Look for this on the home page. Former charlotte mayor patrick cannon is still behind bars at the Mecklenburg County jail after he pleaded guilty tovoter fraud yesterday. We have been checking with the jail but right now, its stillnot clear when he will be taken back to federal prison in west virginiap he was brought to charlotte for the First Time Since he started to serve his 44 month sentence on corruption charges. His punishment for the voter fraud charge is 1 day behind bars and that will be included in his current prison term. Because cannon is still in Mecklenburg County its not clear yet how much taxpayer money was spent total on his Court Appearance and his transportation. But channel 9 has learned that it cost 157 dollars and 4 cents per day he stays at the jail. The department of Public Safety says it will be able to give us a final price tag on transportation once cannon is back in west virginia. Machines were seized and the money could benefit children in Gaston County. To
A motorcycle apparently hit that car and we are going to pan over and show you the distance. It went over the car. It crashed into a group of pedestrians waiting for the traffic light to cross. There is a family involved. Several people were injured including two children. One person has died as a result of this crash. We are going to show you some closeup videotapes to get an idea of how much damage was done here. This all unfolded late this afternoon as people were coming back on the mall. This mall is now across from the metro station so its a busy station. The bake was going west on east west highway when it struck that car making a left turn. We hope to get more details coming up in an hour or so as to who exactly was involved with there. But a horrific accident here on memorial day weekend. And right now, a section of east west highway going west near the ball is closed down. The weather this Holiday Weekend is off to a great start. Lets find out from first alert meteorologist ho
Live at the scene with more on the victims, including that child. Hank, what have you learned . Well, the childs name has not yet been released nor has the familys name been released. There were several members of his family with him. The accident happened here on east west highway by the entrance to the mall of prince georges, which is behind me here. That car was right in the middle of the road trying to make a left hand turn. The motorcycle was going westbound, ran right into it, flew over the car. The young child who was killed was standing with family members at the curve, waiting to cross the street. This man saw the crash. Got on the motorcycle, was coming down, and the woman cut him off. He flipped. Watch him fly up in the air and he flipped. At the time, i didnt see there were other people on the ground. I saw the one guy. Police werent sure how many people were standing on the corner when the motorcycle slammed into the pavement and into the crowd. The belongings spread acros
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