PROBATION SYSTEM IN CRISIS
Documents and interviews show that state probation chief Robert Lee Guy had known, at least since 2004, about shoddy work in Wake County that could threaten public safety.
Audio slide show: The N&O investigates the system.
Murder suspect charged in robbery
A Durham teenager charged with murdering another teen is now a suspect in a robbery that occurred about 20 minutes after the fatal shooting Nov. 8.
Carson suspect charged again
A federal grand jury brought carjacking and firearms charges Monday against Demario Atwater, one of two suspects accused of murdering Eve Carson, UNC-Chapel Hill's student body president.
State outlines $2.5 million probation fix
A plan to patch a system with lapses that led to deaths mainly calls for more staff.
U.S. could seek death penalty for Atwater
Federal authorities are considering charges that could result in a federal death sentence for a man accused of killing UNC-Chapel Hill student leader Eve Carson.
Report recommends probation screening
State correction officials released a final report Tuesday from a federal agency recommending that probationers be screened to determine if they are "high-risk offenders."
Information to be shared for safety
Orange departments join in vigilance.
Audits find probation troubles
Problems in the Wake and Durham county probation offices run deep and will take time to fix, two audits show. Robert Guy, head of the state's probation system, says the disarray is worse than he thought.
4 capital cases on docket
Death cases at 23-year high in Orange-Chatham district.
Feds outline ways to patch N.C. probation
Reviews prompted by killings of UNC-CH and Duke students find heavy caseloads, information gaps.
DA seeks rare death penalty for Atwater
District Attorney Jim Woodall said Monday he plans to seek the death penalty for 22-year-old Demario Atwater in the killing of Eve Carson, the UNC-Chapel Hill student body president.
Police chief: Violent crime is down in Chapel Hill
A shotgun robbery in a downtown alley during daylight two weeks ago had Police Chief Brian Curran concerned.
Probation jobs reshuffled
State probation officials have dismantled the leadership in the Durham and Wake probation offices as they wrap up an investigation ordered after the killings of two university students.
Carson suspects get new charges
Grand jury hands down indictments.
More felony charges expected
Grand jury to convene in Carson's slaying.
Carson shot 5 times, autopsy shows
Eve Carson held her hand in front of her head as a killer fired a shotgun that sent birdshot through her hand and into her right temple, according to an autopsy report released Monday.
Warrant: Carson taken from home
A confidential witness told investigators that Demario Atwater said he and Laurence Lovette Jr. took Eve Carson from her home March 5 after entering through an open door, according to search warrants made public Friday.
Carson autopsy to be released
Superior Court Judge Allen Baddour ruled Wednesday that Eve Carson's autopsy report can become public June 30, the expiration of a 60-day seal requested by District Attorney Jim Woodall.
Orange vigilant against gangs
Police say a shooting suspect in Hillsborough is linked to a gang.
Diploma, poster honor Carson
Eve Carson, the slain UNC-Chapel Hill student body president, was honored this month when university officials presented her parents with her diploma, a model of the Old Well and a painting.
Lovette held, freed repeatedly
A Durham police officer should have charged Laurence Alvin Lovette with a more serious crime when he was arrested in November for breaking into a home, the city manager wrote in a report released Wednesday.
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