A 28-year-old North Carolina man who was employed by the Transportation Security Agency is facing drug-related charges. While there is no evidence that he used the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, where he worked, in his drug trafficking, authorities say that...
Residents of New Hanover may be interested in a case that is unfolding in a county located well inland of their part of the southern North Carolina coastline. According to news reports, a Kernersville man was being held under a $700,000 secured bond on numerous heroin...
Carolina Panthers fans most likely remember former player Greg Hardy, who spent five seasons with the team. Hardy was pulled over for a traffic stop in Texas on Sept. 26, and officers found a baggie in his vehicle that Hardy denied knowing anything about. It was later...
North Carolina residents can be charged with drug possession because of roadside tests that are performed by the police. As a recent case shows, however, those tests are not always accurate and may provide false positives. A man in Florida was pulled over for...
North Carolina motorists who drive aggressively place themselves and others around them at a heightened risk of being involved in traffic accidents. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, aggressive driving occurs when a driver commits...
Smartphones are a daily part of life in the 21st century, but several government studies show that these gadgets are also making highways more hazardous. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released statistics that show that after years of...
The law is a complex system that is hard to follow and interpret for those who haven't studied it. You may hear legal terms and jargon simply by watching the news or crime TV shows, but what do these terms actually mean? Defining an infraction Infractions are...
On Oct. 10, a 20-year-old North Carolina woman pleaded guilty to the first-degree murder of her 50-year-old father and was sentenced for the murder and for concealing his death. She received a sentence of 25 years for the murder and a sentence of 5 to 7 years for...
On Oct. 5, U.S. Department of Transportation officials laid out a plan that could ultimately set the bar for safety on roadways in North Carolina and elsewhere across the country to the highest possible standard. The department's statement was released in connection...
People in North Carolina might be interested in the findings of a study by the American Civil Liberties Union that recommends decriminalizing the possession of drugs for personal use. The ACLU found that a significant amount of public and law enforcement money and...
