A North Carolina trooper died in a fiery crash Monday night while reportedly chasing a motorist who drove past a license checkpoint. According to the Winston Salem-Journal, trooper Samuel Newton Bullard, 24, died while he and another trooper pursued suspect Dakota Kape Whitt, 22, who allegedly blew past a checkpoint on U.S. 21 and Ebenezer …
A North Carolina police officer was reportedly caught on tape slamming a man into a window at a Waffle House before putting him in a chokehold. WTVD reported that Warsaw police are investigating after a video captured an officer in an altercation with Anthony Wall, 22. Wall had just taken his 16-year-old sister to prom …
A North Carolina woman was arrested on Tuesday after police say she starved her mentally disabled daughter to death in February. WRAL reports that Bertha Brewington Melvin, 68, of Fayetteville, is accused of first-degree murder and two counts of exploitation, neglect, and abuse after her adopted daughter, Tial Melvin, 22, passed away from hypothermia and starvation. Melvin …
A North Carolina man reported absent without leave from the military has now been accused of murdering his grandmother. According to WTVD, 18-year-old Isaiah Kahleal Evans Caesar was a U.S. Marine who had been AWOL since April 2. His grandmother, 74-year-old Sallie Copeland Evans, was trying to talk him into surrendering to face desertion charges …
A North Carolina woman arrested for allegedly trying to steal babies from hospitals in two states said she was trying to give them Bibles. Linda Mae Everett, 36, facing felony charges for reportedly attempting to steal babies from a neonatal unit. WECT reported that Everett turned herself in on April 17 after allegedly being stopped at the …
The bizarre claims surrounding a relationship between a North Carolina man and his biological daughter took a tragic turn this week when police say he went on a rampage that claimed the life of four, including himself. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities say 42-year-old Steven Walter Pladl and his 20-year-old biological daughter, Katie Rose Pladl, …
A married North Carolina couple is facing multiple criminal charges in connection with a scam police say bilked grieving victims out of thousands. According to WJZY, Tunis and Georgeanne Selby were arrested earlier in the week on suspicion of obtaining property by false pretenses and felony conversion. The local news station began investigating the claims …
A North Carolina man accused of stabbing his wife to death after he took cough medicine was apparently obsessed with a movie about a serial killer and often talked to friends about killing, according to police. The Charlotte Observer reports that 29-year-old Matthew Phelps is accused of stabbing his wife, Lauren Hugelmaier Phelps, 126 times …
By JEFFREY COLLINS and JONATHAN DREW, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A white North Carolina officer is shown putting a black pedestrian in a chokehold in video released Monday that offers more footage of a police beating that has sparked outrage over use of force. City officials in Asheville, North Carolina, released nine body camera …
A Raleigh, North Carolina, mother is behind bars after a now-viral video apparently caught her giving a marijuana joint to her infant daughter. Brianna Ashanti Loftin, 20, was officially charged Wednesday in connection with two December 2017 Facebook videos that allegedly showed her giving her 1-year-old daughter a brown cigarette or cigar. According to the News …
Nearing the end of an 18-year sentence for having his pregnant girlfriend killed, former Carolina Panthers wide receiver Rae Carruth reportedly said he would not start a relationship with his disabled adult son. In a letter sent to The Charlotte Observer, Carruth, 44, told the public to “calm down” because he does not intend to …
The adoptive parents of a slain North Carolina girl have been indicted for her murder and dismemberment nearly seven years after her disappearance. The Charlotte Observer reported that nobody knows exactly when Erica Parsons died but authorities believe she was 12 or 13 when she vanished. On Monday, a Rowan County grand jury indicted her parents, Sandy …
