Former NC police chief arrested for selling confiscated guns he should have returned, cops say

Arrested and faces charges of selling confiscated guns, according to law enforcement. July 25, 2018The former chief of a North Carolina police department has been arrested and faces charges of selling confiscated guns, according to law enforcement. Eric Tinsley worked...

Former Gates Co. Sheriff’s Office sergeant charged with stealing firearms, drug possession

A federal grand jury indicted a former sergeant for the Gates County Sheriff’s Office Monday with stealing firearms and possessing a significant amount of controlled substances with the intent to distribute them. May 7, 2018RALEIGH – A federal grand jury...

North Carolina man arrested after decades-old rape kit tested

Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said at a news conference Wednesday that 56-year-old Warren Lee Caldwell was arrested March 1 and jailed in connection with the rape of an 18-year-old in 1990 and of a 17-year-old in 1994. March 7, 2018RALEIGH, N.C. — Police in North...

Audit shows North Carolina has 15K untested sexual assault kits

A new state law required all law enforcement agencies to report their numbers of untested rape kits to the State Crime Lab earlier this year, and 92 percent of the 563 agencies responded. March 1, 2018RALEIGH — North Carolina has more than 15,000 untested sexual...

Former deputy pleads guilty to embezzlement

The key to the evidence room was in an unlocked desk drawer January 4, 2018Former Davidson County Sheriff’s Deputy Andrew Eads has plead guilty and has been sentenced to 16 to 29 months in the North Carolina Department of Correction for multiple counts of...

Police apologize for lost rape kits

Police reach out to survivors about discarded evidence January 1, 2018When Veronica was raped more than 13 years ago, she says neither the police nor the hospital staff believed her story that a longtime friend attacked her while his mother was in the next room....