Stricklands settle after death of son
A Durham family whose son died in a botched SWAT team raid in New Hanover County will get a review the team's practices, a $2.45 million check to start a charity, and an apology.
Photos online brew trouble
For the police and school officials turning to MySpace-type sites to monitor students and investigate crimes, navigating the space between pretending and endangering can be deadly. Peyton Strickland was killed during a botched raid in Wilmington.
Secrecy shrouds decision not to charge sheriff's deputy
The criminal investigation into Peyton Strickland's death came to a close last week after three days of grand jury deliberations.
Grand jury declines to indict deputy
After more than two hours of discussions, a grand jury refused to indict former sheriff's deputy Chris Long on manslaughter charges for the Dec. 1 shooting death of Peyton Strickland, a college student from Durham.
In deputy's killing of teen, grand jury sleeps on it
It took 65 minutes for grand jurors to decide they needed a night's rest to answer whether a former deputy should be tried as a criminal for shooting to death an unarmed teenager.
Ex-deputy's indictment urged in raid
Christopher Long's fate rests with 18 New Hanover County citizens asked Monday to determine whether the former lawman likely broke the law when he shot and killed an unarmed college student in December.
Driver in PlayStation case admits to felony
Apex man gets suspended term.
Former deputy in gray zone after shooting
Long had been mistakenly indicted after he killed a young man during a raid to recover a stolen video game console.
DA out in case against officer
New Hanover County District Attorney Ben David, left, decides not to go back to a grand jury in an effort to indict former sheriff's deputy Christopher Long in Peyton Strickland's shooting death and risk alienating the officers with whom he must work. David turns over the case to the state Attorney General's Office.
Teen shot at close range
Autopsy details Strickland's death.
N.C. officers not charged in most fatal shootings
New Hanover County prosecutors took a very rare step when they sought criminal charges against sheriff's deputy Christopher Long for fatally shooting a Durham teenager last month.
Lacrosse, Black court cases cast spell
The year in review:The lottery, the Apex fire, a new Fayetteville Street, the approval of school bonds and the rejection of commuter rail also shaped the news in 2006 in the Triangle.
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