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Motorist could get 25 years for fatal drunk driving accident

A 59-year-old North Carolina man accused of causing a fatal accident near Fort Mill, South Carolina, was arrested nearly three months after that deadly wreck. The man is currently being

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North Carolina deputies break down door, search wrong house

Imagine having the door to your house rammed in, police officers streaming through in order to search for drugs on your property. Now, imagine that you are completely innocent, and

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8 charged for federal crimes after kidnapping of prosecutor’s dad

An eighth person has been arrested in connection with the kidnapping of a North Carolina prosecutor’s father. The most recent defendant, a 21-year-old man, is slated to appear in federal

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Woman gets 16 to 29 months for injurious DWI crash

A driver from North Carolina has been sentenced to 16 to 29 months in prison after pleading guilty to alcohol-related driving allegations. The woman, age 48, had been accused of DWI after

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Jury adapts to rule changes during man’s financial fraud trial

A North Carolina native has been convicted on charges of organized fraud during criminal proceedings in Florida. The man, age 65, was accused of defrauding investors in his company. He

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Prison: Coming Out ‘A Better Person’ Than When You Went In

Coming out of prison “a better person” than when you went in is the promise of Texas legislator John Whitmire, who, as Olivia Nuzzi writes for the Daily Beast, is

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Latest Incident Of School Violence Implicates Bullying

Bullying is no excuse for stabbing your fellow classmates, but it may have played a role in 16-year-old Alex Hribal’s “stabbing spree” at Franklin Regional High School in Pennsylvania. Hribal

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The Old Gloomy Psych Hospital Never Went Away

Some movies feature the abandoned psychiatric hospital, in which characters roam the halls amid piles of tattered, dirty gowns, overturned chairs, and all manner of medical tools that doctors used

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Heroin use up in North Carolina, drug crimes penalties change

New statistics show that a troubling rise in heroin use is occurring throughout North Carolina, causing some alarm among law enforcement officers and public health officials alike. Heroin had been

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North Carolina teacher facing sex crimes after video emerges

A North Carolina teacher is facing serious allegations after reportedly engaging in a relationship with a student. The first-year teacher, age 25, was arrested after the conclusion of a police

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