WILKESBORO -- Police said that a man was shot during an argument inside the Walmart in Wilkesboro around 7:30 last night, WGHP/FOX8 reported.
A store employee told WGHP/FOX8 that a man had been shot in the electronics department of the Wilkesboro Walmart off U.S. 421 last night. Wilkesboro police said the man was taken to Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. The man's identity had not been released.
Police also had not said whether the shooting suspect was in custody, WGHP/FOX8 reported.
Animal-rights activists call for tougher laws on cruelty
GREENSBORO -- Supporters of a dog who survived being burned and beaten are using her abuse as a rallying cry for tougher animal-cruelty laws in North Carolina.
Supporters planned to go door-to-door yesterday in Guilford County with information about the state's laws on animal abuse. They blame those laws for letting the man who abused Susie receive what they think is a light sentence.
Earlier this month, a judge sentenced Lashawn Whitehead, 21, to probation for felony animal cruelty. He also received six to eight months in prison for setting Susie on fire.
State Sen. Don Vaughan is amending a bill that deals with puppy mills to include stiffer penalties for felony animal cruelty.
Woman charged after wreck that killed Charlotte man
RALEIGH -- Police have charged a North Carolina woman with drunken driving and felony death by vehicle after a car crash that left one person dead.
Raleigh police said a car driven by Manuela Mantanona Gomez, 27, of Raleigh slammed into the back of another car stopped at a red light killing John Sullivan, 24, of Charlotte on Saturday. Sullivan was trapped in the back seat of the car that was hit.
Police say Gomez was injured and taken to WakeMed. A spokesman said yesterday that she remained at the hospital and was in good condition.
Three plead guilty to making fake distress calls to USCG
RALEIGH -- Three men have pleaded guilty to making false distress calls to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Jeremy Fisher, 25, of Holly Ridge made at least 22 fake calls to the Coast Guard in 2007 and 2008, the Coast Guard said in a news release Saturday.
William Yates, 22, of Sneads Ferry and Steven Medina, 21, of Onslow County also each pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting false distress messages, the Coast Guard said.
According to their plea agreements, each man will pay for the cost of deploying search and rescue teams. Fisher agreed to pay $234,111. Medina will pay $233.48 and Yates will pay $506.80. They will be sentenced later and could face jail time and additional fines.
Most consumer complaints in N.C. are about health care
RALEIGH -- North Carolina consumers keep complaining about health insurance, medical providers and health products and services.
Attorney General Roy Cooper's consumer-protection office says that for the fifth year, the most common complaints it received involved health care. Consumers often complained about medical billing or collection practices, overcharging for medical services, and getting charged for supposedly free weight-loss products.
Behind health care were complaints about lenders and telemarketing fraud, which both saw an increase of gripes last year compared with 2008.
Judge overturns ruling, sides with Medicaid regulators
RALEIGH -- A North Carolina judge has sided with state Medicaid regulators in a dispute over efforts to cut spending for personal-care services for people living at home.
Wake County Superior Court Judge Donald Stephens said last week that an administrative-law judge didn't have jurisdiction to decide if the state can review in-home care for more than 30,000 patients. That review could cut some patient services by half. Stephens' verbal order overturns the other judge's decision to block the state from reviewing the cases.
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