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Judge dismisses 2 ‘Moral Monday’ cases after daylong trial

Wake County Judge Joy Hamilton listens as Alan McSurely, defense attorney for Saladin Muhammad, pleads his case. Muhammad is one of the over 900 demonstrators who face charges of second-degree trespassing, failure to disperse on command and posting or displaying signs or placards in violation of building rules during Moral Monday protests at the state legislature this spring. Many will be watching the outcome of the trials as tests of what might happen to people arrested over the summer who have chosen not to take the deferred prosecution plea deals offered by Wake County District Attorney Colon Willoughby. She found the first defendant , Saladin Muhammad, guilty on all three counts.

The judge who last week convicted the first Moral Monday protester to go to trial on all counts came to a different conclusion on Friday in the second and third cases.

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Police arrest man suspected to be the ATM robber

Police have arrested and charged a man they think is responsible for a series of kidnappings and ATM robberies last month in and around North Raleigh. Walter Kevin Johnson, 28, faces 23 separate charges and the investigation is still ongoing.
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Lovette lawyers argue for murder trial outside Durham

Superior Court Judge James Hardin said Friday he would consider a change of trial venue motion by attorneys for Laurence Lovette, who is charged with murdering Duke University graduate student Abhijit Mahato in 2008. Hardin said, though, that he will not render a decision before Dec. 16.
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Wake deputies find 51 pounds of meth in traffic stop; 3 face charges

Wake County sheriff's deputies charged a man from Texas and two women from Georgia with methamphetamine trafficking after deputies say they found 51 pounds of the drug in the trio's car on Interstate 40 early Friday morning.

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Man accused of stealing Asheville police cruiser, series of chases

Police in Asheville have arrested a man in connection with the theft of a cruiser and a series of chases.
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Woman charged with trying to burn man's home, office in Raleigh

Police arrested a woman late Thursday on charges that she broke into a man's home and office and tried to set fire to both buildings.
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Orange County Arrests - 10.11.2013

See mugshots from the Orange County Sheriff's Department, taken on Friday, 10/11/2013.
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Wake County Arrests - 10.11.2013

See mugshots from the Wake County Sheriff's Department, taken on Friday, 10/11/2013.
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3 men arrested in Columbus County shooting death

Authorities in Columbus County have arrested three men in connection with the shooting death of a Tabor City man.
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2 Winston-Salem men charged in woman's death

Winston-Salem police have arrested two men after a woman was found shot to death inside her home following a break-in.
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Raleigh man arrested in 2012 hit-and-run, car theft

The Raleigh Police Department on Thursday arrested a man suspected of stealing a vehicle and injuring three people in a hit-and-run crash last year.