Thomas Paradis, 34, of Kinston, was sentenced to 58 months’ imprisonment, and Jesse Hood, 26, of Goldsboro, was sentenced to 69 months’ imprisonment. They and four other defendants pled guilty to conspiring to […]
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Durham cops lied about 911 calls
Several Durham police officers lied about non-existent 911 calls to try to convince residents to allow them to search their homes, a tactic several lawyers say is illegal. The officers targeted residences where individuals with outstanding warrants were thought to be living, and told them that dispatch had received a 911 call from that address, […]
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Woman indicted for manslaughter following 9-year-old son’s death
A Durham County grand jury has issued indictments charging a Durham woman with manslaughter, felony child abuse and other misdemeanor charges in connection with the April 28, 2014, fatal shooting of her 9-year-old son, the Durham Police Department has announced. Investigators allege that Amy Suzanne Pittman’s young son, Christian, was shot accidentally. Pittman, 36, was […]
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Former teacher arrested on sex charges
Durham County sheriff’s investigators last week arrested and charged a former Durham Public Schools teacher with taking indecent liberties with a student and engaging in a sex offense with a student. The woman charged, Michelle Smith White, 37, was booked into the Durham County Jail Wednesday morning and was released hours later after posting a […]
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Local health nonprofit: 100 drug users in state reverse overdoses through drug
Yesterday a local nonprofit working to reduce drug-overdose deaths announced that in the past year 100 North Carolinians have experienced a reversal of overdose—potentially escaping death—through the timely use of naloxone, an opioid antagonist that was made more widely available last August. The announcement was made by the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition, which in […]
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Australian national living in Butner sues sheriff for gun permit
An Australian national living in Granville County has sued her sheriff, arguing that the lawman is illegally preventing her from carrying a concealed gun. Felicity Veasey, who has held a green card since 2001, filed the federal lawsuit against Sheriff Brindell Wilkins last week with the Eastern District of North Carolina, in Raleigh. She is […]
