Crime stories from the Cape Fear region.
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911 call: 7000 block Day Spring Drive - Call 2
One of two 911 calls released by the Fayetteville Police Department made from the 7000 block of Day Spring Drive on Monday, Oct. 7 where a man had barricaded himself inside a home.
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911 call: 7000 block Day Spring Drive - Call 1
One of two 911 calls released by the Fayetteville Police Department made from the 7000 block of Day Spring Drive on Monday, Oct. 7 where a man had barricaded himself inside a home.
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Resident called 911 on Sept. 21 about suspicious person at door
A Fayetteville Police Department recording of a resident who called 911 on Sept. 21 about a suspicious person at the door of their house after dark claiming to be from PWC.
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Resident called 911 on Sept. 21 about suspicious person at door
A Fayetteville Police Department recording of a resident who called 911 on Sept. 21 about a suspicious person at the door of their house after dark claiming to be from PWC. The Com…
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Resident called 911 on Sept. 21 about suspicious person at door
A Fayetteville Police Department recording of a resident calling 911 on Sept. 21 about a suspicious person at the door of their house after dark claiming to be from PWC. The Commun…
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2 min
Ramsey Street Dispatcher Traffic
Dispatcher traffic during the apprehension of a suspect by Fayetteville police who had a medical emergency and later died in custody on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019. Note: Traffic betw…
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5 min
Ramsey Street 911 calls
911 calls made for assistance after a man experienced a medical emergency Thursday, Sept. 12, 2019 while being apprehended by Fayetteville police. The man died while in custody.
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13 min
Crime Time podcast: Security concern at Bragg gate, cellphone ban while driving considered
On Episode 43 of Crime Time, a security concern shuts down the All American Gate leading onto Fort Bragg. Will using your cellphone while driving soon be against the law? "CSL: Inv…
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Crime Time podcast: Man receives 230 year sentence, Bladen gaming arrests
On Episode 42 of Crime Time, Robin T. Applewhite will spend at least 230 years in prison after being convicted of coercing women into prostituting for him. "Conner's Law" mandates…
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19 min
Crime Time: How Hania case came together, injured deputy back at work
On Episode 41 of Crime Time, Observer reporter Paul Woolverton talks about how the case against Michael Ray McLellan for the kidnapping and murder of Lumberton teen Hania Aguilar c…
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8 min
Crime Time: Man accused of shooting wife, Hania autopsy report
On Episode 40 of Crime time, a Fayetteville State police officer is accused of shooting his wife. The autopsy report for the Lumberton teen who was kidnapped and killed last fall i…
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15 min
Crime Time: Missing baby hoax, Ramsey Street rapist
In Episode 39 of Crime Time, a Rockingham woman was charged for making a false report about a missing baby and woman. Observer reporters Paul Woolverton and Michael Futch recap the…
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14 min
Crime Time: Cold cases - Death of Fayetteville police chief in 1935
In Episode 38 of Crime Time, the latest in the Unsolved Mysteries series delves into the death of former Fayetteville Police Chief J. Ross Jones, who was found shot dead in a room…
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Crime Time: Episode 37: Autopsy details gruesome; Cumberland tops in human trafficking cases
In Episode 37 of Crime Time, the autopsy report for Marcquis Timmons-Moore, who was found dead in her Fayetteville home in August, is released and the details are gruesome and Cumb…
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16 min
Crime Time: Episode 36: Two sisters, infant murdered in Harnett County
In Episode 36 of Crime Time, an arrest is made in the murder of two sisters and an infant in Harnett County and a 911 call describes the scene, a fugitive is captured, the case is…
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18 min
Crime Time: Episode 35: Arrests made in two murder cases
In Episode 35 of Crime Time, arrests made in two murder cases, two school teachers charged, drug offender sought, and inmates try to help fallen deputy. Listen as Fayetteville Obse…
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13 min
Crime Time: Episode 33: Red Springs chief, manager charged; Haymount bank robbed
In Episode 33 of Crime Time, the Red Springs police chief and town manager are charged with illegally removing and disposing of personnel records. A masked man armed with a rifle e…
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Crime Time: Episode 32: Story updates, stolen clothes and drug arrests
In Episode 32 of Crime Time, updates on recent stories covered during previous podcasts. 7 women, more than $9,000 in stolen clothes, 3 stores in Cross Creek Mall hit. That’s the r…
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Man calls 911 after fatal shooting in Summerhill Townhomes
A man calls 911 after another man is shot in the Summerhill Townhomes apartments near Yadkin and Fillyaw roads on Wednesdy, Sept. 5, 2018.
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Crime Time: Episode 31: Deputy shoots suspect, Lumberton murders unsolved
In Episode 31 of Crime Time, a Cumberland County deputy shot and injured a man who fired on him in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Sept. 4. In the Observer's 'Unsolved: Cape Fe…