News Roundup

Published for NC Criminal Law on October 25, 2019.

The Greensboro News & Record reports that a United States House of Representatives subcommittee will hold a hearing in the city on Monday to hear about how North Carolina has overhauled its efforts to combat human trafficking.  The House Subcommittee on Intelligence & Counterterrorism will hear from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Aundrea Azelton; Christine Shaw Long, Executive Director of the North Carolina Human Trafficking Commission; Charlotte field office special agent for homeland security investigations Ronnie A. Martinez; and Carl L. Wall II, special agent in charge of the SBI’s human trafficking unit.  The hearing, which is open to the public, will focus on information sharing efforts between local, state, and federal officials. Keep reading for more news. Troopers Arrested.  WRAL reports that two former State Highway Patrol troopers were arrested this week following an investigation into traffic ticket irregularities.  Jason Benson and Christopher Carter were charged with obstruction of justice, failure to discharge duty, and making a false return of process in connection with allegations that they wrote an excessive number of citations to the same drivers and did not serve some of the citations, resulting in people not knowing they had been charged with an offense.  The WRAL report says that the former troopers’ motivation for writing the extra citations still is unknown. Sniffs Snuffed.  Until they received an email last month from the principal of Carrboro High School informing them that no drugs were found during a recent K9 sweep of the school, many parents had no [...]