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10 July
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Jury In Fatal Crash Starts To Deliberate

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Jeffery Niles McFayden charged w/three counts of second-degree murder and one count of driving while intoxicated in the traffic deaths of TARA HOWELL PARKER, MYSTI HOWELL POPLIN AND MEGAN ELIZABETH HOWELL. By Ellica Church Staff Writer GREENSBORO — Jurors will continue deliberations today in the trial of a man charged with killing three women while he was driving drunk. The jury began deliberating Thursday afternoon but hadn’t reached a verdict after 2½ hours. Jurors have been asked to determine whether Jeffrey Niles McFayden is guilty of second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter or not guilty in each of the three deaths. McFayden, 36, also...

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10 July
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Jury Acquits Man In Murder

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GREENSBORO — A man in custody for more than a year and a half in connection with a fatal shooting at a Greensboro pool hall was acquitted Friday of a first-degree murder charge. It took a jury about three hours to determine that Tuong Nguyen, 24, did not kill 29-year-old Yjuen Kpor outside Phong’s Billiards on April 6, 2003. Superior Court Judge John O. Craig III asked sheriff’s deputies if they could see to Nguyen’s release from custody at the Guilford County jail Friday night. Nguyen’s attorney, Krispen Culbertson, said he believed the lack of consistency in the statements of eyewitnesses to the shooting...

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26 July
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INTERNATIONAL NORTH CAROLINA CHILD SUPPORT

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DO I HAVE TO PAY SUPPORT TO A FOREIGN COUNTRY? A CASE STUDY IN NORTH CAROLINA DISCLAIMER: Do not try this at home. This analysis and explanation of the interaction between international law and North Carolina law is meant to provide guidance for the general public and to law practitioners. If you are not a licensed law practitioner, please read what follows as a matter of general interest or as a way of familiarizing yourself with some general outlines of the law. Please do not attempt, as a layperson, to use this as a guideline on how to handle an international /...

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10 January
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International Child Custody and Parental Abduction

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International child custody and parental abduction is an area of law requiring both Federal and State Court experience of a lawyer.  This is a growing legal area due to technological  advances in our world which cause increasing numbers of families composed of different nationalities.  The ideal lawyer for this area of law will have some experience in international treaties, Federal United States Courts and traditional State Court family law. Please see a longer explanation here: www.culbertsonatlaw.com Krispen Culbertson has all of these qualifications.  Part of his legal education took place at Oxford University in England, where he studied Commonwealth Law.  He has litigated...

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10 January
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Depression Led to Murder

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Criminal Case: Depression Led to Murder Defense: Depression led to murder By Theresa Killian Staff Writer Article taken from High Point Enterprise   HIGH POINT – A judge was not moved to leniency Monday after testimony that a man who shot one housemate and killed another suffered severe depression that stemmed from childhood illness and being unable to visit his son. Superior Court Judge W. Douglas Albright heard eight proposed mitigating factors, as well as a request to consolidate charges, before sentencing Kenneth Steve Lamm in the maximum possible range of 20-25 years. Albright said reduced murder charges against Lamm as apart of a plea arrangement...

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10 January
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Sister Killed in Fiery Wreck

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The fiery wreck killed three sisters who were riding in a limousine after attending a concert in September 2003. By Ellica Church Staff Writer News & Record   Greensboro -A Greensboro man was sentenced to at least 57 months in prison Friday after a jury convicted him of driving while impaired and three counts of involuntary manslaughter in the deaths of three sisters in September 2003. Jeffrey Niles McFayden, 36, was charged with second-degree murder after the sisters died in a car fire that started when McFayden’s truck hit their limousine. After McFayden’s conviction on the lesser charge, Guilford County Superior Court Judge Steve A. Balog sentenced...

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10 January
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Oakwood Accuses Two Men of Fraud

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Oakwood Accuses Two Men of Fraud by Meredith Baker Staff Writer Article taken from Greensboro News & Record – March 15, 2002 Oakwood Homes has filed lawsuits against a former employee and a Greensboro businessman, alleging that they defrauded the struggling manufactured home builder and retailer out of more than $300,000.Oakwood alleges in its lawsuit that the two – businessman Mark Skigen and Mark (name omitted at request of defendant), the company’s vice president of marketing from September 2000 to Aug. 3, 2001 – bilked the manufacturer by ordering and accepting payment for marketing materials and services that were never delivered. The lawsuit...

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10 January
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Davidson School Board Sued Over Handling of the Sex-Abuse Claim

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Davidson school board sued Over Handling of the Sex-Abuse Claim By Laura Giovanelli, Reporter Winston Salem Journal   January 5, 2005 The lawsuit was filed Dec. 20 in Davidson Superior Court by the boy’s mother and is a “protection of his future as a student and as a young man,” said Krispen Culbertson, the mother’s attorney. Lexington – A Davidson County woman is suing the county school board because she says that the school system mishandled an allegation that her 10-year-old son sexually abused a fellow student at Wallburg Elementary School last year. Although a subsequent investigation by school officials and county social workers found no evidence...

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10 January
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Man Charged in Nightclub Shooting

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Man Charged in Nightclub Shooting   By Rah Bickley Staff Writer Article taken from Greensboro News & Record – August 26, 1996 GREENSBORO- A bail bondsman and part owner of a local nightclub faces a second-degree murder charge after a recent shooting at the club. Police charged Greensboro bail bondsman Darryl McCarroll, 36, with second-degree murder Tuesday afternoon in the shooting death of Victor Lee Dabbs, 28, of Greensboro. McCarroll was released Tuesday on a $50,000 bond. Police say that McCarroll shot Dabbs in the chest at close range Saturday night at the Organized Brotherhood Lodge No. 0709, a nightclub in south Greensboro. Dabbs worked in...

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10 January
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Police Charge Former Arc Director

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Police Charge Former Arc Director By: Robert Boyer, Staff Writer Article taken from High Point Enterprise -September 19, 2002. A former Arc executive director facing charges of embezzling funds from the agency turned herself in to High Point police Tuesday. Police arrested Kathy Boyette and released her on a written promise to appear in court October 16 after formally charging her. Boyette, 43, of Calabria Court, is charged with two felonies: corporate malfeasance and embezzlement.She led the agency, established in 1954 as the Association for Retarded Citizens, from 1997 until she was fired Dec. 21. The charges against her are the result of...

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