Lacrosse players' defense: Documents being withheld

HeraldSun ^ | September 1, 2006 | William F. West

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I THINK Monte Christopher Pittman

He has a record in Montgomery County VA.

[maggief]

Doesn't he drive a Honda Accord?

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

I want to say yes, but have to find it to be sure.

[Sacajaweau]

btt

[Andy from Chapel Hill]

I was born in Greensboro 49 years ago and have lived in NC for 38 of those years.

Durham is the Newark, NJ of NC. Poor, violent and lacking a real business center downtown, especially considering its population.

When Duke University was founded through the purchase of Trinity College, the Duke family positioned the University in the middle of the multi-thousand acre Duke Forest that abuts Durham. It was done that way to provide a buffer from the tobacco factory employees that worked for American Tobacco, Duke's company.

There has ALWAYS been a feeling among the Durhamites that they worked on a big plantation with Duke University representing the Tara manor home.

When tobacco cratered in the 70's and 80's, the hope was for the Research Triangle Park to provide jobs. Unfortunately, these jobs (IBM, Cisco, Glaxo Smith Klein, etc.) went to degreed professionals and not unskilled factory workers.

Duke University then began a growth phase based on cheap labor to expand its hospital and support services. The VA hospital next door to Duke expanded as well. The displaced tobacco workers got low level jobs at Duke University Medical Center (DUMC), which is now the #1 employer in Durham.

From the Durhamites point of view, Duke University and DUMC are still the manor houses of the plantation.

The property values at the county line tell all -- a new house in Chapel Hill will sell quickly at 30% more than an identical Durham house next door, which may take 1-2 years to sell.

[abb]

http://www.wral.com/news/9795879/detail.html
3 Wake Deputies Investigated After Restaurant Fight

[CondorFlight]

And to add to the Wake deputies having a bar fight...

http://www.newsobserver.com/145/story/483144.html

DURHAM -- An inmate in the Durham County jail died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack.

John Arthur Umstead III, 45, was in a cell on charges of assaulting police officers when he complained of chest pains about 2 p.m., said Capt. Paul Martin of the Durham County Sheriff's Office.

(snip)

Umstead had been in jail 17 days awaiting trial.
(Are the dockets that crowded that he has to wait 17 days in JAIL?)

(moral : don't assault a Durham officer; the guys who assaulted the Wake officer only ended up in the hospital)

And . . .

http://www.newsobserver.com/145/story/482973.html

DURHAM - A Duke student reported that she had 50 $100 bills stolen from an unsecured desk in her dorm room over the weekend. . .

(Well, I'll bet it wasn't taken by a LAX player. . .)

[CondorFlight]

SPECULATION ALERT, and most likely unrelated, but --

http://www.medhunters.com/employer/13546.html

John Umstead Hospital has affiliations with Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. There are 6 distinct units of the hospital with specialized patient populations: Geropsychiatry, Nursing Care, Children and Adolescents, Alcohol and Substance Abuse, Adult Rehabilitation, and the Acute Admissions units. . .

John Umstead Hospital is a state psychiatric hospital, located in the peaceful community of Butner, North Carolina. Butner is centrally located approximately ½ hour away from Raleigh, Durham and Research Triangle Park.

[CondorFlight]

ANOTHER SPECULATION ALERT --

Umstead seems to have gotten around (or at least, his father or grandfather did)--

http://www.doc.state.nc.us/DOP/prisons/Umstead.htm

Umstead Correctional Center in Butner is a minimum security prison for adult males.

The prison's history dates back to 1949 when State Representative John Umstead of Orange County authored a series of bills requiring the State Hospitals Board of Control to establish a modern prison for youthful first time offenders, 25 or younger by converting the old prisoner-of-war camp located on property at Camp Butner.

(snip)

Effective July 1984, legislation made Umstead a state minimum security prison for adult males.

[CondorFlight]

MORE SPECULATION

http://psychology.unc.edu/general/jobopportunities.html

UNC--
Adult Admissions/Geropsychiatry Units, John Umstead Hospital and Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Unique opportunity to combine academic and clinical skills in a diverse population. Position is 80% clinical and 20% academic. Duties include psychological evaluation and treatment of adults with severe psychiatric disorders, supervision of graduate students, teaching and research. Experience with cognitive assessment of older adults as well as assessment and treatment of persons hospitalized with severe behavioral symptoms, including aggression, is desirable.

(OK, was the AV treated at any of these facilities? Were any of the figures in the case treated--or incarcerated--at any of these facilities? Was John Umstead connected with any of these facilities in any way, and did he know anything about this case?
Of course, ALL OF THIS IS PURE AND WILD SPECULATION, and may be TOTALLY UNRELATED. But if John Umstead died while in custody in the Durham jail, forgive me if my nose pricks up a little bit...)

[ltc8k6]

Is Nifong stuck with claiming the rape occurred after the dancers left the house?

The affidavits all claim the rape occurred after Crystal went out to the car when the dance was over. The dancers were asked to come back in and then separated. Then Crystal was attacked.

Is Nifong stuck with that?

If he changes it, what about the affidavits?

I don't see how he can say it was before that, because Crystal walked out of the bathroom and into Kim's car on her own, and then wanted to go back to make more money and/or get her shoe.

[CondorFlight]

FURTHER PROOF OF MY PARANOIA. . .

http://www.newsobserver.com/145/story/483144.html

DURHAM -- "An inmate in the Durham County jail died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack.

John Arthur Umstead III, 45, was in a cell on charges of assaulting police officers when he complained of chest pains about 2 p.m., said Capt. Paul Martin of the Durham County Sheriff's Office."

OK, so when, where, and why was he charged with assaulting police officers? Which officers did he assault? (Gottlieb?)

Was he beaten in return? Did he suffer injuries?

Probably there is nothing unusual about all of this. But, OTOH, this is Durham.

Remember Demorris Lee, arrested for "harassment".

If he was related to the famous NC Umstead family (a relative was a governor of the state in the 1940s),
why was he still being kept in jail after 17 days and not out on bail?

Just questions. . . maybe this has nothing to do with anything. . .

[Dukie07]

Oh, great! Let's reinforce the image of the rich Duke students who can afford to leave 5 grand lying around...... I have a hard time believing this one. I say something happened to the money (she blew it or lost it) and had to tell mom and dad something..... That's not to say that thefts don't happen on campus, they do. There's just something weird about this one.

[old and cranky]

Right now, anything is possible....

[maggief]

http://www.co.durham.nc.us/departments/elec/votersearch/VoterRecSearchResults.cfm?VRN=000000539410&PA=05

Voter Information:
Voter Registration Number: 000000539410 Party: Democratic
Name: John Arthur Umstead Status: INACTIVE
Residence Address: XXXXXXXXXXXX
Durham, NC 27705 Mailing Address:
Registration Date: May 11, 1982 Precinct: 05
Gender: Male Polling Place: [Currently
Race: Black Or African Ame
Birthplace: NC

[CondorFlight]

"That's not to say that thefts don't happen on campus, they do."

I'm assuming no one can get into the dorm without a dorm card? So it's literally an "inside" job?

And what student ever carries $5000 cash? Haven't they heard of credit cards? What specifically would they need that much CASH for?

[Protect the Bill of Rights]

http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/camp-butner.htm

In 1947, Mr. John Umstead, brother of Governor William B. Umstead, started a move in the North Carolina Legislature for better care of the mentally ill. Camp Butner was purchased by the State of North Carolina from the federal government for one dollar. The state took over the camp and assumed the police and fire services on November 3, 1947. John Umstead Hospital was created out of the abandoned army hospital. The Butner Training School for the mentally retarded open on June 9, 1948 . It was known as "The Colony" and was located on 9th and 10th streets between C and D streets in twelve rows of old army barracks. In 1953, the voters of North Carolina approved a $22,000,000 Bond Issue for Mental Health Projects, part of which was designated to build a new Butner Training School to replace the temporary, military site. Contruction began in mid-1955 as the Butner Training School would see its name changed twice before the era ended. In 1959, shortly after the death of Dr. James Murdoch, the name was changed to Murdoch School and finally in 1963, to the Murdoch Center, a title which better reflected the role and client population of the facility.

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Mmmm if he is of these Umsteads (son of a State Rep) DPD might be in deep doo-doo.

[CondorFlight]

Couple of Umsteads in the cemetery :

http://apdew.com/cemetery/durh/cem251u.htm

Umstead, John A. (b. - d. 12 Jan 1977)

Umstead, John Arthur Jr. (b. 1922 - d. 4 Sep 1984)
Age 62 years

[maggief]

UMSTEAD, JOHN ARTHUR
Associated names:
UMSTEAD, JOHN A
UMSTEAD, JOHN ARTHU
45 Available Available(2) DURHAM, NC

http://www.veromi.net/Summary.asp


Possible Relatives

UMSTEAD, WILLIAM R
LAVONUMSTEAD, MARY (age 42)
UMSTEAD, CONNIE L (age 74)
UMSTEAD, WILLIAM
UMSTEAD, SABRINA CAROL (age 43)
UMSTEAD, MARY L
UMSTEAD, MARCUS

[maggief]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_B._Umstead