County reacts to new structured sentencing law
Gaston County police and officials warn the new structure could raise crime by limiting jail time for first offenders and repeat burglars. DA and court leaders discuss drug crimes, trial backlogs, pretrial programs, and links to rehab centers and prison space.
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Gaston County
Ken Beach
Gastonia
Jack Postell
Postell
Lands
Drug trafficker charged with murder in Mexico
Mexican army arrests Luis Hector Palma Salazar linked to Sinaloa cartel and the 1993 Guadalajara Cardinal Posadas Ocampo murder. Commander Apolinar Pintor Aguilera also detained. Three other traffickers in custody. Authorities note initial cardinal death as gang shootout, later clarified as an assassination.
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Guadalajara
Mexico
Luis Hector Palma Salazar
Sinaloa
Palma
Sinaloa Cartel
Joaquin Guzman Loera
Guatemala
Guzman
Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo
Puerto Vallarta
Federal Judicial Police
Cmdr
Apolinar Pintor Aguilera
Horacio Montenegro Ortiz
Jalisco
McVeigh Interview Discusses Not Guilty Plea and Waco Visit
In a 70 minute Newsweek interview conducted Thursday in his prison cell with attorney Stephen Jones present, Timothy McVeigh says he will plead not guilty. He denies planning the Oklahoma City bombing, confirms visiting Waco in 1993 and afterward, and notes the government made mistakes. He admits involvement with explosives at a Michigan site but calls them harmless firecrackers. He refrains from discussing political views and questions about ammonium nitrate.
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Newsweek
McVeigh
Stephen Jones
Branch Davidian Compound
Waco
Texas
Army
Terry Nichols
James Nichols
Decker
Mich
Federal Building
McVe
Belmont Abbey student Miss Smith remembered by friends
Friends and teachers recall Miss Smith, a Belmont Abbey student and recent English major, as an ambitious, adventurous young woman. They note her plans to study sociology and pursue social work, her strong beliefs, and her bright potential.
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Smith
the Abbey
Ursula Usher
Miss Smith
Miss Usher
David Liebhliter
Belmont Abbey
Miss Asher
Gaston
Pennsylvania
Ashbrook
Mary Ldyton
Rabies Epidemic Hits North Carolina Counties Hardest
Rabies waves threaten Cumberland and Wake counties with rising cases while Johnston Duplin and Gaston report notable activity. Officials urge vaccination of pets, control measures, and avoiding wild animals as health workers test a bat in Gaston and a fox in Raleigh.
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Cumberland County
Cumberland
Johnston
Duplin
Gaston County
Keirh Harris
Joseph McAbee
Animal Control
Gry Thompson
Durham County
Ms. Harris
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Superior Court
Jesse Caldwell
Doug Lance
Caldwell
Postell Agrees