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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RALEIGH (AP) — North Carolina Sen. Richard Burr has a 37 percent approval rating among adults in the state as he prepares his campaign for re-election, according to a poll released Friday.
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LEXINGTON — A tractor trailer has overturned on southbound Business 85 near U.S. 64, and all southbound lanes are blocked.The N.C. Department of Transportation said the road will be closed until 5 p.m. today. Traffic is being routed onto Main Street...
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WINSTON-SALEM — A 32-year-old man was shot during a home invasion this morning.Winston-Salem police said the wound suffered by Durreill Simington is not life-threatening. He was shot once in the upper back and is being treated at Wake Forest Univers...
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GREENSBORO — A deliverer for Papa John's grabbed the arm of someone who displayed a handgun during an attempted robbery Thursday night, prompting the suspect to flee, police said.About 9:54 p.m., the driver parked his vehicle at an apartment complex...
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October 29, 2009
HIGH POINT — A 62-year-old woman faces drug charges after police found 67 marijuana plants in her home.High Point police said they seized the plants Tuesday afternoon from 125 Daveler Drive after getting an anonymous complaint. Police also said they...
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ASHEBORO — A Thomasville man who escaped house arrest has been recaptured.The Randolph County Sheriff's Office said deputies caught up with Charles Gray Gordon today. The 41-year-old Gordon of 603 Pennington Ave. is being held in the Randolph County...
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GREENSBORO — An 80-year-old man who shot an intruder inside his apartment will not face criminal charges.The Guilford County District Attorney’s Office will not charge Charles Haithcock , who fatally shot Michael Lamont Medley Jr. on...
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RALEIGH — The N.C. Attorney General's office is investigating a scam in which a fake state agency mails false prize notices to unsuspecting residents.According to the Attorney General's Office, state residents have been receiving a mailing from the...
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GREENSBORO — Two eastbound lanes of West Wendover Avenue will be closed between Edwardia Drive and Norwalk Street on Thursday.City crews will be repairing a sewer line in the area from 9 p.m. to about 5 p.m. Thursday.Motorists should expect delays w...
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GREENSBORO — Two voices, two parallel lives. Gucci Mane is 6 feet above ground. He’s 29, a hard-core rapper capitalizing on his hard-knuckle upbringing in east Atlanta. He raps about dealing crack, packing guns and running with the street gang...
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October 28, 2009
DURHAM — The Duke University Police Department has suspended, with pay, an officer charged in a "bondage rape" in Alabama where he allegedly gagged and handcuffed a woman in his car before violating her.
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WINSTON-SALEM — An officer who worked for the Winston-Salem Police Department for less than a year faces criminal charges of theft and drug possession.The police department received a tip about officer Mark David Cottone on Oct. 9, the city said tod...
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GREENSBORO — A man who police said failed to appear in court on breaking-and-entering charges was arrested Tuesday night.Greensboro police arrested Justin Jay Brown, 21, at 6 p.m.He is charged with two counts of residential felony breaking and enter...
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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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GREENSBORO — Someone armed with a gun robbed a Papa John's deliverer Monday night, police said this morning.About 10:43 p.m., Joseph Samuel Lemoine, 44, was at 403 S. Booker St. when someone armed with a silver handgun approached him, according to G...
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WINSTON-SALEM — A 17-year-old boy was charged with stabbing a man several times during an argument Tuesday night, police said.About 7:32 p.m., Winston-Salem police officers responded to 5255-Lot 18 Shattalon Drive in reference to a stabbing call.The...
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October 27, 2009
ASHEBORO – Authorities are trying to find a Thomasville man who is believed to be on the run after being charged with attempted murder. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Office is searching for Charles Gray Gordon, 41, who was arrested Sept. 8 in...
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GREENSBORO — An overturned tractor-trailer closed northbound Interstate 85 for much of Tuesday, but some lanes are now open.The crash happened about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday near Grandover Resort at Mile Marker 118. Firefighters had to cut the driver out o...
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ASHEVILLE (AP) — Engineers have established a $2 million to $10 million plan to clean up a rock slide on Interstate 40 near the North Carolina-Tennessee line.Gov. Bev Perdue is expected to declare an emergency, which will allow the state to ask for...
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HAW RIVER — Alamance County authorities are continuing to look for an 87-year-old man who was last seen leaving his home Friday.
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Given recent concerns about home break-ins, the News & Record is running a map on a regular basis that will show residential burglaries citywide. See the graphic (.pdf)
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WINSTON-SALEM (MCT) — A sex offender convicted more than 20 years ago of raping a 12-year-old girl pleaded guilty to violating the state's sex-offender registry laws by being within 300 feet of children at an arcade at Hanes Mall.
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HIGH POINT — Police have identified a man who was shot several times in the torso last week.High Point police said Simplicio Rojas-Jaimez, 34, of High Point is in stable condition at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem.
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