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A 29-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder for the fatal road-rage shooting of a Manheim woman while she and her husband were headed to the beach last week for vacation, authorities announced Thursday. Dejywan R. Floyd was driving down Interstate 95 in Lumberton, North Carolina, around 11:40 a.m. March 25 when Ryan and Julie Eberly’s GMC Yukon came close to Floyd’s Chevrolet Malibu as they merged lanes, according to the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office. Authorities said Floyd pulled alongside the Yukon’s passenger side and fired several shots through the window, then got off the highway at an upcoming...

the Gary Sinise Foundation has gifted a grant for decontamination units to an east Texas fire and EMS agency. The grant exemplifies the foundation’s mission to look out for the safety of first responders. According to EMS World, Lumberton Fire & EMS in Hardin County, Texas, was on the receiving end of the generous donation and plans to install environmental decontamination units in both the fire station and in the department’s ambulances. Supporting Lumberton Fire & EMS is by no means the first charitable giving that the Gary Sinise Foundation has undertaken since the global outbreak of the virus. On...

A man captured on surveillance video walking near the area where a North Carolina girl was kidnapped last week could hold the clue that leads authorities to the 13-year-old and her kidnapper. Officials are urging anyone who recognizes the "person of interest" in recently released surveillance video to come forward. Hania Noelia Aguilar has been missing since Nov. 5, when she was forcefully taken by an unidentified man outside her Lumberton home. Police said the man in the video is dressed in a light-colored shirt and shoes. “Several vehicles were seen on the video driving by. If you saw the individual...

A grandfather shot back and is believed to have killed a suspect in a home-invasion and attempted rape of his teen granddaughter on Monday night, Robeson County Sheriff's officials said. The grandfather was also shot – but he also managed to shoot the 2 other suspects in the home-invasion and attempted rape, said Maj. Anthony Thompson with the Robeson County Sheriff's Office. The incident started around 10 pm at a house on Yedda Road in Lumberton on Monday night when someone knocked on the home of the grandfather, his wife and their 19-year-old granddaughter, according to the sheriff's office. Two...

Lumberton police chief Dennis Hobson has amended his original obstruction of justice affidavit against Mayor Miriam Holder and made it a felony complaint. ... He originally filed a misdemeanor complaint against Holder, but because the alleged crime of which she is accused of interfering is a felony, the obstruction of justice charge must also be a felony. Last week, Lumberton police arrested three people for robbing a drug store, including the mayor's 18-year-old nephew. Hobson said the mayor repeatedly contacted him, demanding Jamaal Taylor's release. As a result of this new charge, a judge will have to refund Holder's $1,000...

Autopsy of man who died in police custody shows high levels of PCP in system By AMY MOORE May, 19, 2009 An autopsy released Tuesday found that a man who died after being Tasered by Lumberton police last month had potentially lethal levels of PCP in his system. Kevin Jabreel LaDay's April 30 death drew outrage and protests from the African-American community and spurred investigations by the Texas Rangers and FBI. The autopsy report, completed by Jefferson County forensic pathologist Dr. Tommy Brown, says LaDay had a PCP level of 280 nanograms per milliliter in his blood. The report cited...

Lumberton stands up to hate group Strong support for local police in face of Quanell X protest Jerry Jordan News Editor Several hundred Lumberton residents and others from throughout Southeast Texas came to show their support for the Lumberton Police Department this past week as Quanell Ralph Evans (Quanell X), leader of the separatist hate group the New Black Panther Party, descended on the tight-knit community to protest the recent death of Kevin Jibrell Laday. According to Lumberton Police Chief Danny Sullins, Laday crashed his car into a ditch on Pine Burr Road at about 3 a.m. on Thursday, April...

Lumberton police accused of beating man to death (Texas) By BLAIR DEDRICK ORTMANN April, 30, 2009 The FBI has opened a civil rights investigation into the death of a man whose family alleges he died because Lumberton police officers beat him. FBI spokeswoman Shauna Dunlap confirmed the investigation Thursday by phone, but cautioned that opening a case does not mean there was wrong-doing. ``One of the reasons we do confirm these types of investigations is so the community has extra reassurance,'' Dunlap said. The family of Kevin Jibreel LaDay, 35, alleges that officers beat him to death after his car...

Lumberton OKs road's location close to house LUMBERTON - In a unanimous 7-0 vote Monday night, the Lumberton City Council approved the proposed location of a connector road that, when built, will run within 50 feet of a paralyzed man's bedroom. "The action plan we passed tonight is part of the design to connect subdivisions to subdivisions in accordance with a city ordinance," Surratt said. "It will help move traffic east to west in our city...." There are four choices now for drivers "He may not get to go boating or fishing. That's his piece of land," Linda Rich said....