In a courtroom brawl one lawyer likened to the 1974 Madison Square Garden rematch between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, prosecutors this week are attempting to prove Robert Lewis is responsible for his son’s death while his attorney is painting him as a sympathetic father and career police officer who has lost his livelihood. Read the news. Judges [...]

- The retrial of Robert Lewis opened Tuesday. It should be some interesting courtroom drama and legal maneuvers. Read the news. Lewis’ estranged wife Kim is in town for the trial. Can’t wait to hear her testimony again. – The N.C. Supreme Court has denied a stay of execution for Marcus Jones. This guy kills [...]

Hurricane Irene has hit Onslow and Carteret counties. I am posting on the newspaper’s hurricane blog at http://hurricaneblog.freedomblogging.com/. Check it out if you have power and the Internet…

A triple-homicide remains unsolved because federal investigators believe they know who did it, but just can’t try him. Read the news. Carlton “Butch” Smith is the only person to ever be charged in the case. There were beard hairs found at the scene. Butch had no facial hair at the time. I am filing a Freedom [...]

The Jacksonville•Onslow Chamber of Commerce hosted the Second Annual Onslow County Public Safety Awards last week. Read the news. There were a total of 19 nominations in the four categories. Nominations came from Jacksonville Police Department, N.C. State Highway Patrol, Naval Criminal Investigative Services, Military Police Camp Lejeune, North Topsail Fire Department, Piney Green Volunteer [...]

- One year ago today, Cesar Laurean of first-degree murder in the death of a pregnant colleague, Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach. – Anyone else think its weird that the county commissioners will be talking about illegal immigrants at its workshop today? Read the news. – How do you get out of prison when you’re serving something [...]

Jacksonville High School’s first black quarterback has taken a backseat for four decades to those who have laid claim to his achievements. A humble man, Sammie Rogers, didn’t want to cause a stir by pointing out to folks that every major sports writer in the nation from Sports Illustrated to Ebony had got it wrong in calling [...]

- Pender County has been added to The Daily News absconder database. Need some cash? Look through the mugshots, call Crime Stoppers and turn in your cousin. Check it out. – WITN has an exclusive interview with the mother of the man accused of, with his wife, torturing their five kids. Jump over there to watch the [...]

- Hubert couple Larry and Janet Anderson are in jail, accused of torturing their five children. Read the news. There are a couple of photos of the Anderson kids online at social networking websites. They look disturbingly happy in the pictures. Looking at those poor kids made me angry and sad and extremely frustrated all at [...]

- Testimony continues in the trial of a woman accused of stabbing two women in their Hubert mobile home park. Read the news. Due to errors in archived reports, I incorrectly identified one of the alleged victims as having the last name WHITE when her last name is WING. Mike McHugh figured out my mistake. [...]

- A Duplin County dog fighting legend has been sentenced to 5 years in  federal court. How long is that in dog years? Read the news. – A former Marine pleaded guilty Thursday to raping a 12-year old girl last year. Read the news. The judge’s ire towards the defendant was apparent in court. A confidential [...]

Is it August already? This year has flown by! – Ken Waid will spend an additional nine years in prison. When his stint for killing his child is up, he will be transferred to a federal pen for dealing coke. Read the news. Plenty of folks aren’t convinced that Waid’s wife shouldn’t been charged in their child’s [...]

This year’s National Night Out could only be called a huge success. Organizers spread the festivities out so that vendors wrapped all the way from the pavilion at Riverwalk to the water including three stages of live music. My wife and I had a great time. Michelle with the Piggly Wiggly pig: (Or as my [...]