It was five days after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers, and T. Greg Doucette was mad. Doucette, a criminal defense and…
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More than five months after prosecutors dropped murder charges against Durham teenager Alexander Bishop for killing his father Bill Bishop, the North Carolina Medical Examiner…
Jarinette Gonzalez and Yeison Reyes gazed into each other’s eyes and drew closer. They had just been married by Durham County Magistrate Aminah Thompson, and…
Durham County detention officer Alexander Pettiway Jr., 55, died last week and his death certificate is very clear about the cause of death: “COVID-19 /…
Two months after prosecutors dropped charges in the death of Durham real estate developer Bill Bishop, his former girlfriend is asking authorities to give the…
Durham County District Attorney Satana Deberry is approving modified sentences for some state prison inmates to reduce the spread of the coronavirus. Deberry’s office has…
Sheriff Clarence Birkhead has stopped serving eviction notices and padlocking rental properties in Durham County to help slow the spread of the coronavirus that causes…
Sheriff Clarence Birkhead announced Mar. 16 that due to concerns about COVID-19, all in-person and video visitation to the Durham County Detention Center is suspended.…
The Durham County Courthouse will be pretty quiet for the next month. The Durham County District Attorney’s Office announced Friday that starting Monday, March 16,…
In December, Alexander Bishop’s defense attorney Allyn Sharp made a highly unusual move: she asked the judge to hold prosecutors in contempt of the court,…