A North Carolina man has been charged with first degree murder after he beat his roommate to death for asking him for a cigarette. William Francis Bordsen, 40, called 911 shortly before 11 a.m. on Sunday and said he’d been in a fight with his roommate, identified as 65-year-old Robert Murphy, and that he “kicked …
A North Carolina police officer was indicted this week on a second degree murder charge for an on-duty shooting that took place late last month. The state Bureau of Investigation said it had been asked to investigate the June 26 shooting by the Newton Police Department. Carlos Alverto Uribe, a Newton police lieutenant, appeared in …
A 30-year-old North Carolina man has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend’s 2-year-old son, who died Sunday after being hospitalized early Friday with severe head trauma and bruising all over his body. The Raleigh News & Observer said that Lance Nolan Pearce was initially charged with intentional child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury, …
A North Carolina man faces multiple charges after police say he deliberately caused a head-on crash in an attempt to kill his wife. Anderson Singleton’s wife and two people in the car he hit suffered serious injuries in the crash just before 6 a.m. on Saturday in Raleigh. The crash was caught on a witness’s …
A 22-year-old North Carolina man was arrested Friday after doctors found his 4-week-old son with multiple broken bones. Kobie Parker is charged with two counts of intentional child abuse with serious bodily injury, WITN reported. According to an arrest warrant, the infant suffered 10 broken ribs, broken tibias in both legs, and a broken fibula …
Months after Michelle Hurd was found stabbed to death in her North Carolina townhome, a former high school classmate has been charged with her murder. Police had investigated Brandon Braxton, 33, after Hurd’s death last July, but he was never charged in the case, even though his fingerprints were found in her vehicle — which …
A 35-year-old North Carolina man has been charged with the murders of three men in a house in Clarkton, and police say he called 911, claiming to be someone else, blind, and having been shot. Bladen County deputies said they were called at about 7:30 p.m. on Monday after receiving a 911 call about someone …
A missing North Carolina teen has been found and two men arrested on trafficking and kidnapping charges. The missing 15-year-old girl, from Spring Lake, was found at a home in Kitty Hawk, some 250 miles away, Thursday morning, according to WTVD. Elihue Martin Mahler, 31, and Austyn Lee Cole, 23, have been charged with human …
A North Carolina man was arrested Wednesday after he was found at the scene of his girlfriend’s murder. Cary Police said they were called to an apartment adjacent to CubeSmart Storage’s leasing office, where manager Rebecca Rene Carter, 41, lived, and found her dead, WNCN reported. Police did not say how Carter died or who …
A volunteer coach for a community organization has been arrested for “an inappropriate relationship” with a 16-year-old girl. Johnaisha Watson, 28, has been charged with two counts of felony sexual activity with a student, according to WXII. Winston-Salem Police said the incident took place in March 2024 and was reported to authorities in August. Watson …
The remains of a North Carolina mom missing for more than year have been found by dive teams in Vance County. The Warren County Sheriff’s Office, which led the search for Dana Leigh Mustian, said that the state medical examiner’s office positively identified the remains. Mustian, 33, was last seen at her Warrensburg home on …
A 39-year-old North Carolina woman was found dead Saturday in a Davidson County field, and police have made an arrest. The Davidson County Sheriff’s Office said they identified the woman as being from Winston-Salem and determined she had been assault and killed there and her body dumped in the field. They did not provide any …
