November 5, 2009
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.
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November 3, 2009
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...
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November 2, 2009
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...
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November 1, 2009
GREENSBORO — A Greensboro man was arrested Friday on charges that he possessed a semi-automatic handgun at a demonstration outside of an abortion clinic in mid-October. However, James Ronald Penn Jr. believes that he was within his rights and that...
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GREENSBORO — A four-month police project to address quality-of-life issues along the Randleman Road corridor led to 171 arrests and enhanced efforts to reduce crime in the area, according to Greensboro police.
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October 31, 2009
GREENSBORO — A paving contractor who has been accused of deceiving elderly residents in the Triad out of thousands of dollars was arrested Wednesday in South Carolina on charges he did the same to three residents and a business there.
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October 30, 2009
GREENSBORO — A paving contractor who has been accused of deceiving elderly Triad residents out of thousands of dollars was arrested Wednesday in South Carolina on charges he did the same thing to three residents and a business there.
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GREENSBORO – The family of a man accused of hitting a Greensboro police officer with a car Tuesday night said the incident was a misunderstanding. The family of Larod Lasharod Rowell spoke out Friday afternoon following a court appearance and said t...
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October 28, 2009
GREENSBORO — A Greensboro police officer fired his gun but missed a High Point man after the man attempted to run over the officer with a car, police said.At 9:13 p.m. Tuesday, police responded to the parking lot of an apartment complex at 701...
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October 22, 2009
GREENSBORO — An investigative summary that accompanied the autopsy of a UNC-Chapel Hill student fatally shot by Archdale police was amended Thursday to indicate the student didn’t tell friends he was suicidal before the shooting.
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GREENSBORO — Why is one house or neighborhood a target for criminals while others are left alone and unscathed? It’s a million dollar question that police say they simply don’t have an answer to. But no matter where you live, polic...
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October 21, 2009
GREENSBORO — A slow drive through New Irving Park on a weekday morning will show a neighborhood vibrant with activity. On one street, a woman walks her dog. Around the corner, another woman takes a late-morning jog. Contractors are working everywher...
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October 19, 2009
GREENSBORO — The surviving suspect from a bank robbery and roadside shootout with Greensboro police Feb. 9 will plead guilty to four charges in federal court in connection with two robberies, according to an agreement he signed last week.
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October 16, 2009
GREENSBORO — With a heavy heart and a great sense of appreciation, Officer Matt O’Hal returned to duty Thursday with the Greensboro Police Department. It’s been a long road. And he knows just how close he came to never seeing this day......
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October 15, 2009
GREENSBORO — An Archdale police officer who shot and killed a UNC-Chapel Hill student along I-85 in August opened fire after he thought the student was going for a gun, according to reports released Thursday.The State Bureau of Investigation continu...
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GREENSBORO — An 80-year-old Greensboro man shot and killed another man whom police say was trying to break into his Walnut Street apartment early Wednesday morning.The shooting happened at 5:15 a.m. at 1125 Walnut St., just off Summit Avenue. Police...
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October 13, 2009
GREENSBORO — Area law enforcement officials are extending a helping hand to the Winston-Salem Police Department following the death of Sgt. Mickey Hutchens on Monday.“Anything they need, we have offered it,” said Greensboro police Chief...
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GREENSBORO — It’s been a long road, but Susie has almost found her way to a home. Interviews are set to begin in the next week for potential families to take in the pit bull-mix puppy, found beaten and burned in Greenfield Park in south G...
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October 10, 2009
GREENSBORO — Will the real Jesse Ray Hardy Jr. please stand up ... wherever you are? Because a case of mistaken identity involving another Jesse Ray Hardy Jr. put an innocent man in jail for a week and sent court officials scrambling Friday morning...
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October 8, 2009
GREENSBORO — Moore County emergency officials spoke to colleagues across the state Wednesday morning about the many lessons they learned from their response to the killings March 29 at Pinelake Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
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October 7, 2009
GREENSBORO — A man pleaded guilty Monday to voluntary manslaughter in the August 2007 fatal shooting of a man in Claremont Homes.
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GREENSBORO – A man incarcerated in the Guilford County jail was charged Tuesday in connection with several recent break-ins in the New Irving Park neighborhood.Investigators charged Kinyan Cortez Bynum, 21, of 4506 Holland Road, in connection with n...
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September 30, 2009
BROWNS SUMMIT — A Highway Patrol trooper who pulled a woman from a rain-swollen creek in McLeansville in June was one of several area patrolmen state officials recognized Wednesday for heroism.
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September 29, 2009
GREENSBORO — A first-degree murder charge has been dismissed against a Greensboro man after prosecutors determined the killing was in self-defense. The charge was dropped Sept. 13 against Edward Sherron Carter Jr., who was accused in the Ju...
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GREENSBORO — The Greensboro Police Officers Association on Tuesday criticized the city’s decision to reinstate Officer Ahmed Blake after he was recommended for dismissal from the force in July.
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