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Joseph Ochoa

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Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Oct 1, 2026
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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Joseph Ochoa, WRAL multiplatform producer

    Former Chapel Hill High teacher sentenced to at least 9 years for sex with student (opens the original)

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    A Carrboro man will spend at least 9 years in prison after he pleaded guilty on Monday for having sex with a student while he was a teacher in Carrboro. According to court documents, David Bennett pleaded guilty to six charges, including indecent liberties with a student, and will spend between 9 and 16 years in federal prison. Bennett was accused of having sex with a student while he was a teacher at Chapel Hill High School. According to court documents, the crimes happened between 2015 and 201

  2. Article · Sep 28, 2026 · Joseph Ochoa, WRAL multiplatform producer

    Court docs: Man guilty of assault, disorderly conduct for disruption at UNC Love Island watch party (opens the original)

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    A man accused of harassing University of North Carolina students at a Love Island Watch Party last month was found guilty of the incident. According to court records, Keegan Carlisle Wilson, who was accused of an attack on Black student organizations within Greenlaw Hall at the end of August, received a judgment order of guilty to simple assault and disorderly conduct and was released from jail on Monday. It is unclear if Wilson pleaded guilty to the charges. On Aug. 31, police officers say Wils

  3. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Joseph Ochoa, WRAL multiplatform producer, and staff reports

    Tractor-trailer driver pleads guilty for role in deadly 2024 Wilson County crash along I-95 (opens the original)

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    The man behind the wheel of a tractor-trailer that crashed and killed five people in 2024 along I-95 in Wilson County pleaded guilty on Friday to charges stemming from the crash. According to court documents, Charles Haskell, 53, of Las Vegas, Nev., pleaded guilty to five counts of misdemeanor death by motor vehicle. He could spend up to 150 days in jail for those charges. Haskell was driving the tractor-trailer on July 24, 2024, along I-95 near Kenly when troopers said he failed to stop for slo

  4. Article · Aug 19, 2026 · Joseph Ochoa & Amy Benkovich, WRAL News

    Dozens facing over 130 felony charges in summer operation at Raleigh's Moore Square (opens the original)

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    35 people are facing more than 130 felony charges in what the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) called a joint operation with Raleigh police in Moore Square. According to ALE, Raleigh police requested their help in June to "combat a rise in criminal activity and a decline in the quality of life" in and around Moore Square. ALE said the request also followed complaints that their agents received about illegal alcohol and drug activity from several ABC-licensed stations around Moore Squ

  5. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Joseph Ochoa, WRAL multiplatform producer

    Goldsboro police: Second person arrested in weekend double murder; teen also charged (opens the original)

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    Another person was arrested on Tuesday after Goldsboro police officers said he was also involved in a shooting over the weekend that killed two people. According to the Goldsboro Police Department, officers arrested 20-year-old Jamere Sessions and charged him with two counts of murder and two counts of felony conspiracy in the deaths of Nasire Green and Tristen Mason. Police said Mason and Green died in a shooting on Saturday at a home on West Oak Street. A 17-year-old male was taken into custod

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