Britthaven Investigation
Eastern NC
3/12/2010 |
A Kinston company that runs local nursing homes is being investigated by the SBI.
The Kinston Free Press reports Britthaven is under the microscope, after nine Alzheimer's patients at its Chapel Hill facility received strong pain meds that weren't prescribed, and one of the patients later died. The president of Britthaven says it's cooperating with local law enforcement.
The Medical Investgations unit at the Attorney General's office is also involved in the case.
Britthaven runs 33 nursing homes across the state.
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Marine Captured on Sex Charges
Onslow
3/12/2010 |
A Camp Lejeune Marine is scheduled to make his first court appearance today, after he was caught in Texas and charged with sexual assault. The Jacksonville Daily News reports 19-year-old Cory Reed was arrested yesterday, and has been charged with two counts of sexual assault. He is being held without bond, pending his extradition back to Onslow County.
Posted by Megan Cassidy
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Credit Card Fugitives
Carteret
3/12/2010 |
Beaufort Police are searching for a couple, who they believe stole credit cards and made illegal purchases.
They're looking for Dallas Creech and his girlfriend, Christina Hall. The charges stem back to January. Creech was arrested in February, but didn't appear in court and hasn't been seen since. Hall was never arrested, but is aware of the charges against her.
It's believed they're driving a silver Ford Taurus, in the Newport or Broad Creek area. If you have any information, call police.
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Health Care Overhaul
Eastern NC
3/12/2010 |
North Carolina residents supporting and rejecting President Barack Obama's efforts to overhaul the nation's health care system held competing rallies outside an office of U.S. Rep. Bob Etheridge.
Raleigh police officers watched closely Thursday as activists gathered peacefully on opposite sides of Fayetteville Street, where a district office for Etheridge is located. The number of people chanting in favor of the plan pushed by Democrats outnumbered about 50 protesters arguing against the plan.
Conservative activists also urged opponents to rally Thursday at district offices of Democratic Reps. Mike McIntyre and Larry Kissell.
Congressional leaders are awaiting a final cost analysis that will allow them to start counting votes in earnest. House Democratic leaders want to get approved a Senate-passed bill from last year.
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Mafia Arrests
Eastern NC
3/12/2010 |
Two men arrested in North Carolina in a sweep of arrests aimed at the Gambino organized crime family are heading to New York.
Gaetano Napoli Sr. and a son, Gaetano Napoli Jr., both said during a hearing in Raleigh on Thursday they would like to have their detention hearings in New York. They declined a court-appointed attorney before a government lawyer read the list of charges, which range from concealing assets in bankruptcy to obstruction of justice.
Both were taken out of the courtroom in handcuffs and leg shackles, and a judge ordered the U.S. Marshals to take the men to New York. Wiretaps and surveillance showed that the older Napoli had a close relationship with a suspected member of the Sicilian
Mafia, Roberto Settineri, who was also arrested Wednesday.
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Facing The Judge
Eastern NC
3/12/2010 |
A former aide to past presidential candidate John Edwards returns to court just three days after a North Carolina judge nearly sent him to jail for contempt.
Superior Court Judge Abraham Penn Jones has scheduled a hearing for 2 p.m. today for Andrew Young.
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Restaurant Gutted By Fire
Lenoir
3/12/2010 |
A major fire broke out in Pink Hill early this morning.
It happened at the Family Restaurant on Front Street. Deep Run, Pink Hill, and Albertson fire crews responded at about 5:30 a.m. They are still fighting the blaze, according to Roger Dail with Lenoir County EMS.
Stay with NewsChannel 12 for the latest information.
Posted By: Lizzy Tyler
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Parents Protest
Pitt
3/12/2010 |
Parents at Grifton Elementary School protested this morning and students refused to go to school after softball coach, Haywood Dillahunt, was suspended yesterday.
Parents say that the principal threatened to send students to jail for not going to school.
The school says Dillahunt was suspended because of a personnel issue, but the parents we have talked to say there was some sort of incident at a recent game that led to the suspension.
Stay with newschannel 12 at 5 and 6 for the latest.
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Sex Offender Arrested
Eastern NC
3/12/2010 |
A sex offender in trouble with the law for failing to let authorities know he moved, has turned himself in.
In January, the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office discovered Terrance Moore, 26, had relocated without telling them his new address, and they issued a warrant for his arrest.
He was charged with failure to register change of address as a sex offender. Moore turned himself in on Thursday, and was released on a $2,500 secured bond.
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Search for Suspect
Pender
3/12/2010 |
The Pender County Sheriff's Office is looking for a man charged with statutory rape and indecent liberties with a child.
Authorities say the warrant for Jamel Trevon Jones, 20, is the result of an investigation that began in mid-2009 involving a child not related to Jones.
Detectives believe that he is currently living in the Wallace area of Duplin County, but have not been able to find him. The Pender County Sheriff's Office asks that anyone with information on Jones' whereabouts please contact them at (910) 259-1438.
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