by Michelle Sparrow | Sep 14, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
A 40-year-old Williamston man driving east on U.S. 264 Bypass would have been charged with serious crimes if he had not fled when Raleigh police signaled for him to pull over. His decision to elude capture, though, has added an even more serious charge: murder. As he... by Michelle Sparrow | Jul 27, 2012 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
A sweeping dragnet by the U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina together with local police resulted in a total of 152 arrests July 17-19. The officers were armed with 202 warrants, and the arrests were for offenses ranging from robbery to drug and... by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 21, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
After more than seven days of testimony, a jury deliberated for a few hours before coming back with a guilty verdict in a high-profile North Carolina murder case. The defendant will spend the rest of his life in prison for his part in the death of a Chapel Hill... by Michelle Sparrow | Oct 6, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
Almost two years ago, searchers pulled a child’s body from a thicket of kudzu along the side of a rural North Carolina highway. Investigators quickly identified the remains: The child was a 5-year-old girl who had disappeared a week earlier. Within days,...