Getting nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize is only the first step towards winning the esteemed award, but Ryan Jenkins still took it as an occasion to get pretty tipsy.
Upon learning the criminal justice reform committee he started had been nominated, Jenkins, an unemployed intelligence analyst in Chapel Hill, spent several hours this December sipping single malt whisky and informing fellow committee members that their work was now in the running for one of the world’s most famous awards.
“It’s not even something that you fantasize about,” he said of the nomination. “It is such an utterly ridiculous thing.”
Members hoped their proposed criminal justice reforms would draw attention. They didn t expect this.
Brian Gordon
USA TODAY NETWORK
Getting nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize is only the first step towards winning the esteemed award, but Ryan Jenkins still took it as an occasion to get pretty tipsy.
Upon learning the criminal justice reform committee he started had been nominated, Jenkins, an unemployed intelligence analyst in Chapel Hill, spent several hours this December sipping single malt whisky and informing fellow committee members that their work was now in the running for one of the world’s most famous awards.
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Courtesy of the Durham County Sheriff s Office
Durham County Sheriff Clarence Birkhead on Friday announced his department had made a second arrest in the shooting ambush of an off-duty deputy last month.
Birkhead warned that a third suspect who is still at-large is armed and should be considered âextremely dangerous.â
Federal charges have been filed against Chakera Mangum, 28, in connection with the November 14 shooting, Birkhead announced in a press statement Friday morning.
Officers first arrested Armand Lewis-Langston, 23, on November 28, according to the release. Birkhead said Jerry Lamont Harris, 26, who is a âclose acquaintanceâ of Mangum, âis still on the loose.â