Here’s a really interesting story from The Dayton Daily News about Mary Lauterbach and her efforts to change military culture. Read the article. Mary Lauterbach: “The moment that Maria reported the sexual assault, they concluded she was a liar. Even after she reported being sucker-punched and having her car keyed, which should have been red flags, [...]

- A Duplin County woman due in court today on a charge of driving a school bus drunk is dead after a weekend collision. 31-year-old Fontella Wilson from her Facebook page: Read the news. Read about her arrest earlier this year. Troopers told reporters that there was a faint scent of alcohol in Wilson’s car [...]

The first-degree murder trial of Soyer Moll is underway. Read the news here. Jacksonville lawyer Wally Paramore stands next to his client Soyer Moll with legal assistant Terrie Trim in the background: Wally told me today that Terrie has worked for him for 18 years. I have been covering murder trials in Jacksonville for nearly [...]

Christina Smith has made moves to leave her past and her former husband behind. Smith, who divorced Cesar Laurean in April, was remarried in July. The groom in that wedding paid $40 cash for a marriage license, according to the Marion, Ohio, Register of Deeds. Special thanks to Off the Cuff regular KH for pointing [...]

A former high-ranking Pender County Sheriff’s deputy who picked up a young man earlier this year in Wilmington and was arrested shortly thereafter on charges of crimes against nature and johning for a prostitute was found guilty in court Thursday of the former and walked on the latter count. Mark Sloan was sentenced to serve 18 months of unsupervised [...]

Timothy Lacey pleaded guilty Tuesday to helping a co-defendant in the murder of a Jacksonville man two years ago. Read the news. A Daily News photo of Lacey in court with his attorney, Jacksonville lawyer Billy Joe Morgan (who is on a roll lately): From what I understand the victim in this case,  30-year-old Kevin Foley, provided [...]