"Much of this emphasis on 'innocence' has ignored the gender and racial prejudice of the March 13 party "
Yes Shadee, why is the prejudice of Kim and Crystal getting a pass? Why are they allowed to make racist and sexist remarks? Where is the outrage?
Jury indicts 6 murder suspects
By John Stevenson : The Herald-Sun, Nov 28, 2006
DURHAM -- Six homicide suspects -- including one who was Durham's top fugitive until his arrest in Reedsville, Va., last month -- were indicted by the county grand jury Monday.
The former No. 1 fugitive is Tyrone Joseph Lacour, who is accused of killing 43-year-old Dennis Wayne Rowe two years ago.
Police found Rowe dead in November 2004 when they were called to 408 W. Maynard Ave. He was lying face-first in a garbage can with his head wrapped in duct tape, beaten so severely that blood was spattered on the ceiling.
Officers have not said what led them to charge Lacour, who is no stranger to the criminal justice system.
In 2001, he was a temporary suspect in the burning death of his roommate, 33-year-old Eric Pennebaker. However, a Person County grand jury subsequently concluded that Pennebaker committed suicide.
The other murder suspects indicted in Durham Monday were Umar Malik, Jameel Ray, Damian Wilson, Kevin Wimbush and Khurman Choudhry.
Indictments move felony cases from District Court, where all criminal matters originate, to Superior Court, where they are tried or plea-bargained.
Malik and Choudhry are accused in the November 2002 beating death of 26-year-old convenience store employee Rana Ahmed.
Ray is alleged to have participated in the August beating of 56-year-old Jerome Gilbert, who died a month later from blunt-force trauma. Police said the beating apparently occurred during an argument over money on Meriwether Drive.
Wilson is charged with murder in the same case.
Details of the homicide charge against Wimbush were not immediately available Monday.
In other grand jury action, a rare not-true bill was returned on a rape charge against Carl Vincent Johnson.
A not-true bill means the jury concluded there was insufficient evidence to indict Johnson. However, officers could return to grand jurors with additional evidence and seek another indictment later.
Johnson was charged with first-degree rape and resisting arrest in May. Warrants alleged that he attempted to flee as officers placed him in custody.
http://www.heraldsun.com/durham/4-793128.html
* This was the grand jury that indicted the police chief's daughter. It looks like they were pretty busy.