Two people are dead after a single-vehicle crash set their car on fire and trapped them inside, according to authorities. North Carolina Highway Patrol responded to the serious car accident in mid-morning on July 11. A third passenger survived the incident, they...
Month: July 2013
Motorcycle accident in North Carolina leaves 1 dead
A motorcycle rider who has not been identified by police is dead after a serious accident, according to local authorities. The motorcycle accident happened on the late morning of July 5. Charges were apparently still pending in connection to this accident, and North...
Federal sweep nets 17 persons arrested on drug charges
A massive investigation spearheaded by federal investigators and announced by a United States Attorney always makes for good press releases. Another large-scale, multi-year, joint-agency investigation in the dogged war against drugs has resulted in 17 people being...
1 woman dead after car accident in North Carolina
A local business owner is dead and another driver is injured following a crash that knocked out electricity and shut down roads for hours. North Carolina police are still investigating the car accident. No criminal charges have been filed in connection with this...
DUI arrest challenged due to zero blood alcohol readings
When a man who is stopped for suspicion of impairment shows a zero reading for alcohol on a breath test it would seem to greatly challenge the viability of a DUI prosecution. Consequently, making an arrest under that circumstance is debatable and probably ill-advised....
Drug unit stops vehicle and arrests 2 on drug charges
Sometimes stopping a vehicle can be a part of a planned drug operation. It's generally not how drug charges are usually initiated in North Carolina, but occasionally the police will pull over a vehicle that they have probable cause to believe is transporting illegal...
1 man dead after car accident in North Carolina
A local man is dead after a head-on collision on U.S. 158 on June 23. The car accident was attended to by North Carolina police, who declared the driver dead and arranged for medical assistance for his passenger and the driver of the other vehicle. The crash is still...
Traffic stop on interstate results in shaky drug charges
An air of suspicion accompanies an arrest by the North Carolina Highway Patrol that was labeled a routine traffic stop. A couple was stopped and arrested on drug charges on Interstate 40/85. They were charged by a special operations unit with the Highway Patrol whose...
Drunk driving accident injures several; DUI, speeding the cause?
One person is in critical condition and another is in hospital after a driver careened into a tractor trailer. The accident, which happened in the early hours of June 20, blocked traffic for several hours while North Carolina police reconstructed the scene. The...