By The Raleigh Telegram According to the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles, a Raleigh man has been charged with selling vehicles with altered odometers out of his home. The NC DMV License and Theft Bureau said that a search warrant was served today at the home of Francis Marimo, who had been…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Federal Bureau of Investigation in North Carolina arrested a Greensboro man and charged him with the robbery of two Triangle SunTrust banks that are located in Kroger stores. The FBI identified the man as John Larry Morrison, age 36, who the FBI says also…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Feberal Bureau of Investigation is looking for a local bank robber who they think is responsible for at least two local robberies in the Triangle area. According to the FBI, the man has “protruding teeth”, a gray beard, and stands between 6’3″ and…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – According to the Raleigh Police Department, a Raleigh police officer who serves with the Special Operations Division was shot at several times yesterday and is currently in the hospital. Police say that the suspect who shot at him is dead, apparently from self-inflicted gunshot wounds.…
By Voice of America, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on January 23rd that American police must secure a search warrant before they track criminal suspects with the use of global positioning system technology. The nation’s nine-member highest court unanimously decided that law enforcement…
By Elliott West, The Raleigh Telegram CEDAR GROVE, NC – The Orange County Sheriff’s Department announced late last week that detectives have made two arrests in a murder and robbery case that left a former sheriff’s deputy and a store owner dead at a rural Orange County store earlier this…
By The Raleigh Telegram CHAPEL HILL – The Chapel Hill Town Council recently voted to apologize to the News & Observer newspaper in Raleigh and one of its reporters who was arrested and detained by Chapel Hill police while covering a story in November. In a resolution introduced by town…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – According to the Wake County Sheriff’s Office, two men are in jail after a Wake County Sheriff’s Deputy allegedly found 22 pounds of cocaine in their car. Phyllis Stevens of the Wake County Sheriff’s Office said that Elder Camacho and Angel Peralta were…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – On Sunday, Occupy Raleigh protesters staged a march on Fayetteville Street in downtown Raleigh to celebrate their 100th day of organizing protests, but the well-attended march resulted in the arrests of two men after police say they were blocking the streets. According to the…
By The Raleigh Telegram NASHVILLE – According to statements on a radio show on Monday afternoon, US Senator Rand Paul said he was “detained” by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials at the Nashville airport as he was going through the security checkpoints to board an airplane earlier that morning. Senator…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement agents say they have arrested a man and charged him with allegedly supplying the alcohol that possibly led to a deadly crash that killed a Raleigh high school student. Special agents NC ALE said this weekend that they arrested…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh Police Department is looking for a bank robbery suspect who evidently is a fan of Miller Lite beer. According to the Raleigh Police officials, a local SunTrust Bank was robbed on January 17th at around 4pm. According to police, the suspect seen in…
From The City Of Raleigh, Reprinted By The Raleigh Telegram On January 3rd, the Raleigh City Council accepted the donation of a seven-year old Painted/Draft horse from Mrs. Martha Burke of Upperville, Va., for the City of Raleigh Police Department’s mounted patrol. The horse’s original name was Parker but the Raleigh Police…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh Police Department is investigating a home invasion, traffic accident, and subsequent stabbing that took place over the weekend that left one man dead. According to Jim Sughrue of the Raleigh Police Department, just before 5am on Sunday, a home invasion robbery took…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Students, family, and friends are mourning the loss of 17 year old student Elizabeth Molloy of Raleigh. Molloy, who lived on Ceremonial Court, was a popular student at Millbrook High School in Raleigh. According to police, another student has been arrested on multiple charges…
By The Raleigh Telegram FAYETTEVILLE – Adding new meaning to the term “man’s best friend,” according to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, a man has been arrested and charged with allegedly having sex with his neighbor’s dog. In a statement from Sheriff Earl “Moose” Butler, detectives have charged a Cumberland County…
RALEIGH – The Raleigh Police Department is looking for a burgundy Ford Windstar that they say was used in a burglary where a Raleigh resident was shot at by one of the suspects. According to the Raleigh Police Department, at around 12:30am on December 29th, a resident in the 3000 block…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh Police Department has made an arrest in a fatal hit and run case that left Mellissa Sue Johnson, age 32, of Summit Avenue in Raleigh dead. According to the Raleigh Police Department, the accident occurred on January 1st at approximately 7:15 p.m.…
By Lois Alley, The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – Despite a felony conviction for federal campaign violations, former North Carolina Governor Mike Easley will be able to keep his law license and practice law within the state after he completes a temporary suspension that will expire in December of this year,…
Video still courtesy of the Raleigh Police Department. By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – This week, the Raleigh Police Department released a surveillance video in the hopes of identifying two suspects who police say murdered a store clerk during a recent hold-up. The video shows two men entering the store,…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a driver who fled the scene of a hit and run that left a pedestrian dead on January 1st.According to the Raleigh Police Department, the accident occurred at approximately 7:15 p.m. when a pedestrian crossing…
By The Raleigh Telegram FAYETTEVILLE – According to the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, a two year old girl who was missing after her mother was murdered on Tuesday morning has been found safe in Newport News, Virginia. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office says that two year old Juliana Reyes was…
By The Raleigh Telegram RALEIGH – The Raleigh Police Department is looking for a robbery suspect who held up a credit union in Raleigh on Thursday. “At approximately 5:15 p.m. today a male suspect entered the State Employees Credit Union at 4050 Poole Rd. and passed a robbery note to…
By The Raleigh Telegram FAYETTEVILLE – According to statements from the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office, detectives there have charged three men with stealing copper from several local farmers. According to Debbie Smith of the Sheriff’s Office, Jamie Reece Melvin, age 23, Norville Road in Stedman was charged with misdemeanor larceny,…
