Crew members for Richard Childress Racing arrested for fighting at Richmond race www.privateofficer.com

 Richmond VA April 29 2013 Two crew members for Richard Childress Racing were taken into custody and charged with assault after what Henrico County police described as a “physical altercation” in the infield area of Richmond International Raceway near the driver-owner lot after the ToyotaCare 250 Nationwide race Friday night.

Michael A. Scearce, 50, of Mount Ulla, N.C., was charged with two misdemeanor counts of assault, Henrico Police Lt. Linda Toney said in a news release. Thomas F. Costello, 35, of Kannapolis, N.C., was charged with one misdemeanor count of assault. The two were charged and released early today.
“One of the two adult male victims has a shoulder injury,” Toney said.
The website for Richard Childress Racing lists Scearce and Costello as crew members for driver Brian Scott, whose team had a confrontation with that of rival Nelson Piquet Jr. on pit road.
The altercation began on the track between Scott and Piquet, who drives for Turner Scott Motorsports. Scott accused Piquet of ramming into him late in the race and doing more damage to his car, which already was damaged from a wreck with 50 laps left in the race.
After crossing the finish line, Piquet said, “A few laps from the end, the 2 (Scott) slid in front of me, I touched him, we both maybe spun, and I passed him. After the race, he door-banged me. He did the same thing to me in Martinsville, and I let that go. I’m not going to take any more from him.”
After being “door-banged” Piquet used his car to bang Scott’s left rear quarter panel, causing Scott’s car to spin, and the two cars ended up facing each other.
Afterward, Scott approached Piquet, there was pushing and shoving and video of the clash shows Piquet kicking, or attempting to kick, Scott below the belt.
“Unfortunately we got caught up in that accident with 50 laps to go and we were trying to limp home to finish,” Scott said. “Nelson ran us up into the wall and did way more damage to the car than what was already there.
“I went to talk to him, he pushed and shoved me and kicked me below the belt, which I thought was a chicken move. This isn’t just a this race deal. He’s got an issue with me from I don’t know when. I’ve just had it.”
The drivers were separated and walked away.
Later, Scearce and Costello were arrested on the assault charges. They were charged and released early Saturday morning.
A court date was not set.

Source- times dispatch

Fed indicts 17 in $75 million Charlotte mortgage fraud scheme www.privateofficer.com

CHARLOTTE, NC Oct 26 2012

17 people were charged in a major mortgage fraud investigation made public by the U.S. Attorney’s Office Wednesday afternoon.

The charges include racketeering, investment fraud, mortgage fraud, bank bribery and money laundering.

It’s the latest round of charges resulting from Operation Wax House, a mortgage fraud scheme that stole more than $75 million from investors and mortgage lenders.

The federal racketeering indictment was returned by a federal grand jury sitting in Charlotte on July 26, but remained sealed until Wednesday.

The indictment alleges that the 17 defendants and others were part of a criminal organization, known as the Enterprise, that operated principally in the cities of Charlotte and Waxhaw, and stole more than $75 million from investors and mortgage lenders.

The indictment was unsealed following the arrests this week of 11 members of the Enterprise, including three of its leaders, James Tyson, Jr., his mother, Carrie Tyson, and Victoria Hunt. James Tyson Jr. was arrested on Sunday, October 21st at Washington Dulles InternationalAirport upon arrival in the United States from a flight originating in Dakar, Senegal, which is Tyson’s last known residence.

The Enterprise, which operated from about 2005 through the present, engaged in an extensive pattern of racketeering activities, consisting of investment fraud, mortgage fraud, bank fraud, money laundering, and distribution of illegal drugs.

Members of the Enterprise also bribed bank officials and committed perjury before the Grand Jury. The co-conspirators targeted professional athletes and doctors as well as their personal and professional acquaintances and convinced them to invest in a series of sham corporations controlled by the Enterprise.

The co-conspirators stole over $27 million from more than 50 investor victims, including monies that the investor victims were induced to obtain as loans from financial institutions. Rather than investing victims’ money as promised, the Enterprise diverted victims’ money to finance its mortgage fraud operations and to support its members’ lifestyles. For example, members of the Enterprise used the stolen money to purchase luxury vehicles, take lavish vacations, organize extravagant dinners and parties, and invest in other sham businesses or investments. In addition, the conspirators made Ponzi-style payments to other victims.

The Enterprise’s mortgage fraud operations involved acquiring luxury homes in neighborhoods inSouth Charlotte and Waxhaw. One member of the Enterprise would agree with a builder to purchase a property at the “true price.” The Enterprise would then arrange for a buyer to purchase the property at an inflated price.

In most circumstances, the buyer would agree to purchase the property in his or her own name and sign whatever documents were necessary, in exchange for a hidden kickback. The builder would sell the property at the inflated price, the lender would make a mortgage loan on the basis of that inflated price, and the difference between the inflated price and the true price would be extracted at closing by the Enterprise.

The 17 defendants charged in Wednesday’s indictment and the 14 defendants who have agreed to plead guilty bring to a total of 81 the number of defendants charged in connection with “Operation Wax House” to date. (A complete list of all 81 defendants is attached). Charged in the indictment are:

Ramin Amini, 44, of Tehran, Iran, is charged with racketeering conspiracy, mortgage fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Leader and promoter in the scheme. Status: Fugitive.

• Vonetta Tyson Barnes, 38, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, is charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud to defraud investors and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Promoter. Status: Released following arrest and initial appearance.

• Travis Bumpers, 36, of Charlotte, is charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, mortgage fraud, wire fraud to defraud investors, bank bribery and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Promoter. Status: Fugitive.

• Glynn Hubbard, 35, of Charlotte is charged with Racketeering conspiracy, mortgage fraud and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Promoter. Status: In federal custody, pending release on conditions, following arrest and initial appearance.

• Victoria Hunt, 36, of Charlotte, is charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, mortgage fraud, wire fraud to defraud investors and money laundering. Role: Leader and promoter. Status: Currently in federal custody pending detention hearing.

• Toby Hunter, 37, of Fort Mill, S.C., is charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud to defraud investors and money laundering. Role: Promoter. Status: Released following arrest and initial appearance.

• Steven Jones, 44, of Waxhaw, is charged with securities fraud, wire fraud to defraud investors and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Promoter. Status: Currently in federal custody pending detention hearing.

• John McDowell, 40, of Dunn, N.C., is charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, mortgage fraud, wire fraud to defraud investors and money laundering. Role: Promoter. Status: Arrest warrant issued.

• Kurosh Mehr, 52, of Charlotte is charged with racketeering conspiracy, mortgage fraud and money laundering. Role: Promoter and buyer. Status: Currently in federal custody pending detention hearing.

• Ann Tyson Mitchell, 61, of Charlotte, is charged with racketeering conspiracy, mortgage fraud and money laundering. Role: Facilitator. Status: Released following arrest and initial appearance.

• John Wayne Perry, Jr., 31, of Charlotte, is charged with racketeering conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Promoter. Status: Released following arrest and initial appearance.

• Donte Thorogood, 34, of Durham, N.C., is charged with racketeering conspiracy, mortgage fraud and money laundering. Role: Promoter. Status: To appear for an initial appearance pursuant to a summons.

• Carrie Tyson, 58, of Winterville, N.C., is charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, mortgage fraud, wire fraud to defraud investors and money laundering. Role: Leader and promoter. Status: Released following arrest and initial appearance.

• James Tyson, Jr., 32, of Dakar, Senegal, is charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, mortgage fraud, wire fraud to defraud investors, bank bribery and money laundering. Role: Leader and promoter. Status: Currently in federal custody pending detention hearing.

• James Tyson, Sr., 61, of Charlotte, N.C., is charged with racketeering conspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud to defraud investors and money laundering. Role: Promoter. Status: Currently in federal custody pending detention hearing.

• Nathan Shane Wolf, 41, of Charlotte, is charged with racketeering conspiracy, mortgage fraud and money laundering. Role: Real estate agent. Status: To appear for an initial appearance pursuant to a summons.

• Purnell Wood, 41, of Palmyra, N.J., is charged with racketeering conspiracy, mortgage fraud and money laundering. Role: Promoter. Status: Arrest warrant issued.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office also filed criminal bills of information and plea agreements against 14 other defendants who acted as mortgage brokers, real estate agents, straw buyers, and a home builder in the scheme. They acknowledge taking part in the mortgage fraud conspiracy and have agreed to plead guilty. They are:

• Crystal Goodson-Hudson, 44, of Kannapolis, N.C., is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Mortgage broker. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Shannon Lee (Somer Bey), 47, of Charlotte, is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Real estate agent. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Robert Mahaney, 52, of Ridgeway, S.C., is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Mortgage broker. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• George Moore, 44, of Charlotte, is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy. Role: Buyer. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Kevin Smith, 46, of Oxford, N.C., is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy. Role: Buyer. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Holly Pasut, 56, of Charlotte, is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Real estate agent. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Danielle Vaughn, 34, of Greenbelt, Md., is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Mortgage broker. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Mary Vaughn, 58, of Charlotte, is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy. Role: Buyer. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Jamaine Wallace, 41, of Conyers, Ga., is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy. Role: Buyer. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Phillip Wellington, 46, of Charlotte, is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Promoter. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• William Wellington, 30, of Amityville, N.Y., is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy. Role: Buyer. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Marcia Williams, 36, of York, S.C., is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Mortgage broker. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Sean Williams, 41, of Orangeburg, S.C., is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy and money laundering conspiracy. Role: Mortgage broker. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

• Mark, Wittig, 41, of Matthews, N.C., is charged with mortgage fraud conspiracy. Role: Builder. Status: To appear for initial appearance upon a summons.

Source-WBTV

Department of Health and Human Services employee sentenced for theft of $114,494 www.privateofficer.com

WASHINGTON, D.C. Oct 26 2012 – An employee of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was sentenced today in Asheville, N.C., to six months in prison for stealing $114,494 in government funds, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special Agent in Charge Elton Malone of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Inspector General (HHS-OIG), Office of Investigations, Special Investigations Branch.

Jihan S. Cover, 34, of Arden, N.C., was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Martin Reidinger in the Western District of North Carolina. In addition to her prison term, Cover was ordered to forfeit $114,494, pay $114,494 in restitution to HHS and serve three years of supervised release, including six months of home confinement, following her prison term.

Cover pleaded guilty to one count of theft on Aug. 22, 2011.

According to court documents, Cover worked as a purchasing agent with the National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Cancer Institute (NCI), a subdivision of HHS, from approximately 2006 through December 2011. Cover’s sole job function involved procuring authorized items and services for NIH/NCI using assigned government credit cards.

According to plea documents, between June 2009 and December 2010, Cover, who received regular training in the proper use of government credit cards, used and caused to be used NIH/NCI credit cards assigned to her to complete over 250 unauthorized personal transactions totaling approximately $114,494.

During this period of time, according to her plea, Cover used and caused to be used her NIH/NCI purchase cards to make over 170 personal purchases totaling approximately $16,000 from Amazon.com for items that included toys, exercise equipment, books, clothes and other personal times. Almost all of these items were shipped to Cover’s residence in Arden. In addition, Cover admitted using her NIH/NCI purchase cards to pay off over $29,000 in balances she accrued with various cash advance and payday loan vendors.

According to plea documents, Cover also used and caused to be used her NIH/NCI purchase cards to make more than $47,000 in payments to personal accounts she caused to be created on PayPal, an online payment website. Cover directed over $46,000 from these PayPal accounts to be deposited into bank accounts that she controlled. Plea documents also revealed that in an effort to conceal her misuse of assigned purchase cards, Cover created additional PayPal accounts associated with email accounts that she controlled and which she selected to resemble the name of a legitimate NIH/NCI vendor. In this manner, Cover made over $11,000 in additional hidden payments to these PayPal accounts.

According to court documents, Cover also engaged in additional fraudulent personal transactions totaling approximately $11,000.

In addition, Cover admitted that she further sought to conceal her actions by submitting various dispute forms to the bank servicing her purchase cards, claiming that she did not recognize certain charges or did not authorize them, when, in fact, she knowingly made or caused to be made the personal charges. During her plea hearing, Cover admitted that in or about January and June 2011, she lied to investigators, claiming that she had satisfied personal transactions made with her NIH/NCI purchase cards using her personal bank account, which in fact she knew she had not. Previously, when confronted by her supervisor at NIH/NCI regarding suspicious transactions, Cover claimed falsely that she had been the victim of identity theft, when in fact she knew that she had caused the transactions.

This case is being prosecuted by Trial Attorney Eric G. Olshan of the Criminal Division’s Public Integrity Section. This case was investigated by the HHS Office of Inspector General.

Information provided by the U.S. Department of Justice

Crane operator dies in accident at paper recycling plant www.privateofficer.com

 

FRANKLIN, Va.Oct 11 2012 Police have identified a worker who was killed in an accident at a paper recycling operation in Virginia.

Isle of Wight County sheriff’s Lt. Bob Fox tells The Virginian-Pilot ( http://bit.ly/Rd0KyH) that 38-year-old James Denny III of Fayetteville, N.C., was injured while operating an overhead crane.

Denny was pronounced dead at an area hospital.

The accident occurred Friday at a former International Paper mill in Franklin. Recycling company ST Tissue has moved into part of the facility and is working on startup efforts.

Fox says Denny was an employee of an ST Tissue contractor, PPM Industrial Maintenance.

The accident is being investigated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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Disoriented airline passenger tries to open cabin door on US Airways Express commuter jet www.privateofficer.com

 

Boston MA May 12 2012 An airline passenger who apparently became disoriented and tried to open a cabin door on a US Airways Express commuter jet from Maine to Philadelphia was arrested Thursday.

Massachusetts state police said 40-year-old Michael J. Ensalaco, of Mooresville, N.C., was held on a charge of interfering with a flight crew and was being questioned.

Flight 3801, operated by Air Wisconsin, was diverted to Logan International Airport, airline spokesman Andrew Christie said. A flight attendant subdued the seemingly disoriented man, and a passenger watched him until the plane landed safely at 4:30 p.m., he said.

Other passengers deplaned and were interviewed by police. The flight later was cancelled, and the passengers were being accommodated on other flights, Christie said.

Amee Downing, who answered a phone call to Ensalaco’s Charlotte-area home and said she was a neighbor speaking for his family, said he has had seizures before.

“This is the first time this has ever happened when he’s been traveling on business,’’ Downing said.

She said Ensalaco works in the food service industry and was headed home from a business trip.

The flight from Portland, Maine, was on a Canadair CRJ200 and had 50 passengers and three crew members.

US Airways Group Inc., the nation’s fifth-largest airline, is based in Tempe, Ariz.

Source:Boston.com

Virginia Beach police make quick work at rounding up hotel robbery suspects www.privateofficer.com

 

VIRGINIA BEACH VA April 26 2012 - Four men, three from North Carolina, are charged with robbing a Va. Beach motel.

Police were called to the Sundial Motel on 21st Street around 1:00 a.m. Tuesday after two men wearing masks demanded money from the desk clerk.

Witnesses heard a gunshot and saw two men running towards 20th Street and Arctic Avenue.

An officer in the area noticed a car circling in the area and followed it, making a traffic stop on I-264. The driver and passenger were taken into custody, but the officer didn’t know there were two other men hiding in the back seat, according to investigators.

Those two got into the front and drove off, eventually crashing into a sign at General Booth Boulevard and Rudee Inlet. The men bailed – one went into the water but was found. The fourth suspect was caught by K9 and was treated for minor injuries from the dog bite.

SUSPECTS:
Darius Antonio Casey, 21, from Emporia is charged with Armed Robbery, Use of a Firearm, Wearing a Mask, Conspiracy, Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon and Shooting into an Occupied Dwelling.

Maurice Davon Sneed, 24, of Roanoke Rapids, NC is charged with Armed Robbery, Use of a Firearm, Wearing a Mask, Conspiracy and Felony Eluding Police.

Leroy Harris, 25, of Garysburg, NC is charged with Armed Robbery, Use of a Firearm and Conspiracy.

Jaquan Rashee Cheek, 22,of Roanoke Rapids, NC is charged with Armed Robbery, Use of a Firearm and Conspiracy.

Source:wvec.com

Georgia preacher accused of molesting granddaughter repeatedly www.privateofficer.com

 

SANDY SPRINGS GA Sept 24 2011 — Police in Sandy Springs are trying to extradite a former Cobb preacher who is accused of molesting his granddaughter in Georgia.

Sandy Springs police investigators have obtained warrants for Clarence Caldwell Arquitt Jr., 86, of Sanford, N.C., accusing him of molesting his granddaughter between 1991 and 1999. Arquitt is charged with child molestation, aggravated child molestation and sodomy.

According to information given to investigators, Arquitt was a preacher and worked in several churches in Cobb County, including Olive Street Church of Christ and Piedmont Road Church of Christ in Marietta and North Cobb Church of Christ in Kennesaw.

David Decker, a preacher at Piedmont Road Church of Christ in Marietta, said elders in his church confirmed that Arquitt worked part time for their congregation between 1998 and 2005. Additional information about his employment at Piedmont Road was unavailable.

Phone calls and emails to North Cobb Church of Christ were not returned by press time on Friday.

Arquitt also reportedly worked at Georgia Christian School and Home in Dasher and Woodstock Church of Christ in Woodstock and at churches in Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama.

The victim, now in her 20s, contacted Sandy Springs police and met with an investigator in August.

“From 1996 to 1999, investigators believe that she was molested as his residence in Garden Court in Sandy Springs and prior to 1996, at his residence in Woodstock,” according to police.

The victim told police that Arquitt molested her starting when she was 3 years old up until she was 11. Police are searching for information for other victims, the report stated.

Arquitt was contacted by Sandy Springs police but refused to return to Georgia to be charged. He was booked on child molestation charges in Lee County (N.C.) Sheriff’s Department Jail and was released on a $30,000 bond. Sandy Springs investigators are working with the Fulton County District’s Attorney’s Office to extradite Arquitt, who is fighting extradition, back to Georgia, according to police.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Det. Mike Bailey with the department’s Criminal Investigation Unit at (770) 551-3308, (770) 551-6900 or mbailey@sandyspringsga.gov.

Read more: Cherokee Tribune – Ex preacher accused of molesting granddaughter.

Source:cherokeetribune.com

Off-duty Fla police officer chases down man for up-skirting photos www.privateofficer.com

 

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. July 15 2011– A 31-year-old North Carolina man was arrested at Gardens Mall after an off-duty Palm Beach Gardens police officer saw him taking up-skirt photos of children in a candy store.

Gardens police report that an off-duty officer was in Sugar Happens!, a mall candy store, with her 15-year-old niece and sister when she noticed a heavy-set man walking closely to her niece with his cell phone in hand.

According to the police report, she also watched as the suspect crouched down and took pictures up the skirt of a young girl aged 10-12, with her sister then yelling “He’s taking pictures!” The officer confronted the suspect, who then ran off toward Sears with the officer following.

She reported the suspect, later identified as Melvin Barber Bridgers III, of Grifton, N.C., appeared to be doing something with his phone as he fled. He was apprehended outside the mall’s food court by Gardens police, mall security and the off-duty officer. Police siezed his phone as evidence.

Gardens police report mall security video shows Bridgers enter the candy store for several minutes before walking out. The two young girls mentioned by the off-duty officer enter the candy store, trailed by Bridgers with cell phone in hand. He exits the store “frantically working on his cell phone in effort to delete items from its memory,” according to the police report.

Source:www.cbs12.com

Winston-Salem teacher charged with sexual misconduct www.privateofficer.com

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Oct 22 2009 – A Winston-Salem middle school drama teacher was arrested Saturday on charges of sexual misconduct with a student.

Investigators arrested 57-year-old Ralph Surridge after an administrator with the Forsyth County School District received a tip that the teacher was having an inappropriate relationship with a student.

Surridge is a drama teacher at Mineral Springs Middle School in Winston-Salem.

Investigators charged Surridge with a statutory sexual offense against a student who is either 13, 14 or 15-years-old. He also faces charges of taking indecent liberties with a child.

Investigators charged Surridge with five counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to police, Surridge served six months in jail for embezzlement and forgery in 1985.

The Winston-Salem Journal reported Monday that Superintendent Don Martin said Surridge may have lied on his application to work in the school system. According to the newspaper, Surridge never indicated he had been convicted of a felony on his application and a criminal record search by the school system only turned up that he was found not guilty on a charge of forgery and uttering.

Surridge is being held in the Forsyth County Jail under a $2 million bond. He is scheduled to appear in court Nov. 6.

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N.C. teacher arrested at school for drugs www.privateofficer.com

HIGH POINT, N.C. AUG 21 2009– High Point Police said a Ragsdale High School teacher was arrested Friday morning at the school.
Cecelia Tolliver, a science teacher at the school, was arrested and charged with conspiracy to sell a white powder substance that police said resembled cocaine.
She was also charged with conspiring to sell cocaine.
Guilford County School System officials said Tolliver had been an employee since 2002.
She resigned at the end of the day Thursday, officials said.

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Security officer survives shooting because of body armor www.privateofficer.com

CHARLOTTE, N.C. Aug 12 2009 — A security guard was treated and released from Carolinas Medical Center after he was shot while patrolling a new school in northeastern Mecklenburg County.
Family members said Christopher Allen Waller, 24, of Guard One Protective Services, is doing remarkably well at his Rowan County home.
Waller told police he was making his rounds to check the outside of Stoney Creek Elementary School off Mallard Creek Road when he came across two men on the property just before 11 p.m. Tuesday.
He said the men began to drive off and one pulled out a gun and fired on him. The bullet struck Waller in the chest, but the guard was wearing body armor and the bullet lodged in the vest.
Family members credit the bulletproof vest for saving his life. They said it was given to him by his father.
Waller was taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries from the gunshot.
Investigator said the two men may have been looking to break into the school.
Police released vague descriptions of the men and the car they are looking for. One of the men is a heavyset black man about 5 feet 8 inches tall. He had dreadlocks and was wearing dark clothing. The second black man was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt. Investigators said they are looking for a red Honda Civic with a North Carolina tag that starts with TYP-9.
Stoney Creek is one of six new Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools set to open in two weeks.

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Police charge man in murder of security officer www.privateofficer.com

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. JULY 22 2009— Fayetteville police have made an arrest in a shooting that killed one man and injured another on July 12.
Avery Dennill Peterson, 25, of 3957 Rosehill Road, was arrested Tuesday afternoon and charged with the first degree murder of Christopher Clark, 27, of 2570 Cumberland Creek Road, as well as the attempted first degree murder of Dominic Tearry, 24, of 1109 Shaw Road.
Police said their investigation revealed Clark, a club security bouncer, was shot while in the parking lot of the Tallywood Shopping Center with a bullet that was intended for Tearry. Tearry, a club patron, received a minor wound to his lower leg.

Peterson was being held in the Cumberland County Detention Center without bond.

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NC sheriff’s deputy discovers murder victim during traffic stop www.privateofficer.com

TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. July 11 2009– A North Carolina couple is charged with first-degree murder after a deputy pulled over their van and found a woman’s body inside.
Investigators said Lisa Damron, 31, was driving the van on Interstate 77 in Wythe County, Va. Her husband, Jerry, 42, was in the passenger seat. A deputy pulled over the van for speeding and charged Lisa Damron with driving under the influence shortly after 8:30 a.m. Friday.
The deputy then searched the van and found the body of a woman. Investigators said she was shot to death.
Authorities identified the woman as Kelly Cully, a former neighbor and friend of the couple.
Investigators said the woman was killed at the couple’s home in Taylorsville, N.C. According to a warrant, Lisa Damron said the couple got into an argument while drinking with the woman and she heard several shots fired. She said she helped her husband wrap the woman’s body in a blanket and put it in the van. She said they were on their way to West Virginia to dump the body.
Jerry Damron was charged with driving while impaired and felony death by motor vehicle in a crash that killed his son last fall.

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UNCC assistant dean arrested for theft www.privateofficer.com

CHARLOTTE, N.C. July 2 2009 — An assistant dean of students at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte is accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the university.
Ashley Postell, 27, was arrested on six counts of embezzlement.
According to police reports, Postell admitted to stealing about 2,000 from fraternity and sorority funds. Detectives are now checking to see if any additional funds were stolen.
Postell has been with UNCC since 2006, and she oversees all Greek activities on campus.
She bonded out of jail, but she wasn’t home when Eyewitness News stopped by Wednesday.
University officials said Postell is now on paid administrative leave.

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1 Dead, 3 injured in NC chicken plant ammonia leak www.privateofficer.com

LUMBER BRIDGE, N.C. JUNE 22 2009— An ammonia leak at a poultry processing plant in Lumber Bridge killed one man and sent three others to hospitals Saturday morning, Robeson County Manager Kenneth Windley said.
Fire officials said preliminary investigations show that a high-pressure ammonia line ruptured at Mountaire Farms Inc. processing plant, 17269 N.C. Highway 71.
Sheriff Kenneth Sealey identified the deceased worker as Clifton Swain, of Fayetteville. He did not identify the three injured workers. One of the injured was airlifted to UNC Hospitals in Chapel Hill. The other two were at Cape Fear Valley hospital.

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Bank robber surrenders to police minutes after heist www.privateofficer.com

CHARLOTTE, N.C. June 21 2009 — Police said the suspect in a bank robbery Friday didn’t get very far.
According to Charlotte-Mecklenburg police, Herbert Bines, 52, robbed the Wachovia Bank at 4111 N. Tryon St. at 9:30 a.m. He allegedly slipped the bank teller a note, took the money and fled.
Capt. Mike Smathers, with CMPD, said there was a dye pack in with the money, and Bines was caught very soon after near the North Tryon Division substation, next door to the bank in a building that also houses a library and a Joblink office.
“I can only speculate that he just thought he was going to get captured, so he surrendered to an officer,” Smathers said.
Customers coming by the bank Friday afternoon found the doors locked, and were surprised to learn what had transpired.
Customer Madie Smith said, “You got to be kidding. Someone would be that dumb? That ignorant? Really.”
Eyewitness News is waiting to learn from the FBI, which has jurisdiction in bank robbery cases, exactly what charges Bines will face.

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