A man died this weekend after being struck by a Taser fired by an officer with the Enfield Police Department, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation has reported. The town of Enfield is located in Halifax County, 70 miles northeast of Raleigh. The decedent was Michael Tyrone Gallagher, 55, of Midlothian, Virginia. At approximately […]
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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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Court of Appeals: New trial for woman who claims sheriff’s office entrapped her
An opinion handed down today by the North Carolina Court of Appeals reversing a drug conviction sheds light on how courts must consider arguments for entrapment. Though the ruling springs from a Rowan County case, it could potentially be applied to a Durham drug case, currently up for appeal, in which a man argued he […]
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Helicopters, assault vehicles and more: The federal arsenal in the hands of local law enforcement
Wake County law enforcement agencies received nine observation helicopters, Orange got two combat assault tactical wheeled vehicles. And in 2013, their counterparts in Harnett County procured extreme cold weather parkas, even though the all-time record low of minus 4 degrees occurred nearly 30 years ago. Long before police used military-style weapons on protesters Ferguson, Missouri—during […]
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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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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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UNC Student Shot, Killed By Archdale Police
Update: The State Bureau of Investigation says 29-year-old Jeremy Paul Flinchum is the Archdale police officer who shot and killed UNC student Courtland Smith. Spokewoman Jennifer Canada declined to give specifics, but said the SBI is completing an investigation to be delivered to a local district attorney for guidance. “Most departments, if there’s an incident […]
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No Arrests in Carrboro on Wednesday
All’s quiet on the Carrboro front. Officers in the Paris of the Piedmont filed 12 incident reports and responded to two traffic accidents Wednesday. No arrests were made. Among the incidents (police narratives in parentheses): • an animal call (Complainant states that there is a black snake in front of her front door. On arrival […]
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Funeral for capitalism crushed by pigs!
You have to dig deep in The N&O for this one, but it seems that last Friday night in Chapel Hill, there was a dust-up between the Chapel Hill po-po and revelers at a party organized by Internationalist Books. Approximately 50 people were gathered to bury capitalism, a ritual that was to culminate with the […]