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By Dioni L. Wise

February 13, 2012

Guilford County's Most Wanted

Jerry Woolard, 51, is wanted by Greensboro police on charges of forgery and identity theft.Woolard is white, 6 feet tall and weighs 190 pounds, police said. He has brown eyes and hair.His last known address is 1901 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Read More

February 10, 2012

Police seize drugs, rifle from Lindley Park home in standoff

GREENSBORO — Greensboro police seized marijuana, a rifle and ammunition from the home of the man charged with shooting at a officer and starting a 15-hour standoff with police last month. He is still under medical evaluation. Read More

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February 6, 2012

Guilford County's Most Wanted

Edward Council, 50, is wanted by Greensboro police on charges of simple assault, inflicting serious injury and simple possession of marijuana.He is black, 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighs 160 pounds. He has black hair and brown eyes. Hislast known address is... Read More

February 1, 2012

Lindley Park standoff ends with arrest of homeowner

GREENSBORO — Lindley Park should be back to normal today.As normal as a neighborhood can be after a 15-hour police standoff Tuesday that startled residents with random gunfire about 5 a.m.“Pow. Pow. Pow. Pow,” said Debbie Whitman, imitat... Read More

January 31, 2012

Boy, 2, dies after being ejected in I-85 car accident

GIBSONVILLE — A 2-year-old boy died after sustaining injuries from being ejected from a vehicle on Interstate 85 Thursday morning. Jamree Charles died Sunday, said Highway Patrol spokesman Greg Ingram on Monday. Read More

January 29, 2012

Greensboro police seek greater transparency in actions

GREENSBORO — Sociology professor Bob Davis has heard Greensboro residents complain about racial profiling at barber shops and on his show on N.C. A&T’s radio station. Davis said an older friend makes sure he’s in his home in eastern... Read More

January 28, 2012

Greensboro woman charged in I-85 crash that ejected 3

GIBSONVILLE — A Greensboro driver has been charged in an Interstate 85 crash on Thursday where three children not wearing seatbelts were ejected from the vehicle.Sherika Chandler, 39, was charged with driving while license revoked, failure to mainta... Read More

January 23, 2012

Guilford County's Most Wanted

Update, 9:45 a.m. Monday: Greensboro police said this morning that Brandon Earl Smith has been arrested and is no longer wanted. Charges were not immediately available. Read More

January 21, 2012

Walk to raise money for youths' tombstones

A local organization will host a walk today to raise money to pay for the tombstones of the Pleasant Garden shooting victims. In November, Mary Ann Holder shot and killed  her two sons, Dylan Smith, 17, and Zack Smith, 14; her niece, Hana Suttles, 8...... Read More

January 20, 2012

Walk to raise money for tombstones of 5 slain children

PLEASANT GARDEN — A local organization will host a benefit walk Saturday to help raise money to pay for the tombstones of the Pleasant Garden shooting victims. Read More

January 18, 2012

Police: Man dumps rape victim's body, thinking she's dead

GREENSBORO — A man is accused of raping a woman Sunday and dumping her naked body on the side of a city street, thinking that she was dead, according to court records. The woman faked her death to escape him, the records stated. Read More

January 16, 2012

Guilford County's Most Wanted

Kenneth Dorsett, 27, is wanted by Guilford County deputies on orders for arrest in child support and in failing to appear in court. Deputies say Dorsett did not appear in court on charges of second-degree trespassing and speeding. He is black, 6 feet 2 i... Read More

January 13, 2012

Police canvass neighborhoods after shooting and burglaries

GREENSBORO — Police canvassed two city neighborhoods Thursday to solicit crime tips and reassure residents that police are there to help.Officers walked through the Ardmore Park community to get information about several home break-ins before visiti... Read More

January 11, 2012

Man, 65, charged with committing incest with child

GREENSBORO — A 65-year-old man was charged Wednesday with having sex with a 12-year-old relative, according to arrest warrants. Charges against Garson Turner Pettiford of 1707 St. Charles Lane include incest with a child, first-degree sex offense, t... Read More

January 10, 2012

30 people evacuated after apartment fire

GREENSBORO — More than 30 people evacuated their apartments after a cooking fire pushed smoke throughout the building around 4:15 p.m. today. Firefighters ventilated the top three floors in The Pavilion at  the Heritage House apartments and al... Read More

January 9, 2012

291st 'Most Wanted' suspect arrested

GREENSBORO — A 49-year-old man featured in today's 'Guilford County's Most Wanted' column was charged with engaging in sex offenses with two children, each under the age of 13. Alberto Leiva Jr., 3005-H Cottage Place, was charged with two counts of... Read More

Guilford County's Most Wanted

Brittany McNeil, 22, is wanted by Greensboro police on a charge of common-law robbery.In December, police say McNeil stole someone’s property after assaulting the person. Read More

January 6, 2012

Officer gets in crash while responding to another accident

GREENSBORO -- A Greensboro police officer was involved in an accident with a van while he was responding to another accident around 5:15 p.m. Friday. Read More

December 31, 2011

Homicides end three-year decline

GREENSBORO — Twenty-three homicide cases. Twenty-five victims. The youngest was 6. The oldest was 54. In High Point, police investigated three new homicides in 2011. Guilford County sheriff’s investigators, six. Most of the Greensboro victims... Read More

December 26, 2011

Guilford County's Most Wanted

Otis Swain, 24,  is wanted by Greensboro police on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. Police said Swain failed to appear in court on the charge Dec. 9. Read More

Warrant: Commissioner Linda Shaw assaulted by step-grandson

GREENSBORO — Guilford County Commissioner Linda Shaw was assaulted by her step-grandson in her home Monday, according to an arrest warrant. Robert Charles “Robbie” Hewett, 29, of 8331 Lakedale Circle in Colfax, was charged with assault o... Read More

Update: Civil rights attorney Murphy dies at 83

GREENSBORO — Greensboro civil rights attorney Romallus O. Murphy died Wednesday. He was 83. His funeral is at noon Thursday at Genesis Baptist Church at 2812 E. Bessemer Ave., according to Hargett Funeral Service. A family hour will precede the ser... Read More

December 21, 2011

Hundreds gather to remember local Marine killed in Afghanistan

PLEASANT GARDEN — In the traditional Marine roll call at a soldier’s funeral, an officer called out the names of Marines in the church congregation Tuesday. Each one present answered.“Lance Corporal Levy?” the marine yelled. Read More

December 18, 2011

Extradition is a judgment call

GREENSBORO — Lamont Pride was a wanted man. But it became clear last week that Pride wasn’t wanted everywhere — just in North Carolina. Now he sits in a New York jail, charged in the shooting death of New York City police officer Peter F... Read More

December 15, 2011

Police reveal details about arrest warrant in Pride case

GREENSBORO — The Greensboro Police Department released results from an internal review Wednesday night that offers more detail on the crucial time between Nov. 3 and Nov. 9 when it learned that Lamont Pride was not in the New York Police Department...... Read More

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