News Roundup

As the New York Times reports, seven law enforcement officers from Florence, South Carolina, were shot on Wednesday as they attempted to serve a search warrant.  One officer was killed.  Many of the details of the incident were unclear at the time of this writing, but it appears that the suspect, Fred Hopkins, opened fire with a high powered rifle from a tactically advantageous position, requiring that officers in the line of fire be rescued with a hardened military-style vehicle.  The Charlotte Observer says that the officer who was killed, detective Terrence Carraway, spent 30 years with the Florence Police Department, was an Air Force veteran, and was known among his colleagues as the bravest officer on the force.  Keep reading for more news. DWI Motion Deluge.  The Greensboro News & Record reports that the North Carolina Supreme Court’s reversal of State v. Turner, which you can read about here, resulted in an incredibly busy week for the Guilford County DWI Cleanup Court.  The News & Record says that Guilford defense attorneys have filed more than 1,000 motions to dismiss DWI cases based on Turner since 2016 and that, following the reversal, Chief District Court Judge Tom Jarrell ordered that all of the motions be heard this week.  They made it through at least 248 cases on Monday. Kevin Olsen Acquitted.  The Charlotte Observer reports that Kevin Olsen, the younger brother of Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen, was acquitted by a jury of rape and sex offense charges this week.  [...]