An 8-year-old child died and a 3-year-old was critically injured when an impaired driver slammed into the back of a North Carolina Department of Transportation truck engaged in storm debris clearance. Two other children in the car, ages 4 and 15, were suffered severe injuries, the Lexington Police Department said. Amber Whitaker, 35, was driving …
A suspected drunk driver rammed headlong into a golf cart in North Carolina late Monday night, killing a 39-year-old dad and his 5-year-old son. Four other people, including three minors, were critically injured and taken by helicopter to hospitals in Charlotte and Winston-Salem, WCNC reported. Michael Shane Marlowe was pronounced dead at the scene, and …
Police in Monroe, North Carolina, are investigating a Sunday night shooting that left two people — one of them a 4-month-old infant — dead. The shooting took place at about 10:30 p.m. in a residential area of south Monroe, a block from the Union County Public Library, according to WSOC. Police have not released the …
A North Carolina mother and her boyfriend face child abuse charges after Wayne County deputies found her 11-year-old special needs son injured and malnourished. Deputies said a family member alerted them over the weekend about the boy’s condition, WNCN reported. They found the 11-year-old “neglected, malnourished and sustained injuries due to the poor living conditions …
A North Carolina teen has been charged with assault and other charges after he allegedly shot a 15-year-old and threatened the victim and a witness to lie to police about the shooting. Ryan Joseph Peace, 19, was driving the 15-year-old to a hospital on Wednesday, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office said. Someone in the vehicle …
A North Carolina mom and her boyfriend have been charged with manslaughter and child abuse in the deaths of her infant son and toddler daughter. As CrimeOnline previously reported, Rocky Mount police were treating the deaths of the 3-month-old boy and his 1-year-old sister as “suspicious” after they were called to “assist EMS” Saturday morning. …
North Carolina police and the state Department of Social Services are investigating the deaths of a 1-year-old girl and her baby brother in Rocky Mount on Saturday. The boy was 3 months old, WITN reported. According to WNCN, Rocky Mount police were called to the home at about 9:20 a.m. on an “assist EMS” call …
A college professor who appeared in a video with his wife to raise funds for an adoption has now been charged with killing the 6-week-old boy, who was adopted just weeks ago. Investigators were called to Van Erick Custodio’s Gastonia, North Carolina, home on April 1 for a child in cardiac arrest. The baby boy …
A missing 19-year-old woman with an intellectual disability has been found safe, her mother announced Tuesday morning. Kaitlin Benjamin-Olsen was last seen leaving her home early in the morning on February 5 and was believed to have been in the company of man named “Chris” she met online. Kaitlin’s mother, Lisa Benjamin, told Nancy Grace …
A North Carolina man accused of attempting to kidnap and kill his former girlfriend last month has been captured 45 miles away. Christian Samuel Felix, 39, has been charged with attempted murder, kidnapping, shooting into an occupied vehicle, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and possession of a firearm, all related to the March 16 incident …
A Charlotte city bus driver died Saturday night, a day after he was shot while driving his route in what police say may have been a road rage shooting. Ethan Rivera, 41, was described by fellow Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) employees as a “good driver” who was “always smiling.” Charlotte-Mecklenburg police have made no …
The uncle of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl sexually assaulted and murdered four years ago was arrested in Louisiana on Friday. The Pender County Sheriff’s Office said that David Wesley Prevatte, 23, was charged with first-degree murder, first-degree statutory rape, and first-degree statutory sex offense by an adult with a child. Paitin Fields was found …
