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By Ryan Seals

November 20, 2009

Man found guilty in '06 murder of store clerk

GREENSBORO — A Greensboro man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for fatally shooting a convenience store clerk in a 2006 robbery. It took a jury around two hours to convict 20-year-old Raytheon Williams on charges of first-degree murder...... Read More

Police department graduates first recruits of new course

GREENSBORO — Three officers were sworn into the ranks of the Greensboro Police Department on Friday as graduates of the agency’s first training course designed for recruits with recent basic law enforcement training certification. Read More

Raytheon Williams shot store clerk, jury told

GREENSBORO — Arthur Burton III testified Thursday that he got everything he wanted from the Aman Mini Mart on Nov. 25, 2006. After he and two other masked men stormed into the store at gunpoint, he told jurors he shoved a shotgun in the clerk&rsquo...... Read More

November 19, 2009

Inmate says defendant admitted shooting

GREENSBORO — A Guilford County jail inmate testified Wednesday that Raytheon Williams told him that he shot a Greensboro store clerk in November 2006 to gain gang credibility. Read More

November 17, 2009

Suspect’s mother says he abused dog to protect newborn

GREENSBORO — The mother of the man accused in the burning and severe beating of a 3-month-old puppy in August said her son abused the dog over fear it would harm his newborn child.Sally Laws, the mother of 20-year-old Lashawn White... Read More

Trial set to begin Tuesday in '06 killing of store clerk

GREENSBORO — Jury selection will begin today in the first-degree murder trial of a Greensboro man accused of fatally shooting a store clerk in November 2006. Raytheon Williams, 20, of 607 Holt Ave. , is one of four people accused in the Nov. 25...... Read More

Suspect in case of burned puppy turns himself in

GREENSBORO — Police have arrested and charged a Greensboro man in connection with the burning and beating of a 3-month-old puppy left for dead in a park last August.Police said Lashawn Demario Whitehead, 20, of 2407 Ponderosa Drive turned himse... Read More

November 14, 2009

Verdict guilty in murder witnessed by child

GREENSBORO — Christon Eugene Tucker will spend the rest of his life in prison for what a judge called the brutal execution of a woman in front of her 4-year-old daughter. A nine-woman, three-man jury on Friday convicted Tucker, 29, of first-degre... Read More

November 13, 2009

Murder case involving child witness goes to jury

GREENSBORO — “I’m coming for you next.” That was one of the last things the 6-year-old child could recall her mother’s killer uttering in the early morning of Feb. 12, 2008. She was 4 at the time and, according to a Guilfo... Read More

November 12, 2009

Steady rain, strong winds pose threats for trees, flood-prone areas

GREENSBORO — The remnants of Ida didn’t cause many problems Wednesday, but steady rain and strong winds will pose threats for soggy trees and flood-prone areas in the Triad today.“It’s still a chance that we could get some flash fl... Read More

November 11, 2009

Defendant won’t testify; case expected to go to jury soon

GREENSBORO — Closing arguments are expected to begin Thursday in the case of a man accused of fatally shooting a 23-year-old woman in 2008. Christon Eugene Tucker, 29, opted against testifying in his defense on Tuesday afternoon. He is charged in... Read More

November 10, 2009

Closing arguments expected Thursday in 2008 murder trial

GREENSBORO — Closing arguments are set to begin Thursday in the case of a man accused of fatally shooting a 23-year-old woman in early 2008. Christon Eugene Tucker, 29, opted against testifying in his defense on Tuesday afternoon. He is charged in... Read More

New Guilford County jail 'sorely needed'

GREENSBORO — With several tosses of dirt on a gravel parking lot, county leaders began what they hope to be a new, safer era in criminal justice throughout Guilford County on Monday. It was the start of the $114.6 million jail project, which include... Read More

November 9, 2009

Grant to allow officials access to surveillance cameras

GREENSBORO — The Guilford County Sheriff’s Office will use $105,000 in federal stimulus money to buy computer servers that can help officials tap into surveillance cameras in emergencies. The money is coming in a grant from the U.S. Department... Read More

County breaks ground on new downtown jail

GREENSBORO — With several tosses of dirt upon a gravel parking lot, county leaders began what they hope to be a new, safer era in criminal justice throughout Guilford County on Monday morning. It was the start of the $114.6 million jail project, whi... Read More

November 7, 2009

Four indicted in fatal hit-and-run on U.S. 29

GREENSBORO — Four people charged in connection with a July hit-and-run accident that left a woman dead inside a car along U.S. 29 were among those indicted this week by a grand jury. Read More

November 6, 2009

Former U.S. Marshal says he will seek sheriff’s office

GREENSBORO — Former U.S. Marshal and Guilford County deputy sheriff Harlon E. Costner announced Friday that he plans to run for sheriff in 2010.Costner is the second candidate to officially announce his intention to run for sheriff. Sheriff BJ... Read More

Greensboro chiropractor Russell Cobb dies

GREENSBORO — Dr. Russell A. Cobb, founder of one of the Triad’s largest and best-known chiropractic clinics, died Thursday afternoon. He was 66.Cobb, the owner of Cobb Chiropractic Clinic at 1001 N. Elm St. in Greensboro, died following a 20-y... Read More

Update: Fire victim remains in critical condition

GREENSBORO — A woman was critically injured Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out in her one-story apartment.Nina McCallister, 56, was taken from Moses Cone Hospital to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. She remained... Read More

Robbery suspect strikes again, police say

WINSTON-SALEM — A man suspected in two Guilford County bank robberies two weeks ago is accused in a Winston-Salem bank heist on Thursday.At 12:49 p.m., police reported a man entered the Bank of America at 698 Hanes Mall Blvd. and present... Read More

Telephone scam wants credit or debit numbers

MADISON — For the past week or so, Tanya Odell’s phone has been ringing off the hook. More than eight times, the same Atlanta-based phone number has popped up on the caller ID at her Madison home. Frustrated with the repeated calls, she picked... Read More

November 5, 2009

Reidsville teen dies after car flips

GREENSBORO — A Reidsville teenager was killed Wednesday afternoon after she lost control of a car, which went airborne and landed upside down in a retention pond.Witnesses frantically tried to free the young woman, who was underwater for about... Read More

Ex-head of Greensboro homicide team killed himself, police say

GREENSBORO — A retired sergeant with the Greensboro Police Department was shocked with a Taser on Monday as officers attempted to stop him from committing suicide, but the man later died from a self-inflicted gunshot. Read More

November 3, 2009

Police confront man who then shoots himself

GREENSBORO — A man shot himself Monday afternoon as officers confronted him outside his home, according to police.The shooting happened just before 3:30 p.m. at 36 Brandy Court, said Greensboro police Capt. Janice Rogers.Officers responded to a 911... Read More

November 2, 2009

Man shoots self after approached by police

GREENSBORO – A man shot himself Monday afternoon when officers confronted him outside his home, according to police. The shooting happened just before 3:30 p.m. at 36 Brandy Court, said Capt. Janice Rogers with Greensboro police. Officers responded... Read More