Third suspect in fatal PlayStation theft case sentenced
WILMINGTON (AP) -- A man who drove the getaway car in a robbery of PlayStation Three games that led to a fatal police shooting in Wilmington last year has pleaded guilty to a felony charge....
View ArticleProposed bill would publicize crime hearings
RALEIGH -- Six months ago a New Hanover County grand jury accidentally indicted a former deputy on murder charges. Now a bill is making its way through State legislature that could have cleared up a...
View ArticleGrand jury considers charges against former deputy
View Long's statement | Download (PDF)NEW HANOVER COUNTY -- A New Hanover County grand jury is deliberating on whether to indict former county Deputy Chris Long on manslaughter charges. Testimony from...
View ArticleGrand jury won't indict former deputy in shooting
NEW HANOVER COUNTY -- The New Hanover County grand jury has reached a decision in its inquiry into whether former deputy Chris Long committed any wrongdoing in the shooting death of Peyton...
View ArticlePeyton Strickland memorialized at CFCC
WILMINGTON -- A memorial to remember Peyton Strickland is being set up at Cape Fear Community College's welding department. A plaque will be revealed memorializing Strickland through a scholarship...
View ArticleFamily and friends shed light on past tragedy
It has been a year since the death of 18-year-old Peyton Strickland, and for family and friends, a year hasn't been enough time to heal. Nick Kane went to high school with Strickland, and he says it's...
View ArticleSheriff's department settles with Strickland family
WILMINGTON -- It's been more than a year since a New Hanover County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a Cape Fear Community College student, 18-year-old Peyton Strickland, in a bungled raid on the...
View ArticleStrickland parents plan to sue UNCW police
DURHAM (AP) -- The parents of a teenager fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy plan to sue the police department at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. The Star-News of Wilmington reported...
View ArticleCourt: Strickland family's lawsuit against UNCW can move forward
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- The state Court of Appeals says a lawsuit filed by a college student killed by a sheriff's deputy against UNCW can move forward.Peyton Strickland was shot and killed by a...
View ArticleFIRST ON 3: UNCW settles case with family of 2006 shooting victim
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) -- UNCW has reached a settlement with the family of a college student shot and killed by a New Hanover County Sheriff's deputy more than six years ago, according to a news release...
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