A North Carolina police department searching for a missing 11-year-old girl released a letter written by the girl’s extended family pleading for her safe return. Madalina Cojocari was last seen on November 23, according to her mother, who didn’t report her missing until December 15, after repeated contacts from the school about Madalina’s truancy. Diana …
Neighbors of missing 11-year-old Madalina Cojocari say the North Carolina girl’s family spent days burning couch cushions and other items before they reported her missing. UK tabloid The Daily Mail reports that Cornelius Fire Chief Guerry Barbee said he was aware of the fire but “can’t speak on that now because of the investigation.” Madalina …
A North Carolina attorney was shot and killed in a murder-suicide this week inside his law office in Goldsboro. Patrick White, 42, pushed the shooter up against the wall in an attempt to get him to stop shooting, a colleague told WRAL. The gunman, a client of the Riddle & Brantley firm identified as Francisco …
North Carolina state troopers on Monday rescued a 5-year-old girl who had been abducted from her school earlier in the day, only to discover a second child in the vehicle who had been abducted six months earlier. Jovan Orlando Bradshaw, 38, faces two counts of custodial interference in Rock Hill, South Carolina, WRAL reports, and …
Police in North Carolina have arrested the mother and stepfather of an 11-year-old middle school student who has been missing since November 23. Diana Cojocari, 35, and Christopher Palmiter, 60, didn’t report Madalina Cojocari missing until Wednesday, however, when they reported her disappearance to the Bailey Middle School resource officer, as CrimeOnline previously reported. Madalina’s …
Three North Carolina adults have been charged after two children found a loaded gun and one of them was shot and killed. The 4-year-old boy was pronounced dead at the scene shortly after 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, WCNC reported. The child’s parents and another relative who lived at the home were charged with involuntary manslaughter, …
The curfew is over in a North Carolina county where gunmen attacked two power stations over the weekend, cutting the electricity to tens of thousands of customers. Moore County Sheriff Ronnie Fields said his investigators “are committed” to tracking down whoever was responsible for the attacks, WTVD said. A $75,000 reward has been offered for …
An 8;3-year-old Home Depot employee has died from injuries he suffered weeks ago when a shoplifter shoved him down in the store’s garden center. Gary Risor, a beloved employee known as “Mr. Gary,” had been hospitalized since the October 18 incident at the Hillsborough, North Carolina, Home Depot, WRAL reported. The suspect, who has not …
Gunfire knocked out two power substations in central North Carolina Saturday night, plunging thousands of customers into the dark and cold. Officials said full restoration of power in Moore County could take days as badly damaged equipment will have to be repaired or replaced before the stations can be brought back online, WNCN reported. Moore …
Police in eastern North Carolina have arrested a man they say shot and killed a man and a woman found dead in the front seat of a car, while two toddlers shivered from the cold for hours in the back seat. The Rocky Mount Police Department said it has charged 42-year-old Eric Coley with the …
Two toddlers were found shivering from the cold in the back seat of a car in a North Carolina parking lot on Thursday, while in the front seat two adults — including their mother — had been shot to death. Rocky Mount Police Chief Robert Hassell identified the victims as 24-year-old Destiny Wiggins and 28-year-old …
Investigators believe that a 5-year-old South Carolina girl whose mother was found dead on Thanksgiving Day has been taken by her father to North Carolina. The Orangeburg County Sheriff’s Office says that 46-year-old Crystal Jumper, little Aspen Jeter’s mother, was shot to death, the Charleston Post and Courier reported. While police have not named her …
