SMITHFIELD, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina man is facing murder and abuse charges after his 3-month-old son died this week. a sheriff’s office said. The Johnston County Sheriff’s Office said Andrew Chance Weckesser, 27, was charged on Wednesday with ...
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Read More »The body of a woman has been found in a container alongside a road in North Carolina. Citing a Goldsboro police release from Tuesday, news outlets report that 62-year-old Rocky Marciana Ashford was arrested in connection with the death of ...
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Read More »The state’s decision to challenge a ruling ordering the chief medical examiner’s office to pay more than $350,000 for botching a manner of death investigation has resulted in a costly backfire. The case centers on the death of Shannon ...
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Read More »State v. Reed (Lawyers Weekly No. 011-294-16, 78 pp.) (Donna Stroud, J.) (Mark Davis, J., concurring) (Linda Stephens, J., dissenting) Appealed from Onslow County Superior Court (Charles Henry, J.) N.C. App. Holding: Defense evidence that did not contradict the state’s ...
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Read More »RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Raising the legal age to buy tobacco to higher than 18 would likely prevent premature death for hundreds of thousands of people, according to a report issued Thursday by the Institute of Medicine. The report examines ...
Read More »CERRO GORDO (AP) — Columbus County sheriff’s deputy say a man whose body was found in his home earlier this week had been killed. Sheriff Lewis Hatcher said in a statement that the man had been reported missing from his ...
Read More »GREENSBORO (AP) — Greensboro police say a man banned from Wesley Long Hospital has died after being arrested. Authorities say in a news release that 60-year-old Steve Christian came to the emergency room just after 1 a.m. Sunday. Officials say ...
Read More »LOS ANGELES (AP) — A pit bull owner whose dogs fatally mauled a woman walking near his house faces the unusual prospect of spending up to life behind bars. Alex Donald Jackson, 31, faces a sentence of 15 years to ...
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Read More »HUNTERSVILLE (AP) — There were days when Tony Stewart couldn’t get out of bed. It was a chore to take a shower, to leave his room. The television was on, he would stare at it, and have no idea what ...
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Read More »Wood v. Crane Co. (Lawyers Weekly No. 14-01-0811, 25 pp.) (Diaz, J.) No. 13 -1868, Aug. 15, 2014; USDC at Baltimore, Md. (Blake, J.) 4th Cir. Holding: In plaintiff’s suit against Crane Company alleging death from mesothelioma due to asbestos ...
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