Its hard but its right. He said the decade she got was right. I think justice has not been served today. I think that she is a protective mother who was afraid for the safety of her daughter. Her lawyer plans on appealing. The question you have to ask is why . At trial we were not able to present the evidence of why. The judge specifically said we are not going to include that in this case. Prosecutors say she was willing to pay someone to take another human life. She had opportunities to change her mind and she never did. This shows her true behavior. Reporting live from federal courthouse, Pamela Escobar wbtv on your side. Thank you. Davis is in the mecklenberg county jail and custody will be transferred to the federal bureau of prisons. She has 14 days to appeal. Deputies have busted a black tar heroin operation near i77 and these three are under arrest. The drug was being sold in 150i77 area in mooresville. They went under chufer and arrested the three. More charges and more arrest
Snow showers the next in line is the brutal cold and the president s day storm monday morning. Here is what the radar looks like not a lot falling right now. Some of you had snow showers and enough to put down a dusting in our South Carolina counties. But that has exited off to the east. Cloudy and a flurry or two in the mountains as we take you through the evening. Definitely cold. Much colder than yesterday. 36 in charlotte and we have a new fresh shot of arctic air moving in. Look at the temperatures off to the northwest as you get up towards minneapolis, 10 , 8 in winnipeg, canada and that is the direct ton that our air is coming from. That air will be put in place by the time the storm rolls in here monday morning. We will get into this in detail but its looking like for charlotte this does start as a brief period of snow by day break monday morning changing over to a mix. Accumulation up to two inches at best that we are forecasting for charlotte before this ends as rain monday e
Live look at independence from briar creek, in toward center city, volume beginning to pick up, but most of the major interstates continue to run in the green and our latest accident scene, this is on westinghouse boulevard, it is listed right before i77 on the ramps. That is a check of the morning commute. Christine, back to you. Christine breaking news weve been following since 4 30 this morning. Authorities investigate an officerinvolved shooting in catawba county. Happened last night at a home on old park road in maiden. Wbtv was the first to break story for you on social media, our reporter Ashton Pellom has been on the scene, was first there and is getting brand new details about this incident. Ashton . Reporter good morning, christine. Talked to the police chief about 15 minutes ago. He says this is just a tragic event and hard on everybody from his officers here at the pd to the family of the man involved you will hear from him in a second. First the pictures i shot when i firs
The zika virus remains in the blood of an infected person on average for a week. And based on Current Evidence a previous zika infection does not pose a risk of a birth defect for a future pregnancy. And men who have traveled to a country with the zika outbreak should abstain from sex or use condoms with sex. Pamela escobar is talking to state Health Leaders about the North Carolina. And mumps cases in mecklenburg and Iredell County two sick work in lowes in mooresville. The company is consume ut indicating with all employees about prepreventing and treats mumps. And new video from a deadly plane crash in union county. Sky3 flew over the scene to s s the damage in the daylight. Wbtv anchor Maureen Oboyle has and joins us live in the studio. The faa is still investigating this crash here is more video from sky3 earlier today, the small plane went down here in the new sail Legal Community of union county near marshville. The emergency call came in as a plane in distress. They are unsure
Lasts in a little bit. Thank you. As the temperatures and snowfall condiions are getting rough in the mountains and its not going to let up. Our Steve Ohnesorge has the story from the high Country First at 4 00. The snowfall has been coming in waves in the North Carolina mountains. And not a whole lot each time. But it is building up and its causing some issues. Forget about driving the Blue Ridge Parkway big chunks are closed due to snow just like schools, roads too tough for buss to tackle. Students do not care. You do not they have missed seven days because of snow but do not have to make them up. Why . Well, the school day in avery county is 20 minutes longer. That builds up and so when we miss days like this, we dont have to make it up. They were making up snow days no telling how long they will be out this time, especially with temperatures expected to dip to extreme levels. Many folks like shane mills want winter to go away. Enough for me. But winter has a grip on this area. No