CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon, who has been in office less than six months, resigned Wednesday, just hours after he was arrested and accused of taking more than $48,000 in bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as businessmen who wanted to do work with North Carolina’s largest city. Cannon submitted his resignation […]
Author Archives: Mitch Weiss
Associated Press Writer
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Charlotte Cop Indicted for Shooting Unarmed Black Man Seeking Help
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A grand jury has indicted a North Carolina police officer for voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of an unarmed man. The panel handed down the indictment against Charlotte Officer Randall Kerrick on Monday, hours after a judge ruled the North Carolina Attorney General’s office could resubmit the case. A separate grand […]
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Police: Charlotte Cop Shot Unarmed Black Man Seeking Assistance 10 Times
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — An unarmed man seeking help after a car crash over the weekend was shot 10 times by the Charlotte police officer who’s now charged in his death, investigators said Monday. A police news release said Officer Randall Kerrick fired 12 times at 24-year-old Jonathan A. Ferrell early Saturday while responding to […]
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First Lady Promotes Fitness at CIAA Basketball Tourney
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — For a few minutes Friday, first lady Michelle Obama turned the hardwood floor at the Time Warner Arena into an elementary school gym. Obama was in North Carolina for two Democratic Party events in Raleigh and Charlotte. But before those fundraisers, she promoted the “Let’s Move!” fitness program with children from […]
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SBA Mismanagement of Katrina Largely Undocumented
CHALMETTE, La. (AP) – Five years after Hurricane Katrina, Jay Young is still haunted by the desperate voices on the other end of the telephone crying and begging for help. As a loan officer for a federal agency that was supposed to help homeowners and businesses get back on their feet, he had high expectations […]