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The SBI has completed its investigation into Pitt County K-9 Chilli’s hot-car death. An outside district attorney must now decide what the evidence supports.
Atkinson commissioners unanimously banned automated license-plate readers after learning a Flock camera had been installed in town without a vote by the town board.
North Carolina punishes drivers who leave serious crashes. But when a suspect disappears long enough for impairment evidence to fade, prosecutors can lose the more serious impaired-driving case.
A judge ordered Wilmington police and the New Hanover County sheriff to release recordings of Corey Temoney’s disputed arrest. Getting that answer required a newsroom, lawyers and more than seven months in court.
A five-hour Lenoir County saturation patrol brought 43 officers from 12 agencies and produced 116 charges. North Carolina had just ended the reporting system that once made traffic enforcement easier to scrutinize.
A late provision in a North Carolina local law left Jacksonville officers unable to make physical arrests in several familiar parts of town without an Onslow County deputy present.
Two former Columbus County deputies allege racial discrimination and retaliation. The sheriff’s office denies both complaints as an earlier scandal still shadows the agency.
A Hyde County family says a 65-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s was injured during a March detention. The sheriff’s office says she resisted, confirms it uses no body cameras and has not disclosed whether the complaint produced an internal review.
A newsroom investigation found DUI arrests involving sober drivers in 22 states. Tennessee counted 2,547 arrests followed by clean toxicology, while North Carolina publishes no comparable statewide tally.
A new state law ends Jacksonville’s remaining extraterritorial zoning authority. Here is what changes for 1,151 properties, what does not, and what owners should check before Onslow County takes over.