RALEIGH - A court hearing was delayed Monday for a Durham probation officer singled out for not meeting with one of the two men charged with killing two college students.

A state trooper arrested the probation officer, Chalita Thomas, 26, in December in Raleigh on a charge of driving while under the influence. She was scheduled to be in Wake County Courthouse Monday but her case was delayed until May.

Thomas had been assigned to watch Laurence A. Lovette, a 17-year-old put on probation after he was convicted of charges related to several break-ins. Lovette is now facing two first-degree murder charges for the death of Duke graduate student Abhijit Mahato in January and the killing of UNC student body president Eve Carson, found shot to death in March.

A probation department investigation determined that Thomas properly reported her December arrest but supervisors failed to notify their bosses about the pending charge. She also never met with Lovette and had not been trained, despite having seven months on the job.

Thomas has since resigned.

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