By Alicia CruzSenior writer
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Armed Man Killed By Police in Jacksonville, N.C.
A 911 call just after 8:00 a.m. sent Jacksonville Police to the Azalea Garden Apartments where police found a man armed with several weapons. Police ordered the man to disarm, but when he advanced towards them, he was shot and killed.
A single shot from an unidentified officer killed the man. The officer has been placed on administrative duties until the department completes an internal investigation into the shooting.
It happened during morning rush hour on Gum Branch Road, which is a major five-lane road in the Jacksonville, North Carolina just off of highway 17 and Marine Boulevard.
Todd Devita, manager of the car wash, says he saw a man on the side of the road with a rifle pointed at police. He told WITN News that all of a sudden he heard one single shot. "It's scary but I'm glad the cops were there. You don't see this in daily life, it's like a TV show, like cops or something", Devita told WITN. The State Bureau of Investigation has been asked to investigate the shooting.
A single shot from an unidentified officer killed the man. The officer has been placed on administrative duties until the department completes an internal investigation into the shooting.
It happened during morning rush hour on Gum Branch Road, which is a major five-lane road in the Jacksonville, North Carolina just off of highway 17 and Marine Boulevard.
Todd Devita, manager of the car wash, says he saw a man on the side of the road with a rifle pointed at police. He told WITN News that all of a sudden he heard one single shot. "It's scary but I'm glad the cops were there. You don't see this in daily life, it's like a TV show, like cops or something", Devita told WITN. The State Bureau of Investigation has been asked to investigate the shooting.
Man Kills Mother, Due in Court Friday Morning
Theblackurbantimes has learned that Justin Smith, accused of murdering his mother Thursday morning is due in court Friday morning. According to police reports, Smith was captured around 3:30 p.m. Thursday and taken into custody without incident.The murder happened at 108 Queens Road in Hubert Thursday morning. Public records list the person at that address as Cheryl Burgess. Neighbors say they heard screams, and then the deputies showed up.Around midday deputies announced there were looking for Smith as a person of interest in the homicide. N.C. Department of Correction records show that Smith was last released from prison on June 30 for probation revocation.
Break-in Attempt Foiled at Azalea Garden Apartments Sheesh. Seems like Azalea Gardens is becoming the area of town you don't want to live in or near. Another crime in progress call sent the Jacksonville Police to the Gumbranch Road area this morning. A Jacksonville man was “detained” by a neighbor who allegedly caught the would-be thief trying to steal from the man's vehicle.Gregory Acosta, 23, of Nottingham Road, was caught going into the man’s Nissan Altima and removing a GPS unit. The victim held Acosta and called JPD at around 6 a.m.Officers arrived at the Azalea Garden Apartments and the victim handed Acosta over to the responding officer.Acosta has been charged by the Jacksonville Police Department with breaking and entering a motor vehicle and larceny after breaking and entering. His bond was set at $7,000
Former Manson Follower Out of JailLynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a former Charles Manson follower convicted of trying to assassinate President Gerald Ford was released from a Texas prison hospital this morning after more than three decades behind bars. Fromme was just 26 years old when she pointed a semiautomatic .45- caliber pistol at Ford in September 1975 in Sacramento, Calif.
Now 60, Fromme left the Federal Medical Center Carswell in Fort Worth at about 8 a.m. today.
Fromme was granted parole in July 2008 and released "via good conduct time" after completing a 15-month sentence for unlawful escape from a federal correctional institution, according a prison press release. She escaped from a female prison in Alderson, W.Va., on Dec. 23, 1987, and was recaptured about two miles away on Christmas Day after a massive search. She was sentenced to an additional 15 months in prison for the escape. Fromme had said she escaped from prison to be closer to Manson. Charles Manson is serving a life term in Corcoran State Prison in California for the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and eight others. Fromme was not implicated in those attacks.
Fromme was granted parole in July 2008 and released "via good conduct time" after completing a 15-month sentence for unlawful escape from a federal correctional institution, according a prison press release. She escaped from a female prison in Alderson, W.Va., on Dec. 23, 1987, and was recaptured about two miles away on Christmas Day after a massive search. She was sentenced to an additional 15 months in prison for the escape. Fromme had said she escaped from prison to be closer to Manson. Charles Manson is serving a life term in Corcoran State Prison in California for the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and eight others. Fromme was not implicated in those attacks.
Teacher's Cell Call Costing Her $22kAh! Put that cell phone down, teachers...at least if you're teaching in New Jersey, that is. The attorney for a New Jersey teacher says she won't appeal a $22,000 fine for making a personal call during class. The attorney says the Asbury Park High School teacher admits she made a mistake.
She has to forfeit her salary for 120 days which will be deducted from a base salary of about $70,000. Court records show the veteran performing arts teacher was covering for another teacher in 2008 when she made the cell-phone call. A student recorded two other students dancing while the teacher was on the phone and posted it on YouTube. The district bans teachers from making personal calls while performing assigned duties.
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