A North Carolina dad accused of kidnapping his 4-year-old daughter turned himself in Monday night appeared in court in Durham Tuesday morning. Mitchell Grayson, 37, is charged with aggravated assault, breaking and entering, and injury to personal property, WXII reported. Police say Grayson broke into a Durham home, severely beat a relative of 4-year-old Paisley …
An 18-year-old North Carolina man has been charged with the murders of two ninth-graders found dead in Durham this week. Jorge Raul Benitez-Mendoza faces two counts of first degree murder and one count of attempted first degree murder for the shooting of a 16-year-old who survived, WNCN reported. Officers were called late Tuesday for a …
A Durham, North Carolina, woman has died after she was apparently struck by a falling bullet from celebratory gunfire Friday night, despite a warning from police this week for New Year’s celebrants to refrain from the practice. Durham Police released a public service announcement on Wednesday noting the death of 74-year-old Paulette Thorpe on July …
“It’s got to stop. It’s got to stop.”
Although police frequently caution against it, 4th of July celebrants often fire their guns into the air, perhaps forgetting, in their glee, that what goes up must come down. Too often when those bullets come down, the result is death. Paulette Thorpe, 74, died Saturday from just such a celebration in Durham, North Carolina, the …
Authorities in North Carolina have arrested a 16-year-old in Durham on suspicion of murdering his father last year. According to WRAL, 59-year-old Bill Bishop was a well-known developer in Florida before moving to North Carolina. He was reportedly found unresponsive at his home on April 18 with a dog leash wrapped around his neck and …
A North Carolina superior court judge ruled that a man must pay his lover’s ex-husband for seducing her while the couple was still together and destroying the marriage. According to the Durham Herald Sun, Durham County Judge Orlando Hudson’s ruling awarded Keith King, who owns a popular BMX stunt show, $2.2 million in compensatory damages. …
Following a manhunt Friday, a North Carolina man turned himself in to face allegations that he used his ice cream truck to sexually assault multiple children. According to WNCN, Durham police announced they were looking for 51-year-old Isam Fathee Mohamed Rahmah after the parents of two boys reported the suspected abuse. The mother of one …
