1 day ago · An inmate escaped over the weekend from a jail in North Carolina, fleeing through the building's ventilation system, authorities said. Law enforcement agencies across the state launched a manhunt ...

2 days ago · The incident started around 2:30 a.m. Saturday on Interstate 40 in Orange County when a trooper with the North Carolina State Highway Patrol tried to stop a stolen car traveling over 100 mph in a ...

1 day ago · An inmate escaped from a North Carolina jail through a ventilation system while his cellmates stuffed a mattress to make it seem like he was asleep, the Craven County Sheriff’s Office said Monday.

2 days ago · A manhunt is underway for a North Carolina inmate who escaped through the jail's ventilation system, authorities said. John Matthew Nigh, 37, was being held on attempted murder charges at the ...

(a) A murder which shall be perpetrated by means of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon of mass destruction as defined in G.S. 14-288.21, poison, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, torture, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration ...

Jan 17, 2025 · Fayetteville, North Carolina, authorities on Thursday arrested Tyrell Siermons, 30, in connection with the January disappearance and murder of 25-year-old Heather Williams.

Oct 14, 2024 · Terrell Eugene Giddens, 75, of Sherrills Ford, was arrested and charged with murder and three counts of attempted first-degree murder in the shooting death of Jeffrey Michael Guida, 40, of...

Apr 26, 2017 · The felony murder rule in North Carolina is codified in G.S. 14-17(a). That statute defines first-degree murder to include a homicide committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of any of the following felonies: arson; rape or a felony sex offense; robbery; kidnapping; burglary; or; a felony committed or attempted with the use of a ...

Jan 1, 2023 · (a) A murder which shall be perpetrated by means of a nuclear, biological, or chemical weapon of mass destruction as defined in G.S. 14-288.21, poison, lying in wait, imprisonment, starving, torture, or by any other kind of willful, deliberate, and premeditated killing, or which shall be committed in the perpetration or attempted perpetration ...

NORTH CAROLINA SENTENCING AND POLICY ADVISORY COMMISSION ... Parole First-Degree Murder. (14-17) CLASS B1 FELONIES Maximum Punishment of Life Without Parole Second-Degree Murder. (14-17(b)) First-Degree Forcible Sexual Offense. (14-27.26)/First-Degree ... ATTEMPT to commit an offense is classified as one class lower than the offense the person ...