Johnston County, North Carolina, District Attorney Susan Doyle released dashcam footage on Friday that showed an officer-involved shooting that ended with a woman dead. CBS North Carolina reports that on July 8, officers responded to an SUV that crashed off of Interstate 40 in Newton Grove. When they arrived, officers noticed a white GMC Yukon …
North Carolina police arrested a teen in connection with the early Wednesday morning death of his father and another man. FOX 8 reports that Sean Tyler Simmons, 19, is facing two first-degree murder charges. At around 1:35 a.m. on Wednesday, officers arrived at 2406 Flora Vista Circle in Greensboro, where they found two men with gunshot wounds, …
The quadruple murder of a pair of elderly couples has rocked rural Halifax County, North Carolina. James Whitley (pictured left), 76, and his 67-year-old wife Peggy Whitley (pictured right) were visiting James Harris, 88, and wife Janice Harris at their home on Fishing Creek Road Monday night when they were killed. Halifax County sheriff Wes …
When a North Carolina mom of three noticed someone racked up $600 on her credit card, she took it upon herself to confront the person she felt responsible. Courtney Parks, 27, went through the drive thru at the Kannapolis Steak n’ Shake, where she paid for her meal with a credit card. The next day, she …
The body of a man believed to be kidnapped by a fugitive during a nationwide manhunt has been found. WYFF reports that Thomas Bryson disappeared on Wednesday in Henderson County, North Carolina, and authorities said that escaped fugitive Phillip Stroupe kidnapped him. Police arrested Stroupe on Thursday in McDowell County in Bryson’s truck, after leading them on a manhunt since …
North Carolina police have made an arrest after a woman allegedly came home to find her 7-year-old daughter covered in blood after a violent sexual assault, according to the Independent. The woman immediately had a suspect in mind for the alleged brutality, leading investigators to 28-year-old Brentley Jason Byers, a man her daughter refers to …
Allison Cope, the 24-year-old airport employee who disappeared while on break from her job at Starbucks, has been found, alive, at a Virginia Beach hospital, according to WCNT. The Raleigh-Durham Airport (RDU) Authority Police Department has issued a statement on the good news. “Late last night [July 1], the Airport Authority Police Department was notified …
The Raleigh-Durham Airport (RDU) Authority Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a woman who didn’t return from a work break on Monday. Allison Cope, 24, has been reported missing after she failed to come back from a break at her job at an airport Starbucks, according to WTVD. Authorities have reported …
A North Carolina televangelist is facing a federal indictment after being accused of committing massive tax fraud for over a decade, according to NPR. Todd Coontz, 50, was charged with three counts of failure to pay taxes and four counts of aiding and assisting in filing false tax returns. North Carolina news station WSOC conducted their own …
Police have arrested Maggie Dixon, 32, and accused her of trying to suffocate her 1-year-old son, WSOC has reported. Authorities have stated that the North Carolina resident attempted to smother the child with her hand and with a pillow, allegedly attempting murder a total of four times within 15 minutes. Employees at Levine Children’s Hospital …
A Sunday morning robbery in Cary, North Carolina, ended tragically when a police officer shot and killed a man after he broke into a home and stole a gun and a computer. WRAL reports that a grandmother and her granddaughter were inside the home off of of Firetree Lane, near Davis Drive, when the grandmother heard …
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