by Michelle Sparrow | Jan 21, 2011 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced this week that 800 federal agents and police officers have arrested more than one hundred organized crime associates. It’s the largest Mafia crackdowns in FBI history, the agency said. The charges include murder,... by Michelle Sparrow | Jan 7, 2011 | Criminal Defense, Criminal Law Blog
Two Wake County families and their criminal endeavors were in the headlines this week. Authorities don’t know the full story behind either case. In the first case, the subject of our December 22nd post, a mother and her two children are in jail in connection... by Michelle Sparrow | Dec 20, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
Prosecutors in Wake County revealed last week that they will seek the death penalty in their case against the 30-year-old man charged with killing North Carolina state school board member Kathy Taft. Taft was sexually assaulted and beaten to death in March. The formal... by Michelle Sparrow | Nov 10, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
A 43-year-old Raleigh man is in jail, and his ex-wife may be sleeping a little more easily because of it. The man was arrested by Wake County sheriff’s deputies this week on suspicion of soliciting a jail inmate to murder his ex-wife. The ex-husband was... by Michelle Sparrow | Oct 15, 2010 | Criminal Law Blog, Homicide
It took a week of deliberating, but a North Carolina Superior Court judge announced this week that the trial of the man accused of a notorious Moore County mass murder will stay in the county. Defense counsel had sought a change of venue, arguing that the defendant...