A Kernersville man led police on a traffic chase through Forsyth County and into the Winston-Salem city limits Friday night, deputies said, reaching speeds of over 100 mph and side-swiping a deputy's cruiser before he stopped.
A sheriff's deputy tried to stop William Moore McLaurin III, 42, about 7:45 p.m. Friday for driving without headlights, according to court records.
But McLaurin took off when the deputy flashed his lights.
The chase started on Reidsville Road near Angel Drive, said Maj. Brad Stanley of the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office. McLaurin led deputies through the county and into the city, finally stopping on Second Street at Laura Wall Boulevard.
The chase lasted about 20 minutes, court records show. No one was injured in the incident.
McLaurin was charged with reckless driving to endanger, failing to burn headlamps, assault with a deadly weapon on a government official, fleeing to elude arrest, driving with a revoked license and driving while impaired. He was being held last night at the Forsyth County jail with bond set at $150,000.
Accused in Mount Airy deaths was deported in 2007
MOUNT AIRY -- Authorities say that the suspect in the killing of four men outside a North Carolina store was in the U.S. illegally and had been deported before.
Federal immigration officials told The Mount Airy News that Marcos Gonzalez, 26, was sent out of the country in 2007 after serving a prison sentence for kidnapping.
Gonzalez is charged with four counts of murder in the Nov. 1 shootings in the parking lot of a television store in Mount Airy.
Police Chief Dale Watson says he was disturbed to find out Gonzalez was deported after committing a violet crime.
Shooting at Eden nightclub leaves Virginia man dead
EDEN -- Authorities said that a Virginia man was killed and two other people injured in a shooting yesterday outside a North Carolina nightclub.
Multiple media outlets reported that Eden police were checking out a suspicious car about 2:30 a.m. when they heard gunshots coming from Eden's Icehouse Club and Lounge.
The officers said they saw several people running from the club, then found three people who had been shot.
Authorities said that Timothy Seay, 37, of Martinsville, Va., died at the scene and two other men were taken to the hospital.
Police have made no arrests in the shootings.
Sculpture to be installed Monday at city bus center
"Sleepwalker," a sculpture by artist Mark Jenkins, will be installed at 9 a.m. Monday at the Clark Campbell Transportation Center on Fifth Street. The sculpture was created for "Inside Out: Artists in the Community II," a public-art program of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art.
The installation was delayed because the State Property Office had not signed off on a land-use agreement. All necessary approvals and notifications are now in place for the installation, according to SECCA.
Mecklenburg police looking for man in girlfriend's death
CHARLOTTE -- Authorities were looking yesterday for a North Carolina man who shot his girlfriend at his parents' home after police were called to break up an argument.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg police said that Davon Thomas, 27, ran into some woods near Reedy Creek Park in northeast Charlotte after the shooting about 5 a.m. Saturday.
Investigators said that the woman died on the scene after being shot several times.
Police said that Thomas has military experience and is likely armed.
Records show that Thomas has a conviction for assault with a deadly weapon and an arrest for assault on a female.
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