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North Carolina Man Faces Sex Charge for Work Bathroom Video

Even one allegation of a sex offense can lead to harsh consequences, as a 20-year-old North Carolina man has learned. The man is charged with secret peeping after a female

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Facebook, Other Companies Monitor Sites for Internet Sex Crimes

Your casual conversations over Facebook and other websites may be monitored for evidence of sex offenses. Using both technology and human employees, Facebook and many other companies watch their websites

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Fighting For Your Rights At A Chapter 50B Hearing

An emergency order for protection under Chapter 50B of the North Carolina general statutes can be issued by a judge even before a person accused of committing domestic violence has

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2000 Sex Offense Guilty Plea Means No Convention For Alternate GOP Delegate

Forty-one-year-old Harvey West Jr. pleaded guilty to five sex offense charges in 2000. He was released from jail in 2006 and ordered to register as a sex offender for at least 10

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Collecting DNA From The Accused In North Carolina

We blogged earlier this week about the U.S. Supreme Court potentially weighing in next session on whether law enforcement can collect DNA samples from people who are arrested and accused of a

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Accused But Not Convicted? Hands Off My DNA!

Alonzo King was arrested for assault in 2009. Under Maryland’s DNA Collection Act, law enforcement took a DNA sample from him without a warrant. The Act allows police to collect

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Statutory Rape Laws Need Overhaul Nationwide

An 18-year-old high school senior served a year in jail for having sex with his 14-year-old girlfriend. The young couple lived in Michigan, where the age of consent is 16.

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Bragg And South East Street HotSpots For Cocaine Arrests

Seven people were arrested on drug offenses including cocaine possession, possession with intent to sell and deliver, and conspiracy on or near Bragg and South East Street in Raleigh last Friday. Two

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Collateral Consequences Of A Sex Crime Conviction

The Jerry Sandusky sexual assault scandal at Penn State University has resulted in a fall from grace for a storied football program, a legendary coach and coaching staff and severe

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Credit Card Fraud Scheme Busted In Wake County

The discovery of a UPS package containing marijuana led federal investigators to a Raleigh home on Reservoir Road that had all the materials necessary for making fake credit cards. Nelson

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