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Call adds mystery to lacrosse case (DukeLax)
News and Observer ^ | July 12, 2006 | Joseph Neff

Posted on 07/12/2006 1:52:14 AM PDT by abb

Phone use spans time of team party

In the middle of a Duke lacrosse party where a dancer said she was gang-raped for 30 minutes, a call was placed from her cell phone to a Durham escort service.

The 12:26 a.m. call to the service, Centerfold, lasted one minute, according to a copy of her cell phone bill reviewed by The News & Observer. It is unclear whether the call was a request for another job, a cry for help or something else, or even whether the accuser made the call herself.

But the accuser's phone records add some details to the chronology of the March 13 party, a drunken spring break bash that spawned a national controversy.

Neither prosecutors nor defense lawyers would discuss the phone records Tuesday. Neither the accuser nor a second dancer at the party could be reached, nor could representatives of Centerfold. Police Chief Steve Chalmers was out of town; his spokeswoman said he would not discuss the case.

Three players have been charged with first-degree rape, sexual offense and kidnapping: Reade Seligmann, 20, of Essex Fells, N.J.; Collin Finnerty, 19, of Garden City, N.Y.; and Dave Evans, 23, of Bethesda, Md. Lawyers for the players have proclaimed their clients' innocence and said no rape or sex occurred at the house at 610 N. Buchanan Blvd.

District Attorney Mike Nifong, whose handling of the case has undergone national scrutiny, has been adamant that the woman was raped at the party. Nifong has not given a precise timeline of when he thinks an assault occurred.

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To: JLS

Note also that the AV does not bother to call the police at 12:26.....


61 posted on 07/12/2006 7:21:31 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: maggief

That's weird. Am I reading the tax record wrong?


62 posted on 07/12/2006 7:21:47 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: ladyjane

In Durham County 84%+ of the drug trafficking is controlled by gangs. Neighboring Raleigh has an estimated 500 gang members, while Durham has between 3,000-5,000 and growing.

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0811/p01s04-ussc.html

Why has gang growth and violence exploded in Durham, while nearby cities are much less affected? It was no coincidence that failure to deal effectively with gangs was issue #1 in the Durham DA race before Nifong seized on the Duke case and refocused the voters' attention.


63 posted on 07/12/2006 7:22:15 AM PDT by GAgal
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

This isn't making sense.

The property tax records list Bivins ROAD - residential

Reverse address lists multiple businesses at Bivins STREET.


64 posted on 07/12/2006 7:24:19 AM PDT by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
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To: ltc8k6

Yeah. That's interesting. Maybe she pulled that catatonic act so Kim would be forced to give her a ride. Otherwise she would be standing out in the dark. I wonder if she talked to someone or left a message?


65 posted on 07/12/2006 7:26:36 AM PDT by SarahUSC
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To: maggief
**Related story**NOT Duke LAX** (Not interested? Please disregard.)

ROTFL! And while we are OT:

I finally remembered the whole day in question when my car was supposed to be in Athens, LOL!

SO weird, it just came to me when I drove past Kroger (ruh-ro).

I am so ready for the officer to call me back. " Sir, I can remember every minute of the day. What time would you like me to start?"

Husband & son says after I ramble for about 2 minutes he will say enough! I believe you! No more, PLEASE!

66 posted on 07/12/2006 7:27:18 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: GAgal

Yes but the gangs don't grow the stuff on trees. They need a supplier. The gangs and the suppliers need protection.

You can't do business on the scale you describe without some kind of involvement by the police, IMO.


67 posted on 07/12/2006 7:29:05 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: TommyDale

Where there is prostitution, there are drugs. Where there are drugs and prostitution, there is protection and organized crime.

If media got over the "women don't lie" & "let the trial go forward" they would be able to see that the big story is not 610 Buchanan...it is Durham corruption.

Maybe they know the big story, but don't have the gonads to persue it.


68 posted on 07/12/2006 7:31:48 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

The PO will not know what hit him. Perhaps you could tell him every minute of HIS day. LOL


69 posted on 07/12/2006 7:32:26 AM PDT by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
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To: maggief

LOL! And I will tell him you researched it and can confirm every minute! And while we are at it, we can tell him about Durham corruption.


70 posted on 07/12/2006 7:34:07 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Googling the phone number ...

Check this out:

http://64.233.161.104/search?q=cache:z0YtTSPvU2wJ:www.blackamericaweb.com/site.aspx/sayitloud/kane420%3Fview%3DForum+(919)+490-8444&hl=en&gl=us&ct=clnk&cd=3&client=firefox-a


71 posted on 07/12/2006 7:37:54 AM PDT by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
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To: ltc8k6

Of course she did not call the police at 11:26. She wanted nothing to do with the cops which is why she cried rape later when she found herself in their company.


72 posted on 07/12/2006 7:47:59 AM PDT by JLS
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

Looks like someone posted the escort directory, hence the hit.

Interesting site, though.


73 posted on 07/12/2006 7:52:52 AM PDT by maggief (and the dessert cart rolls on ...)
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To: maggief
**Related story**NOT Duke LAX**

(Not interested? Please disregard.)

LOL!!

74 posted on 07/12/2006 8:02:03 AM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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To: GAgal

Among other thimgs, it's transportation related. Just like a real business. Durham is a crossroads between I-85 (major north-south) and I-40 (major east wet) interstates. Raleigh is not on a major north-south interstate.


75 posted on 07/12/2006 8:03:02 AM PDT by Locomotive Breath (In the shuffling madness)
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To: maggief

(Hitting myself on the head)
No wonder I could not find Angels



looking for female "sex workers/strippers/hookers" in durham, nc...
By: DirtyBlues
4/26/2006 10:01:35 PM

AAA Angels
Durham, NC 27713
(919) 206-4255
http://www.angelsfloristandgifts.net
Allure


76 posted on 07/12/2006 8:30:29 AM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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To: ladyjane

I think the only drug the Durham Police Department would be trafficking is Viagra.


77 posted on 07/12/2006 8:33:15 AM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights
"Maybe they know the big story, but don't have the gonads to persue it."

Voila! With the history of the city government corruption, this is the logical explanation. If certain things get exposed, their "protection" is revoked.

78 posted on 07/12/2006 8:35:30 AM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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To: Protect the Bill of Rights

"AAA Angels"? I wonder if that is a new benefit from the auto club in Durham?


79 posted on 07/12/2006 8:40:36 AM PDT by TommyDale (Stop the Nifongery!)
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To: TommyDale

Fresh activity on MS' blog...

http://blogs.newsobserver.com/editor/index.php?title=duke_case_coverage_1&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1#comments


80 posted on 07/12/2006 8:41:02 AM PDT by abb (The Dinosaur Media: A One-Way Medium in a Two-Way World)
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