News Roundup

Published for NC Criminal Law on April 02, 2021.

The Fayetteville Observer reported this week that an arrest has been made in connection with a road rage shooting last week near Lumberton that killed a Pennsylvania woman traveling with her husband to a beach vacation.  Dejywan R. Floyd has been charged with murder for allegedly shooting into the passenger side of an SUV occupied by Julie and Ryan Eberly after the SUV came close to Floyd’s car during a lane change maneuver on I-95.  Julie Eberly was struck by the gunfire and died.  Keep reading for more news. Bladen Podcast.  Bladen County was in the national news in recent years because of the 9th Congressional District ballot fraud scandal involving McCrae Dowless.  The team behind the popular podcast Serial recently announced a new podcast coming in April that will explore issues of alleged election fraud in the county, taking a look at historical events and persistent accusations of ongoing impropriety.  Info about the podcast is available here. Hedgepeth.  A recent article from the News & Observer pieces together a timeline and other information about the still unsolved murder of UNC student Faith Hedgepeth, a sophomore who was killed in an off campus apartment in 2012.  Anyone with information about the case should contact the Chapel Hill Police. K9 Officer Resigns.  WBTV reported this week that Salisbury Police Officer James Hampton resigned from the department after an internal investigation found that his treatment of K9 police dog Zuul during a training exercise was “entirely inconsistent” with proper practice.  Video of Hampton [...]