Gun-Toting 89-Year-Old Scares Off Intruder: Tom Alex of the Des Moines Register reports on yesterday's incident involving an 89-year-old woman opening fire at a burglar who was attempting to break into her home at 5:30 a.m. Beatrice Turner warned the man that if he did not leave, she would fire her .22-caliber at the "big, burly guy." Turner said the man talked crazy and kept repeating "It's not daylight, it's not daylight." A neighbor who heard the gunshot called police. Officers arrived at Turner's house and found the suspect, Nelson McAlpine, standing in the front yard. McAlpine, who has an extensive police record, told police he had been using drugs and didn't know where he was. McAlpine was being held in the Polk County Jail yesterday on a charge of second-degree burglary.
To Avoid DP, North Carolina Killer Pleads : AP writer, Mike Baker, reported yesterday that Demario Atwater, one of the accused killers of the student body president of University of North Carolina has plead guilty to several federal charges, including carjacking resulting in death and kidnapping, to avoid a death sentence. Atwater shot 22-year-old Eve Carson five times, including once in the head. In return for Atwater's guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop their plan to pursue the death penalty. Carson's killings have also caused controversy over North Carolina's probation and parole system. According to two court orders, Carson was supposed to be placed under intense probation, which included mandatory curfews, weekly contact, and warrantless searches. He was also living in Durham, but Wake County probation officers didn't transfer his case there for more than two years. Atwater's accomplice, Laurence Lovette, pleaded guilty just two months prior to the murder of misdemeanor larceny and breaking and entering. Lovette was placed on probation and, within a six week period, he managed to get arrested several times and charged with nine crimes. He was released after each arrest. Atwater is scheduled to be sentenced on September 23 and is still facing charges in state court, along with Lovette. Another example of a murderer pleading guilty to avoid a death sentence can be found at this recent post.
To Avoid DP, North Carolina Killer Pleads : AP writer, Mike Baker, reported yesterday that Demario Atwater, one of the accused killers of the student body president of University of North Carolina has plead guilty to several federal charges, including carjacking resulting in death and kidnapping, to avoid a death sentence. Atwater shot 22-year-old Eve Carson five times, including once in the head. In return for Atwater's guilty plea, prosecutors agreed to drop their plan to pursue the death penalty. Carson's killings have also caused controversy over North Carolina's probation and parole system. According to two court orders, Carson was supposed to be placed under intense probation, which included mandatory curfews, weekly contact, and warrantless searches. He was also living in Durham, but Wake County probation officers didn't transfer his case there for more than two years. Atwater's accomplice, Laurence Lovette, pleaded guilty just two months prior to the murder of misdemeanor larceny and breaking and entering. Lovette was placed on probation and, within a six week period, he managed to get arrested several times and charged with nine crimes. He was released after each arrest. Atwater is scheduled to be sentenced on September 23 and is still facing charges in state court, along with Lovette. Another example of a murderer pleading guilty to avoid a death sentence can be found at this recent post.
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