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Settlements made in tailgate suits

Parking company, state agree to pay.

Updated: May. 24, 2008 8:47 AM | Full story

Convictions upheld in tailgate murders

The state Court of Appeals upheld the murder convictions of the Tarboro man who shot two men in the tailgate area outside an N.C. State University football game in 2004.

Updated: Mar. 7, 2007 2:41 AM | Full story

Former policeman gets 18 years

A former Fayetteville police officer was sentenced to at least 18 years in prison for being involved in a scheme to steal guns, drugs, electronics and other valuables from houses in Fayetteville and Raleigh and near Boone.

Updated: Feb. 8, 2007 3:05 AM | Full story

Parking suits raise security issues

A company is accused of negligence in the deaths at tailgating party near Carter-Finley Stadium. Tim Wayne Johnson, who was charged with murder in both deaths, was convicted of both first-degree and second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Updated: Sep. 14, 2006 6:10 AM | Full story

Plea ends NCSU tailgate case

Rachel Louise French, who helped an assailant dispose of evidence, admits guilt and receives three years of probation. She must also undergo a substance abuse assessment.

Updated: Dec. 14, 2005 8:23 AM | Full story

Tony Johnson gets at least 12 years

As an accessory to two tailgate killings, he is given the maximum in a tense day in court.

Updated: Oct. 25, 2005 6:26 PM | Full story

Brother pleads in tailgate killings

Prosecutors drop double murder charges Wednesday against Tony Johnson of Tarboro who was arrested in fatal shootings last year at an N.C. State University tailgate party.

Updated: Oct. 25, 2005 3:26 PM | Full story

Fourth held in tailgate slayings

Authorities accuse a woman of helping Timothy Johnson escape detection and arrest.

Updated: Oct. 25, 2005 1:11 PM | Full story

A day that turned deadly

Memories of a deadly shooting at a tailgate area outside Carter-Finley Stadium linger a year later.

Updated: Oct. 25, 2005 1:36 PM | Full story

Sentencing exhausts jurors

When the doors shut Monday, 12 jurors sat down together for the last time to decide what to do with Timothy Wayne Johnson.

Updated: Oct. 24, 2005 5:08 AM | Full story

Tailgate verdicts: guilty

Timothy Wayne Johnson could get death on conviction in last year's shootings. The sentencing phase of the trial begins today.

Updated: Oct. 24, 2005 6:44 AM | Full story

Tailgating cutbacks too lax

Now that the trial is over for the first of the Johnson brothers accused of killing two men before an N.C. State University football game, let's be thankful that the university is so serious about curtailing the rowdiness at pre-game tailgating.

Updated: Oct. 23, 2005 1:40 AM | Full story

Death scene videotape stuns victim's kin

She didn't watch it the first time.

Updated: Oct. 22, 2005 5:31 PM | Full story

Changes in tailgating neglect major factor: alcohol

Defense attorneys in the double-murder trial of Timothy Wayne Johnson say alcohol fueled the fracas.

Updated: Oct. 23, 2005 3:08 PM | Full story

Trial recap

Jury selection began July 18 in the double-murder trial of Timothy Wayne Johnson. Prosecutors and defense attorneys interviewed 45 potential jurors. The 12-member jury includes eight women and four men. All three alternate jurors are women.

Updated: Oct. 24, 2005 8:45 AM | Full story

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