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Man's Body Found in Jordan Lake

Fri, 09 May 2008 16:44:29 -0400

PITTSBORO, N.C. — Chatham County deputies were investigating the discovery of a man's body found floating in Jordan Lake Friday morning.

Silver Alert issued for missing Lincoln man

Sun, 11 May 2008 16:01:27 -0400

Authorities are asking for help locating a missing Lincolnton man who is believed to suffer from a cognitive impairment.

Motorist shot outside Fayetteville nightclub

Sat, 10 May 2008 20:56:36 -0400

A gunman shot a motorist during an attempted carjacking outside a nightclub on Friday night, police said.

Former teaching assistants plead guilty to student assault

Fri, 09 May 2008 21:38:32 -0400

Two former teaching assistants at Raleigh's Longview school were sentenced Wednesday in connection with an altercation involving a 12-year-old student.

Cary man charged with trafficking ecstasy

Fri, 09 May 2008 21:33:36 -0400

Tariq Robinson, 30, of 109 Hasselwood Drive, was charged with one count of trafficking ecstasy.

2 arrested in credit-card fraud

Fri, 09 May 2008 21:37:01 -0400

Investigators on Friday charged a man and woman with stealing credit cards from a woman who was visiting a child at Duke University Hospital.

Man's body found in Jordan Lake

Fri, 09 May 2008 15:36:29 -0400

A fisherman spotted a leg floating in the Robeson Creek section of the lake Friday morning.

Fallen Police Officers Remembered

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:35:57 -0400

ALL COUNTIES: The statewide Peace Officers Memorial Day Ceremony will be held in Rocky Mount on Friday.

Police: Subway restaurant robber may have struck again

Thu, 08 May 2008 19:10:00 -0400

A man who robbed two Subway restaurants earlier this year may have struck again Wednesday night, Raleigh police said.

Southern Pines drug suspect arrested on federal charges

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:18:01 -0400

The Moore County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit arrested a Southern Pines man on Wednesday on drug charges.

Wagram woman reported missing

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:03:58 -0400

Sissy Ann McMillan, 27, was last seen leaving the Comfort Suites Motel at about 7 a.m. Sunday. She was wearing a white strapless shirt with blue jeans and no shoes.

Authorities: Chapel Hill woman suffocated

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:20:28 -0400

A Chapel Hill woman who was found dead Monday on the banks of the Catawba River had been suffocated, authorities said Thursday.

N.Y. man convicted in soldier's, teen's deaths

Thu, 08 May 2008 17:00:04 -0400

A jury on Thursday found a New York City man guilty of the 2005 slayings of a Fort Bragg soldier and a teenage girl in a Cumberland County home.

Chapel Hill teen found

Thu, 08 May 2008 15:59:00 -0400

The Chapel Hill Police said on Thursday that 17-year-old Laquandra Reid has been located. No additional information was available.

Murder suspect's mother files lawsuit against state

Thu, 08 May 2008 19:11:45 -0400

Drew Planten, who was arrested in October 2005 in the 2002 rape and homicide of a Raleigh woman, hanged himself in his prison cell at Central Prison in Raleigh on Jan. 2, 2006.

Felony charges filed in Siler City vehicle collision

Thu, 08 May 2008 12:35:53 -0400

A Siler City man faces felony charges in an accident on SS Edwards Road on Monday.

Pregnant Woman Abducted by Husband

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:27:38 -0400

RANDOLPH COUNTY: A pregnant woman was abducted in Thomasville after two people inside the house where she was staying were stabbed.

Police seek credit card thief

Thu, 08 May 2008 11:55:42 -0400

Credit cards were stolen from a woman visiting an ill child at Duke Hospital and then used at several area stores.

Durham police look for statutory rape, kidnapping suspect

Wed, 07 May 2008 23:09:50 -0400

Durham police investigators were looking on Wednesday for a man charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl.

6 arrested in Raleigh drive-by

Thu, 08 May 2008 14:00:38 -0400

Police got a report of gunshots fired from a vehicle on East Martin Street at 3 a.m. Wednesday.

Vass man charged with indecent liberties with 11-year-old

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:50:48 -0400

A Vass man faces charges of taking indecent liberties with a child.

Vass woman charged with taking indecent liberties with child

Wed, 07 May 2008 22:48:49 -0400

Sakeya Fairley, 20, of 309 Circle Dr., is also charged with crimes against nature and contributing to delinquency of a juvenile. She was arrested Wednesday.

Woman accused of stealing from dying teen

Thu, 08 May 2008 18:33:45 -0400

A Spring Lake woman has been charged with taking shoes and a cell phone from a teen as he lay dying after a shooting.

Teacher linked to child porn indicted

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:19:00 -0400

A former Chatham County charter school teacher has been indicted by a Wake County grand jury on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor.

Wake woman indicted on DWI, murder charges

Wed, 07 May 2008 17:24:00 -0400

Christine Haithcock Meyers, the suspect in a collision on Buffaloe Road that killed two people on April 1, was indicted on murder charges Wednesday.

Human Remains Uncovered in Wilmington

Tue, 06 May 2008 08:28:29 -0400

NEW HANOVER COUNTY: Wilmington police uncovered two female skeletons last week in a wooded area off Carolina Beach Road.

Tips Needed to Find Shooting Suspect

Wed, 07 May 2008 01:28:32 -0400

DURHAM COUNTY: Police are searching for Randall Todd Greenough, who has been charged with shooting a 69-year-old man during a break-in.

Man charged in woman's ambush slaying

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:28:38 -0400

A Parkton man was charged Wednesday in the shooting death of a Fayetteville woman on a remote Robeson County road last month, authorities said.

Cumberland Co. student caught with gun at school

Wed, 07 May 2008 16:23:42 -0400

Darnell Handley Jr., 17, of 6976 Parkton Road, was arrested at 10 a.m. after Cumberland County deputies found a handgun under the seat of a black Acura parked in the student lot.

Woman charged with murder in overdose death

Wed, 07 May 2008 14:11:00 -0400

A Fuquay-Varina woman has been indicted on a second-degree murder charge in the overdose death of a teenager two years ago, authorities said.

Raleigh man charged in string of robberies

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:52:24 -0400

A Raleigh man faces a number of charges in connection with at least 10 robberies and attempted robberies.

Hollister man shot while giving driver directions

Wed, 07 May 2008 12:27:32 -0400

A Hollister man was shot in the shoulder Tuesday as he tried to give directions to a driver in a parking lot.

Chapel Hill woman found dead near Catawba River

Wed, 07 May 2008 10:48:44 -0400

A Chapel Hill woman was found dead Monday on the banks of the Catawba River, police said.

4 arrested in Garner Food Lion robbery

Wed, 07 May 2008 11:20:56 -0400

Garner police arrested four Raleigh men Tuesday evening and charged them with robbing a Food Lion at 7971 Fayetteville Road.

1 stabbed, 1 arrested in Durham assault case

Wed, 07 May 2008 08:59:01 -0400

Durham police were investigating an aggravated assault case Wednesday that was reported at 2416 Barry St.

Fayetteville shooting leaves 1 dead

Wed, 07 May 2008 15:57:12 -0400

Cumberland County police charged a teenager on Wednesday in the death of a Fayetteville man.

Raleigh police target repeat robbers and 'no snitch' street code

Wed, 07 May 2008 05:45:38 -0400

New training, more officers and help from the public are on Police Chief Harry Dolan's checklist for combating the rise in Raleigh robberies.

Rocky Mount police seek shooting suspects

Tue, 06 May 2008 17:50:23 -0400

At around 4 p.m., officers responding to a report of a shooting found Chavis Bohol, 25, with a gunshot wound in his head at 832 Sutton Road.

Prosecutor to use juvenile case in trial for beach death

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:49:53 -0400

A prosecutor says a man charged in the death of a North Carolina man who was visiting Hawaii had been warned as a juvenile in a similar assault.

Federal consultants prepare to review state's probation system

Tue, 06 May 2008 10:30:06 -0400

A federal review team Monday began working to identify problems in the state's probation system and suggest ways to eliminate them.

Rich Square man charged after woman killed, man stabbed

Thu, 08 May 2008 16:31:49 -0400

A Rich Square man was arrested Tuesday in connection with a home invasion that left a woman dead and her boyfriend seriously injured, police said.

Eve Carson autopsy results won't be released now

Tue, 06 May 2008 20:44:09 -0400

A judge ordered the document temporarily sealed at the request of the district attorney, who says continued secrecy is in the best interest of the ongoing investigation.

Man wanted for burglary in Halifax County

Tue, 06 May 2008 16:07:50 -0400

Police are looking for a 29-year-old man wanted on charges, including burglary.

Convicted killer won't receive death benefits

Tue, 06 May 2008 15:30:28 -0400

Adam Sapikowski won't receive any money or other death benefits from his parents' estate, a Superior Court judge ruled.

Man sought in Randolph County assault, kidnapping

Tue, 06 May 2008 13:04:42 -0400

A man attacked his in-laws and kidnapped his estranged, pregnant wife from a Thomasville home early Tuesday, according to the Randolph County Sheriff's Office.

Durham man wanted in two towns

Tue, 06 May 2008 13:50:56 -0400

Tyrese Lewis Wicker, 18, of 2901 Forrestal Drive in Durham, is wanted in both Durham and Sanford.

Death Row Inmate Set Free

Mon, 05 May 2008 11:37:29 -0400

A man who spent 15 years on death row was released from prison Friday after prosecutors dropped all charges less than two weeks before his scheduled retrial.

Fayetteville police seek 2 men after fatal shooting

Mon, 05 May 2008 21:16:10 -0400

Fayetteville police were searching for two black men who allegedly went into a house and shot a man in the head.

Man indicted in 1987 Goldsboro rape case

Mon, 05 May 2008 20:30:27 -0400

A Wayne County grand jury has indicted a man in connection with a rape case in which a second man spent 18 years in prison before DNA evidence cleared him.

Robbery suspect charged with attempted murder

Sat, 03 May 2008 16:22:21 -0400

Authorities charged a Raleigh man with attempted murder after what the magistrate described as a robbery gone wrong.

Peeping reported in same area as string of rapes

Fri, 02 May 2008 15:14:23 -0400

Fayetteville police are asking that anyone who sees a suspicious individual or vehicle to call 911 immediately.

95-year-old woman raped, beaten; Wilmington man arrested

Thu, 01 May 2008 15:06:13 -0400

Wilmington police have arrested a man suspected of raping a 95-year-old woman inside her home in the city's historic district.