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An investigation is underway after a local man serving time for drug charges died Wednesday while incarcerated at Albemarle Correctional Facility. Curtis Levi Moore, 38, died at a hospital near the prison early Wednesday. A spokesman for the Department of Adult Corrections said Moore was transported to the hospital Saturday around 8 p.m. for undisclosed reasons. He was brought back to the prison around 2 a.m. EMS returned...
A Green Acres drug trafficker has been sentenced to 35-51 months in prison after a conviction led to a plea deal in two separate narcotics cases. Banks Raphel Batton, 37, was found guilty of trafficking in cocaine and other offenses following an arrest in June 2021, the district attorney’s office said. After he was found guilty by a jury, Batten pleaded guilty to drug offenses stemming from a...
A fire on the stateline required the assistance of multiple departments Wednesday. A home, multiple vehicles and another structure were consumed in the blaze near Tabor City. Smoke was visible for several miles. No one was injured.