UPDATE 6/12/14 Yesterday a Durham County jury found Milton Morgan guilty on four counts of drug-related offenses. Superior Court Judge Michael J. O’Foghludha consolidated the cases and suspended a sentence of eight to 19 months in lieu of 24 months of supervised probation. Milton was indicted on four drug charges. But the jury declined to […]
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Trial highlights Durham Police’s approach in drug busts
6/12/14 UPDATE following Morgan’s conviction The confidential informant, an ex-con working with Durham police on a drug bust, couldn’t find a dealer. Jennifer Burrage, a 36-year-old from Bahama, was trying to make a controlled drug buy in exchange for leniency on a pending set of charges. On the sunny afternoon of July 6, 2012, a […]
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Ex-football coach sues NCCU
Henry Frazier III, the former head football coach of North Carolina Central University who was fired last August after a confrontation with his ex-wife, has sued the university. Frazier sued for breach of contract, wrongful discharge and other causes. In addition to punitive damages, he seeks to reclaim his coaching job. He filed the complaint […]
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Juvenile diversion program rolls along in Durham
The girl, 17, stood in front of the judge on Friday, looking down and speaking faintly. The charge was misdemeanor larceny. The defendant, Starr Smith, stole a pair of $80 jeans from Sears at Northgate Mall. She missed her first court date and spent a night in jail. Marcia Morey, the chief district judge for […]
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Court of Appeals considers Durham case about mistaken address, accidental discovery of pot
This week the North Carolina Court of Appeals is considering a case involving the application of the 4th Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, during emergency situations. A Durham man caught growing pot in his home maintains his innocence, considering that the cops never should have been there in the first place. One early […]
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Duke can’t expel senior
A Durham judge ruled Thursday morning in the case of Lewis McLeod, a Duke senior expelled for sexual misconduct three days before his final exams, even though he was never criminally charged. After a four-day hearing last week, Superior Court Judge W. Osmond Smith III did not compel Duke to immediately issue McLeod the degree […]
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Living in the Boonies
Winfred “Wendy” Griffith lives in a log cabin in a forest. He’s a hermit, he concedes, leaving the woods mainly to collect items out of dumpsters, eat at the Taco Bell on Old Route 86 in Hillsborough and do odd jobs for his bosses. But mostly, the 49-year-old keeps to himself, watching COPS or the […]
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Judge, after referencing Bible, reprimanded by appellate court
A Catawba County trial judge has been scolded by the N.C. Court of Appeals for invoking Christian teachings into a lecture during a defendant’s sentencing phase. In its opinion released yesterday, however, the court ruled that the judge’s word choice did not violate the due process of the defendant, Max Earls, who was sentenced to […]
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Bail bondsmen must obey traffic laws, say N.C. judges
In a ruling this afternoon, a three-member N.C. Court of Appeals panel determined that bail bondsmen must obey local traffic laws, even when pursuing defendants attempting to flee. The judges considered the case of Michael McGee, a Goldsboro bail bondsman who on Aug. 31, 2010, exceeded the speed limit while chasing a defendant who failed […]
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DOJ report: N.C. has sixth-highest total of death row prisoners
As of year-end 2012, there were 152 prisoners facing death sentences in North Carolina, the sixth-highest total in the country, according to a new report by the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics. North Carolina follows California (712), Florida (403), Texas (290), Pennsylvania (200) and Alabama (191) for the number of inmates facing […]
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