Greensboro Criminal Defense Law Blog

A man is facing serious felony charges after his DNA allegedly matched samples collected from a crime scene last year. The North Carolina man from Burlington is already in jail on charges related to a previous sexual assault. The 35-year-old now must defend numerous felony charges in connection with two separate assaults, one in October 2010 and another in March 2011.

When a 61-year-old Burlington woman reported on March 12, 2011, that she had been burglarized, sexually assaulted and was the victim of larceny, investigators noticed similarities between her case and another that had occurred in October 2010. DNA results for the first incident were a match for the Burlington man, and he was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sexual offense, first-degree burglary, first-degree kidnapping, larceny after breaking and entering and filing a false report.

With unemployment at a sky-high rate, individuals are having trouble making ends meet. This is causing some people to become desperate and do whatever they need to do in order to pay the bills. Copper theft has become a prevalent crime in the Greensboro area and across the rest of the country, as evidenced by the announcement of a recent arrest.

A 22-year-old Greensboro man stands accused of at least 39 copper thefts in the city over the past two years. Local police say they have been investigating the copper thefts since April 2010. The young man has been linked by authorities to copper thefts from businesses, a residence, 11 places of worship and even medical facilities.

A Burlington man has been accused of burglarizing six North Carolina establishments and has since been arrested. About 20 minutes after midnight one night, police responded to a security alarm call at a University of North Carolina facility. When they arrived, police found evidence of a burglary by way of a broken window.

While the police were investigating, the sound of glass breaking led them to a nearby nightclub. There they found evidence of another break-in, as they noticed another broken window and liquor bottles scattered throughout the parking lot. Using police dogs, authorities say they traced the trail of the alleged burglar to a drainage tunnel underneath a highway and eventually apprehending him near a local place of business. The man, wet and caked with mud, was arrested and transported to a medical center to receive treatment for undisclosed injuries.

New evidence in a 1981 North Carolina rape case had led to the arrest of a 62-year old man on suspicion of the crime. He is now facing a felony charge of rape. The man has also been charged with another rape that occurred in the same year. He is facing a felony in the second case as well.

Three decades have passed since a 23-year-old woman was sexually assaulted while sleeping on the couch in her home. She woke to a man on top of her telling her that he would not hurt her if she didn't make any noise. At the hospital, a rape kit was collected, but the trail went cold because police had no suspects in the case.