Raleigh Police officers are being investigated after a man died in custody Tuesday morning (Jan. 17) after cops used a taser on him during an arrest. The incident occurred at around 2 am, outside a sweepstakes parlor on Rock Quarry Road near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Police approached a suspicious vehicle, according to Raleigh Police Chief Estella Patterson. "During [the] course of [the] investigation, a decision was made to make an arrest," Patterson said. "[Then,] the subject ran from officers. During that time, officers tried to get the individual in custody. He resisted, and a Taser was deployed."
Raleigh police are investigating a stabbing that took place Sunday morning at the Casa De Luna apartment complex. According to the police they responded to the location where the stabbing took place just before 9 a.m. and found a man with stab wounds. The man was transported to the hospital for treatment. Information on the […]
Raleigh police report that two people were shot on McGuire Dr. in Northeast Raleigh on Monday night just after 11pm. Anyone with information that may help investigators should call Raleigh Crimestoppers at (919) 834-HELP. Read more at ABC11.com
According to court documents a Raleigh woman has been arrested and is facing charges after she did nothing to protect children from a man who had allegedly engaged in sex acts with the minors. According to the arrest warrant 43-ear-old Claudia Cruz-Platero was being held Tuesday at the Wake County jail in lieu of a […]
According to officals Saturday there were two near drownings involving a toddler in Raleigh and a 10-year-old boy in Durham. Durham police said a boy was found facedown in the water just before 6 p.m. at the apartment pool at Clairmont at Hillandale Apartments at 2101 Bertland Ave. Someone noticed the 10-year-old face down in the water […]
According to an advocate of Kyron Hinton he has died of an apparent drug overdose. Hinton was the Raleigh man who was at the center of an excessive force investigation. Hinton said that the officers use excessive force during their encounter with him. Two state troopers and a Wake County Sheriff’s deputy were charged in the case. […]
According to officials an investigation is underway for a double shooting at a Garner Walgreens that occurred Thursday morning and left two people with serious injuries. Authorities sent police, fire and EMS units to the Walgreens located at 1116 U.S. Highway 70 west just before 10 a.m. According to cbs17.com a Walgreens employee told a […]
Police responded to a call where they found 3 men with stab wounds in downtown Raleigh on the 100 block of Idlewild Ave. around 11:45pm. One man is said to a suspect in the stabbings. The men were taken to WakeMed Hospital. Police said they were in stable condition. Source: WRAL.com
Wednesday night a 29-year-old man was pulled from a sandpit off Duraleigh Road Raleigh. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of his death. The rescue effort was a joint collaboration with Raleigh Police and Fire Department as well as Wake County Sheriff’s Office. The man has been identified as Lamar Griffin of Cary. […]
According to Raleigh police two people were shot Monday afternoon at an apartment complex in the 7100 block of Plumleaf Road. Two people were transported to WakeMed with gunshot wounds, a 36-year-old man and 18-year-old woman. The shooting is under investigation. SOURCE: abc11.com
