Columbus Co. Sheriff enlists SBI to help find missing evidence

WorldNow and WECT, WECT 6, wect.com BYLINE: Justin Smith Columbus County, NC Columbus County Sheriff Lewis Hatcher has asked the State Bureau of Investigation to help find evidence missing from his department. (Source: WECT) COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WECT) – Columbus...

Audit: Police in North Carolina city destroyed 333 rape kits to make space in evidence room

FOX NEWS, foxnews.com BYLINE: Associated Press Fayetteville, NC FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – A North Carolina police department says an audit by the department shows that more than 300 rape kits from cold cases were destroyed to make more space in the evidence room. Local...

Police Make Few Changes in Year Since Evidence Audit

WLOS ABC 13, News 13, wlos.com BYLINE: Jon Ostendorff, News 13, jgostendorff@wlos.com Asheville, NC ASHEVILLE, N.C. — City leaders got a copy of an audit that showed a Police Department evidence room in disarray a year ago but officials didn’t start on many of...

SBI: Former East Spencer officer accused of taking evidence

The Salisbury Post, salisburypost.com BYLINE: Shavonne Walker, shavonne.walker@salisburypost.com East Spencer, NC EAST SPENCER — State investigators say former East Spencer Officer Alan Bridges is accused of taking evidence from the East Spencer Police Department...

Evidence lost, murder case dismissed

The News Herald, Morganton, NC, morganton.com BYLINE: JESSICA ISAACS, jisaacs@morganton.com Burke County, NC Timothy Paul Bumgarner The superior court case involving a Morganton man charged with his stepfather’s 2010 murder was dismissed Monday after a key piece of...

D.A. Ron Moore releases APD evidence-room audit

Mountain Xpress, Asheville Citizen-Times, Carolina Public Press, mountainx.com BYLINE: Jake Frankel Asheville, NC District Attorney Ron Moore released a 2011 audit of the Police Department Evidence Room June 19, revealing more details about missing drugs, guns and...