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Woman gets jail term over cat poisoning
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Published: July 3, 2009
A 60-year-old Winston-Salem woman was sentenced to 120 days in jail after she was found guilty of misdemeanor cruelty to animals Wednesday afternoon.
Pearleana Henderson of Marmion Street had been charged Feb. 12, 2008, with one felony count of cruelty to animals in connection with the November 2007 poisoning death of a cat that belonged to William Alderman, her next-door neighbor. A jury declined to convict her of the felony, choosing the misdemeanor conviction instead.
Judge William Z. Wood of Forsyth Superior Court then sentenced her to 120 days.
Prosecutor Matt Breeding said yesterday that investigators were able to charge Henderson because neighbors found an ashtray filled with antifreeze on her property and that the owner of the cat testified she threatened to kill the cat because it scratched her furniture.
"The state's theory was that she put the antifreeze out knowing that it would attract this cat or other cats in the neighborhood she didn't like," Breeding said.
WFU gets renewed grant to continue longtime study on vascular disease
Wake Forest University School of Medicine said yesterday that its Hypertension and Vascular Research Center has been notified of the renewal of a $6.6 million grant from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
The institute, part of the National Institutes of Health, provides the grant to continue the development of new approaches to treat hypertension and vascular disease.
The program is in its 16th year at the medical school. The grant represents a five-year renewal of an existing award.
The grant will go toward projects that investigate the causes and cures of high blood pressure and vascular disease, including the mechanisms of blood-pressure regulation and the balance between hormones that raise blood pressure and those that lower it.
Also, new studies to investigate the regulation of cardiac function and hypertension are under way.
Ex-state senator found not guilty of embezzlement from his aunt
YANCEYVILLE -- A jury has acquitted former N.C. state Sen. Hugh Webster of embezzlement involving $12,000 given him by his aunt.
Caswell County jurors took an hour yesterday before finding Webster not guilty of felonious embezzlement and exploiting the trust of an elderly person.
Webster testified Wednesday that his aunt, Doris Nance, gave him the money as a gift. Prosecutors argued that Nance wanted him to invest the money for her but he didn't return it when asked.
Webster said that Nance was reducing assets so her ex-husband could qualify for Medicaid. He got worried about getting caught up in government fraud when she later asked for $5,000 back.
Exemption to no-scalping law for online vendors goes to Perdue
RALEIGH -- The N.C. General Assembly wants to make permanent an experiment that allowed online vendors to sell tickets above the profit limit set in North Carolina's no-scalping law.
The Senate agreed unanimously yesterday with a House bill that extended the law that expired Tuesday. The bill headed to Gov. Bev Perdue's desk would eliminate the sunset.
The law has provided an exemption to the ban on the resale of tickets for a price that's more than $3 above their face value.
The law has required online vendors to provide some consumer protections, including guarantees that the tickets are legitimate and that they'll be received on time.
Pro sports teams and venues supported the change last year.
UNC Greensboro exceeds goal with $115 million raised
GREENSBORO -- UNC Greensboro has exceeded its $100 million goal for a five-year fund.
The university said yesterday that its Students First Campaign raised more than $115 million in gifts and pledges from about 22,000 donors.
The campaign's key initiatives on scholarships and faculty development drew more than $75 million in contributions.
The campaign started July 1, 2004, with a $78 million goal that was later raised. It concluded June 30.
The fund has created 14 professorships, 203 undergraduate scholarships and 42 graduate scholarships.
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