Two North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers, Sgt. Garrett Macario and Sgt. Matthew Morrison, have been suspended amid an investigation into their credibility, resulting in the dismissal of 180 DWI cases.
Two teenagers are in custody after a multi-county chase and assault on a State Highway Patrol trooper over the weekend.
A mother and her four children were killed in a North Carolina crash Sunday afternoon, according to authorities.
CBS 17 was on the scene as the Durham Police Department began their search on North Holman Street near Wall Street around midnight Wednesday.
Two teenagers arrested in Durham face a litany of charges after a multi-agency investigation stemming from an incident in Chapel Hill.
In addition, approximately 180 traffic cases involving the two troopers have been dismissed. According to CBS 17, Wake County District Attorney Lorri Freeman said that the state would not move forward with nearly 180 cases involving Trooper Garrett Lee Macario and about a dozen cases involving his supervisor, Sergeant Matthew Lindly Morrison.
NCSHP says 42-year-old Jonathan Kelley of Chesapeake died at the scene of a crash that occurred on NC 158 near Forbes Road Tuesday morning.
According to officials, on Oct. 30, 2023, Jason Ryan Blackwell was driving a F-150 pickup truck along U.S. 176 in Flat Rock when he went off the right side of the road and onto a curb. He hit a street sign and then overcorrected back onto the road and hit a pedestrian, 44-year-old Dustin Byrnside
Durham police Investigators received information that two juveniles wanted in the case, ages 14 and 15, were seen in a black Infinity in that stretch of Chapel Hill Road. When officers approached, the suspects fled and hit a Durham police vehicle. Investigators later found the car abandoned on Constitution Drive.
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to reports of a car crash Tuesday morning along US 158. Once patrol arrived they found a single car with the
District Attorney Lorrin Freeman said she “concluded that there were statements that were made by that trooper that appear to be false and misleading.”
About 180 cases involving two North Carolina State Highway Patrol troopers have been dismissed or are under review in Wake County after questions about the credibility of the troopers arose.