A 28-year-old has been arrested in connection with a Maple Hill triple homicide that left a man and a pregnant woman fatally shot.
The Pender County Sheriff s Office said in a Thursday morning news release Michael Legage Miller Jr. was taken into custody early Thursday morning with the assistance of the Jacksonville Police Department.
Miller is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and one count of murder of an unborn child in the Nov. 8 deaths, according to the release.
Pender County Sheriff Alan Cutler in a Thursday morning press conference said the investigation is still ongoing, and no further information will be released at this time.
Lawsuit filed after off-duty officer, mob allegedly tried to force way into Black teen s home
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Deputy terminated following incident at black teen’s home
Former Deputy Jordan Kita is now charged with failure to discharge duties of his office, forcible trespass and breaking and entering.WWAY
A former North Carolina police officer who was fired and criminally charged last year after he allegedly gathered a group of armed people and tried to enter the home of a Black teen who he thought was a suspect in the case of a missing person, has been sued by the victim s family Tuesday.
Off-duty cop, mob allegedly tried to break into Black teen s home: Lawsuit
ABCNews A former North Carolina police officer who was fired and criminally charged last year after he allegedly gathered a group of armed people and tried to enter the home of a Black teen who he thought was a suspect in the case of a missing person, has been sued by the victim s family Tuesday.
Attorneys for Monica Shepard and her 18-year-old son Dameon filed the civil suit in North Carolina Tuesday contending that their clients were racially profiled and terrorized by former deputy Jordan Kita, and 14 other white defendants, some of whom were armed, who said they were looking for a missing woman.