CRIME & SAFETY
Correctional officer at PCI stabbed by inmate April 13
A correctional officer at Pasquotank Correctional Institute was treated earlier this month for stab wounds after he was assaulted by an inmate wielding a homemade knife, a Pasquotank County sheriff's official said Friday. Maj. Aaron Wallio said the correctional officer, whose name was not released, was treated at a local urgent care following the April 13 incident and released. According to Wallio, the officer told investigators that he had gone...
Letter: Murders shouldn't happen on small-town streets. There've been 2 where I live
I moved to Cypress Street in Elizabeth City about five years ago and hated it. There was a constant parade of house-shaking cars playing rap music, people threw garbage on the roads of their own neighborhood and didn’t take care of their pets or yards, and prostitutes walked the streets. The neighbor directly across the street used to let his dog out on the roof to defecate instead of walking him. My one friend in the neighborhood got his motorcycle stolen by a kid in...
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