The murder victim’s mother rushes out of the bond hearing in tears. Marion Bailey hurries out after her. Bailey, a 74-year-old retiree wearing a bright…
Posts tagged as “Crime”
Without an incumbent or primary results to signal a frontrunner, the Ward III Durham City Council race is the one to watch in the upcoming…
It’s the fourth week of school and I’m crying in my editor’s well-lit office. It’s nothing serious — I cry frustratingly easily, often about things…
In the Durham County Courthouse, a courtroom is a place for trials, arguments and rulings. It’s where attorneys lose cases and defendants receive jail time,…
Michael Ray Johnson, 34, has been waiting in jail for more than 200 days. Three years have passed since he broke into a woman’s home…
Judge Michael O’Foghludha tried to calm the defendant who wore the mask with the backwards swastika. “Don’t get upset,” the judge said in soothing…
There’s one week left for Durham voters to cast their ballots before the primary election on Oct. 5. The outcome will determine the two finalists…
As mayoral candidate Charlitta Burruss showed us around her neighborhood, Edgemont Elms, she stopped at the road in front of her house and pointed to…
At 8:53 a.m., a short, ragged line forms on the plaza of the Durham County Courthouse. Retractable ropes funnel arrivals toward the single entrance —…
On a sunny September morning, the picture window near Courtroom 4D is framed by blue sky. It’s around 9:10 a.m. in the Durham County Courthouse…