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
Would be subject to negotiation between ncdot and i77 mobility partners. Much more on the story at 6 00 including what some local leaders and residents think about the let te and what it might letter and what it might really mean. On i77, David Whisenant wbtv on your side. Police say a drunk driver caused a crash in west charlotte. Wbtv first on the scene at tuckaseegee and little rock roads. The video our reporter took when he got there. Police say the man was driving an s. U. V. And ran into a power pole causing the lights to fall and the driver was screaming at the time of his arrest. This is exclusive video of him being taken into custody. He was later take especially to the hospital with an injury to his mouth. And while crews worked that scene the Fire Department says someone broke into the personal vehicles of two employees and well tell you about the Police Investigation into those crimes. A possible name change stirring up controversy. There is a proposal to change the name to
Shutout not given an opportunity to speak to the council. And the ordinance they say will force Business Owners to go against their religious objections and citing Public Safety saying transgender residents could expose women and children to predators but supporters held a News Conference they delivered boxes of petitionses to councilmembers saying everyone deserves Legal Protection and urged councilmembers to pass the ordinance who prohibit any passenger from hire vehicle for discriminating against gays and lesbians and ban bars, hotels and restaurants from refusing to serve if gays and lez yaps. A pastor in favor of the ordinance, he says this law will not benefit predators. The law will not help them in anyway. If they are going to do wrong they will do it without a law. This protects people who are want to be able to fully express who they are and fully be able to participate in society on equal footing. Now, i checked with City Council Officials and they tell me if the ordinance p
Rain uprooted trees. This tree fell on queens road in charlotte. There are similar scenes across the charlotte area and Pamela Escobar joins us live from willmore neighborhood centuries down today and the next sound you hear could be chainsaws . That is right. You will need chainsaws for this tree on top of this car. The trunk did see chainsaws because it fell at 8 00 a. M. And neighbors tell me that they are not blaming the winds but saying all the rain that weve had has affected the ground. As you saw this massive tree in edgehill park fell at lunchtime on to queens road. Neighbors say no one was hurt and it did not hit a house burt it will take sometime to clear the debris. Strong winds and weak roots caused other trees to fall and property was not spared. This house on West Boulevard was the tree came out of the ground as the treetopled over. People love living in these areas but when the storms come through this can be the result. Relived here 25 years ago that hugo came through a