A 23-year-old NC State University student was charged with felony assault last Friday after a week-long flurry of rush-hour shootings along I-40 and near I-440. Andrew Graney’s arrest came after Raleigh police scrambled to find the shooter who fired into eight cars and four houses, all in southwest Raleigh along I-40 between last Monday and Thursday. Raleigh Police Chief announced Thursday two “persons of interest” were detained Thursday afternoon. The second person detained was released and not charged. Police found Graney after surveillance camera captured footage of a gray Hyundai Sonata at the scene of one of the residences hit by gunfire. Search warrants showed police seized a laptop computer, a .45-caliber Llama handgun and case with live ammunition, spent shell casings, and a box of ammunition from Graney’s home and car. Graney faces charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury and discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling or vehicle. He is being held without bond in the Wake County jail. California teen admits to making hundreds of hoax emergency calls. A California teenager has admitted to making hundreds of hoax emergency calls (also called “swatting”) over a two-year period. Alan Filion was accused of making more than 375 hoax calls from August 2022 to January 2024, some in a “swatting-for-a-fee service” he advertised online using false internet handles. Among the charges, Filion pleaded guilty to making a call in May 2023 to police in Sanford, Florida, targeting a mosque. During the call, [...]
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