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Regional Briefs: Frazier is trying for new trial in killing
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Published: November 17, 2009
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. -- A North Carolina man who has been convicted twice of killing his lover's husband in South Carolina will get another chance at a new trial.
Arguments are scheduled today at the South Carolina Supreme Court for John Boyd Frazier of Winston-Salem.
Brent Poole, 23, of Mocksville, N.C., was shot on June 9, 1998, while walking on the beach in Myrtle Beach with his wife, Renee.
Authorities say that Renee Poole and Frazier conspired to kill Brent Poole. Frazier was convicted of murder in 2000, but the S.C. Supreme Court overturned his conviction and life sentence.
He was convicted in 2005 of murder, armed robbery and conspiracy and sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Renee Poole was sentenced to life in prison.
Perdue trying for federal money for repair of Outer Banks road
RODANTHE -- Gov. Bev Perdue says she'll declare an emergency in Dare County with the hope that North Carolina can tap into federal highway funds to repair a section of an Outer Banks road.
Perdue said she would sign the declaration order yesterday as a first step to obtain more money to clear debris and repair a quarter-mile stretch of N.C. 12 north of Rodanthe.
The state Transportation Department said that rough surf from the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida chewed up the main north-south road on Hatteras Island last week. Crews opened a one-lane route Sunday for four-wheel-drive vehicles.
The state also announced it would start a temporary ferry route today from Rodanthe to the Dare County mainland.
Perdue plans to tour the storm damage this morning.
Winston-Salem man is robbed at ATM on Reynolda Road
A Winston-Salem man was robbed while making a withdrawal from an ATM on Reynolda Road Sunday night, police said.
The 25-year-old victim said he had just withdrawn the money from an ATM at Wachovia Bank when a man with a knife came behind him and robbed him. The robber then ran away.
The robber was described as a black male in his 20s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing 150 to 160 pounds, and wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt and dark pants.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 727-2800.
Fort Bragg office to streamline disability-evaluation system
FORT BRAGG -- A pilot program to streamline the process of determining veterans' disability ratings is opening an office in North Carolina.
The Disability Evaluation System pilot program was begun to deal with redundancy and inconsistent decisions in the disability-rating process.
In the past, a service member had to seek a rating from the Defense Department and Veterans Affairs. The pilot program requires only one medical exam and a single disability rating. More than 5,400 military members have participated in the program since it began in 2007
The Fort Bragg office will open in January.
Highway to be closed at least two months for debris removal
CHATTANOOGA -- Tennessee officials say that a stretch of U.S. 64 buried under a rock slide will not reopen for at least two months while the debris is cleared away.
The state has awarded a $2.1 million emergency contract to Charles Blalock and Sons, Inc. of Sevierville. An engineer for the Tennessee Department of Transportation said there are about 3,000 dump truckloads of material to be removed.
The rockslide last Tuesday buried portions of the highway along the Ocoee River near Ducktown.
Crews will also remove unstable material from the mountain and use 40-foot long rock anchors to help secure material along the slope.
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