Holiday shoplifting rises as gifts tempt shoppers
In Gastonia stores report a 20 percent December jump in shoplifting from the prior year with December also up 20 percent from November. A Belk arrest involved cutting tags on 350 dollars of clothes, and a Wal-Mart arrest followed tag-cutting on a 300 dollar wireless router. Majority of shoplifters are non professionals per National Association for Shoplifting Prevention. Alayna Jenkins of Plato's Closet cites Christmas pressures.
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Trial by judge offered in child porn cases in North Carolina
Two men accused of possessing child pornography may avoid a jury under a 2014 constitutional amendment. Alan Dale Hensley and Charles Darren Watts have pleaded not guilty and requested judge-only trials, citing case complexity and juror sensitivity to the subject.
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Judge Caldwell cites judge trial option to jury trial
Superior Court Judge Jesse Caldwell notes he values the unanimous judgment of 12 Gaston County citizens more than his own judgment as he discusses a new law allowing defendants to choose a judge trial instead of a jury trial.
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