Police in North Carolina have arrested a man who they said attempted to kidnap a woman Thursday evening but was subdued when he followed her into a karate studio. WBTV reported that the head instructor of Bushiken Karate Charlotte Dojo in Charlotte fought off the suspect, August Channing Williams, 46. Police were called to the location and …
A newly-released 911 call catches the tense moments as a lion reportedly escaped a locked area at a North Carolina zoo and mauled a female intern to death. Per the Indianapolis Star, the 14-year-old male lion fatally wounded Alexandra Black, 22, Sunday while she worked at the Conservators Center in Burlington. Her family said it was …
Two Robeson County, North Carolina, deputies have been suspended following an investigation into a 2016 rape case left stagnant. The suspect in the case is the same man accused of raping and killing Hania Aguilar in November. The Robesonian reports that the suspensions took place after an internal investigation began with the Robeson County Sheriff’s …
An autopsy has determined that Maddox Ritch, the 6-year-old boy with autism who was found dead in a North Carolina creek in September, likely died from an accidental drowning. Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s Office also said in Thursday’s report that Ritch suffered wounds to his neck which were likely caused by an animal attack that …
Authorities in North Carolina say a Thanksgiving Day altercation between two adult brothers turned violent when their father intervened with a gun. According to ABC News, 21-year-old Esteban Marley Valencia had been engaged in a heated argument with his brother over the controversy surrounding NFL player protests. Police believe their father got his shotgun and …
A North Carolina principal was reportedly found dead following allegations that he raped a 12-year-old student. According to WRAL, hunters found the body of Richard Omar Knight, 35, hanging from a tree in a wooded area of Orange County on Friday. Earlier that morning, at around 12:30 a.m., one of the hunters’ cameras reportedly captured Knight …
The FBI, along with the Lumberton County Police Department, released a surveillance photo of the vehicle a suspect stole before he forced a young teen girl inside it Monday morning. CBS reports that surveillance footage captured a green SUV in Lumberton, just minutes after 13-year-old Hania Aguilar was taken from her home at the Rosewood Mobile …
A North Carolina woman reportedly caught on video spewing rude remarks and harassing two black women at a Charlotte apartment complex last month turned herself to police on Saturday. NBC News reports that 51-year-old Susan Westwood, dubbed “South Park Susan,” turned herself in at the Sunset Beach Police Department. She was then transferred over to the …
Authorities said a 2-year-old North Carolina boy was killed early Wednesday after wandering from his home and being struck by two vehicles. Per outlet Shelby Star, Bruce Fleming made his way onto the 1800 block of South Post Road at 6 a.m. when he was fatally hit. He was reportedly pronounced dead at the scene. Highway Patrol …
Monday’s shooting at a North Carolina high school that left a 16-year-old dead and another in custody stemmed from ongoing bullying, officials said. Police have identified ninth-grader Jatwan Craig Cuffie as the shooter who opened fire in the hallway of Butler High School, killing Bobby McKeithen. He’s been charged as an adult with first-degree murder for the …
Students at the school were sent back to class for the day after the fatal shooting
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