News 8/26/2011: Argument leads to murder at Hickory apartment

Friday, August 26th, 2011 at 7:40pm: Several times a day we publish the latest news of violent crime in our country. Please be careful out there - we never think these events could happen to us, but these people we're reading about didn't think that either. Some of these events may be shocking to some readers, but we feel it is important to show just how important self defense weapons are these days.

2 more arrested in Charlotte cab driver murder
by WCNC

by NewsChannel 36 Staff HICKORY, NC -- Police arrested two more people Friday afternoon in connection with the murder of a Hickory cab driver. Camyron Johnson, 22 was arrested around 7p.m. in Charlotte Thursday evening and was accused of stabbing ...
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Murder victim was afraid of husband, boss says
by Chicago Daily Herald

By Josh Stockinger and Kimberly Pohl A 50-year-old Hanover Park man is in custody in connection with his wife's murder after being shot in a confrontation with Lockport police. Jeffrey Ferrigan is being described as a “person of interest” by Lockport ...
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Man Who Ordered Journalist's Murder Sentenced to Life in Prison
by The Bay Citizen

Broussard had been charged with two counts of murder, but prosecutors allowed him to plead guilty to two counts of the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter in exchange for his testimony against Bey and Mackey. Broussard could have faced life in ...
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The Bay Citizen

Brother charged with murder in Pinole robbery suspect's death
by San Jose Mercury News

By Malaika Fraley PINOLE -- A 24-year-old suspect in Wednesday's armored car guard robbery and gunbattle in Pinole has been charged with murder in the death of his brother and alleged accomplice. Pierre Daniel, 25, was fatally shot by a Pinole police ...
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Argument leads to murder at Hickory apartment
by Hickory Daily Record

Newman was arrested and charged with murder at about 10:45 pm after being interviewed at the Hickory Police Department. Credit: ROBERT C. REED/RECORD Jamie Carlton Odom, 40, of Hickory, was murdered at about 10 pm at Hickory's Highland School ...
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Violent crime is unfortunately part of our everyday lives now; an ever-present threat.

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