I have compiled what I believe to the 10 most captivating local crime stories of the last year. These are the stories that got our readership talking.

No. 4:

“Bad Water”

The substances found in Camp Lejeune’s drinking water until the 1980s:

TCE, LEAD, DDT, ARSENIC, CYANIDE, MERCURY, ACETONE, CHLOROFORM, BENZENE, ZINC, PCB, CADMIUM, TETRACHLOROETHANE, DICHLOROETHENE, TRINITROBENZENE , METHYLNAPHTHALENE, METHYLPHENOL, DICHLOROBENZIDINE, METHYLPHENOL, BENZENE HEXACHLORIDE, ACENAPHTHENE, ALDRIN, ALPHA-CHLORDANE, ANTHRACENE, AROCLOR, BARIUM, BENZO(B)FLUORANTHENE, BENZO(GHI)PERYLENE,  ENZO[A]ANTHRACENE, BENZO[A]PYRENE, BERYLLIUM, BIS(2-CHLOROETHYL), ETHER, C11-C22, CARBAZOLE, CHLORDANE, CHLOROBENZENE, CHROMIUM, CHRYSENE, COBALT, COPPER, DI-N-BUTYL PHTHALATE, DIBENZO(A,H)ANTHRACENE, DIBENZOFURAN, DIELDRIN, DIETHYL PHTHALATE, ENDOSULFAN, ENDRIN, ENDRIN ALDEHYDE, ENDRIN KETONE, ETHYLBENZENE, FLUORANTHENE, FLUORENE, GAMMA-BHC, GAMMA-CHLORDANE, GAMMA-CHLORDANE, HEPTACHLOR, HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE, IRON, MANGANESE, METHOXYCHLOR, METHYL TERT-BUTYL ETHER, METHYLENE CHLORIDE, NAPHTHALENE, NICKEL, PCE, PERCHLOROETHYLENE, PHENANTHRENE, PHENOL, SELENIUM, SILVER, TETRACHLOROETHENE, THALLIUM, TOLUENE, TOTAL PETROLEUM HYDROCARBON, TRANS-1,2-DICHLOROETHENE, TRICHLOROETHENE, VANADIUM, VINYL CHLORIDE and XYLENE.

An article in Sunday’s newspaper details the contamination story and its fallout.