Right now, a developing story in all of our newsrooms. Im joel brown. Anna and im anna laurel. Tisha a raleigh joel a raleigh mom accused of the baby back. Anna you may remember this story, breaking news in 14. She was charged with breaking her babys bones and biting him, but now she has come to the iteam with what she says is proof of her innocence. Troubleshooter diane wilson is here with her side of the story. Diane . Diane it has been two years since she has seen her son. She is still waiting to appear in court, but she is done waiting to defend your self as a mother. I was a mom. This is all i wanted to be. Dream came true for the professional manny. Professional nanny. Their son micah, born in 2014. I waited a decade. This is my miracle baby. Diane she documented just about every day of micahs life. I was so delighted to be a mom. Diane the charged with child abuse, locked up for breaking his ribs and even biting him. You could never comprehend this. Diane her miracle baby taken
Major newsrooms, including a tribute to local law enforcement. Traffic alert, and a rich for search for an Armed Robbery suspect in. Police have a moment of silence for a fallen officer. In the past seven days, seven officers have been killed in the line of duty. Eight in the last month. The names of the officers were broadcast to all wake county agencies, and they say they want to honor the officer as he rose, not for how they die, but how a lin dunn served. As heroes, not for how they die, but how they served. Lets head out to stephanie of looking at traffic. Conditions are dry. Blacktop, where the switch it will be happening. That new blacktop in the middle, you can expect some traffic with that. What theyre trying to do, weather permitting, if theyre going to move all the traffic after 8 00 p. M. To the far right lane. Then they will do all the work they need for the traffic shift right after that work is done the traffic will be shifted to the two. New lanes. Delays. It is a very
Folks here very skeptical of any official account of what happened. Eyewitnesses reporting that, just after noon, akil denkins was running from police when he hopped the fence near this Small Grocery store here in town and was shot in the back by a police officer. He was unarmed. We have not heard that from officials. She got her information from others that live in this neighborhood coming meetings this woman. Police were chasing him. He jumped the fence. Police could not catch him so he pulled out a gun. It was a white cop. Jon the naacp is calling for full investigation. That is something we have been hearing from just about everybody in this neighborhood. They. Generally, there is some skepticism here. There is little patience for a long investigation. Tisha certainly emotions running high. The raleigh pd handling this case with delicate hands. Steve the police chief asking for prayers for all involved and urging people to let angelica we will hear from the chief again in a few mom
These heavy trucks that were pounding on the road every day and at that time we didnt fully know how many there were. But we knew it was a lot. Reporter christina lives just down from the old farm on Victory Church road and has been leading the charge to stop the trucks for the past year and a half. She and her neighbors chipped in. They bought a hunting camera right here, wrapped it to a tree and theyve been counting trucks on the road ever since. 200 trucks a day on a heavy day. 200 trucks. I would say, if theyre heading northbound they weigh 80,000 pounds. Its one after another. All day. Reporter 200 trucks in just one day. She startetemaking calls. We reached out to a Public School because there were a lot of school buses that use our road. Department of transportation. About all the pot hole issues. We also reached out to the state trucks were heavy and driving recklessly. Reporter she hasnt let up but neither has the truck traffic. We dont know how many times we have to keep repr
Reporter we spoke with the director of veterans affairs. Were you disheartened and frustrated by the delays . I was, i would not stand for. Reporter he said the opening was delayed because legislatures did not approve the state budget on time. But, he knew it would open this month. Families are grateful to have closure. Reporter four months, he has been saving veterans remains for burial. Reporter and veterans are glad to have a special cemetery honoring them in. Joel Funeral Homes in goldsboro and the surrounding areas, veterans can now finally be laid to rest. If you have something for us to investigate you can send us an email, it is on your screen there. Anna maybe give more families some closure. Controversy tonight surrounding Student Council elections. Some student names were left off the ballot. Joel a computer glitch happened, but some parents say racism is to blame. We have the details. Reporter they are now calling this human error, but there was an electronic ballot online.