Legal Affairs
Wilmington Police riot officers walk down Chestnut Street during a late May protest. Weeks later, three WPD officers were fired after unintentionally recorded conversations went public revealing racist and violent language. (Port City Daily photo/Mark Darrough)
WILMINGTON — One of three former Wilmington Police Officers fired last month after unintentionally recorded conversations became public, revealing racist and violent language, has filed an appeal for reinstatement.
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Surf City attorney Brian Edes urged Council to enter a closed session on Tuesday, citing a couple items “legal in nature.” (Port City Daily photo/Mark Darrough)
SURF CITY — Surf City’s town attorney Brian Edes urged Council to enter a closed session Tuesday morning, but failed to state the specific purpose for doing so as required by state law. For Edes, who represents other towns in the Cape Fear region, this isn’t the first time this has happened.
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SURF CITY — Mayor Pro-Tem William “Buddy” Fowler made the initial request to investigate possible election violations by fellow councilman Jeremy Shugarts, according to emails uncovered by a public records request.
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A sign for the Blake Farm project sits off Highway 17 in Scotts Hill on Friday morning. (Port City Daily photo/Mark Darrough)
PENDER COUNTY — A rarely used court order has produced a concentrated set of facts, agreed to by both parties, that show local developer Raiford Trask, Jr. misinformed a group of investors about paying development costs through various collateralized bank loans for the long-delayed Blake Farm development in Scotts Hill.
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NHCS teacher Peter Michael Frank swears in for his first court appearance Tuesday afternoon while District Attorney Ben David, pictured center left, looks on. (Port City Daily photo/Mark Darrough)
WILMINGTON — On Tuesday afternoon Roland Grise Middle School band teacher Peter Michael Frank appeared in court, where his $750,000 secured bond was not reduced and District Attorney Ben David said more serious charges are being contemplated.
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Senior Assistant District Attorney Connie Jordan, who led the review of the shooting death of Kyle Anthony Horton, discusses Horton’s kidnapping and multiple armed robberies in the days leading up to the shooting. (Port City Daily photo/Mark Darrough)
WILMINGTON — Four New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office detectives were cleared in the shooting death of an ex-convict who had been on the run from various law enforcement agencies following a series of armed robberies and kidnappings in Charlotte and Myrtle Beach.
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Surf City Councilman Jeremy Shugarts challenged Mayor Doug Medlin for the mayor’s seat amid a 10-month investigation into election violations. Medlin is pictured at left during a special meeting held last year. (Port City Daily photo/Mark Darrough)
SURF CITY — Although a 10-month elections violations case brought against Surf City Councilman Jeremy Shugarts reached its conclusion last week, prosecutors are apparently at odds with state elections investigators over whether Shugarts benefited from errors made on past voter and campaign forms.
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The attorney for Surf City mayor candidate and sitting councilman Jeremy Shugarts, pictured here at a candidate forum last week, said the state’s investigation report “did not reveal any way that Shugarts would’ve benefited by using his old address.” (Port City Daily photo/Mark Darrough)
SURF CITY — A five-month investigation into election violations by Surf City Councilman and mayoral candidate Jeremy Shugarts revealed that he did not benefit from using an old address when filling out past voter forms and a notice of candidacy. The investigation did find evidence Shugarts had violated election law.
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