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An altercation involving as many as ten people devolved into gunfire near Tabor City Sunday. No one was injured in the incident, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies were called to the 1300 block of Clyde Norris Road around 10 p.m. The 911 caller said shots had been fired at a vehicle. When deputies arrived, the report said there was a “heated dispute” involving ten people. Jolene...
Gov. Roy Cooper has commuted the life sentence for a convicted murderer from Robeson County. George Lesane, 47, has served 30 years in prison for killing Larry McCormick. In addition to earning his GED and college diploma, Lesane has become a mentor in the prison system and is a faith leader behind bars. He will be released later this month. Lesane’s clemency was one of four commutations and two...
State officials say 283 more DNA matches have been verified during this fiscal year, allow investigators more evidence to track and solve crimes. In October, the State Crime Lab uploaded 1,183 samples to the CODIS database, which led to 69 hits within the database from people who were arrested or convicted of offenses that require DNA collection, and matched to samples in evidence collected through forensic analysis. Since the State Crime...