It just never ends ... crime in the High Country

Ashe Board Pitched Drug Education ProgramThe Ashe County Board of Education heard a presentation by Mr. Roman Gabriel III on a program he has developed called, “Sold Out Drug and Alcohol Awareness Program”. During his presentation he shared that his program is designed to fill the void left due to reduced funding in programs such as DARE Full Story   Suspect Caught After Boone High Speed ChaseA high speed chase came from a traffic stop this afternoon with speeds in excess of 80 miles per hour, followed by a rather slow speed ground search.  The incident began as police were told that a wanted suspect was in the area of Faculty Street in a white Chevy Aveo, and spotting that car, it was followed out onto NC 105 Full Story

UPDATE: Armed Robber Sought in Robbery at Boone Wal-MartBoone Police are seeking a suspect who robbed the Wal-Mart store early this morning, brandishing a handgun. Employees told Boone Police that the man entered the store sometime just before 1 this morning, shopped for some 45 minutes to an hour, then walked to a checkout. Full Story   Mitchell County Stolen Goods, Suspect In Avery CustodyOn February 27th, a breaking and entering occurred on at a McKinney residence on Ollis Lane in Spruce Pine, NC. The next day, the Avery County Sheriff's Office arrested James Adam Garland and charged him with the breaking and entering, larceny. The release from Sheriff Kevin Frye said Full Story   John Richard Gray Takes Plea in Boone MurderIt took three years to come to trial, and three hours to hear, but now convicted murderer John Richard Gray will spend the next 27 to 34 years in prison for the murder of Jimmy Roberts.  Roberts was killed while working at the Gold and Closeout Connection on East King Street the night of December 22nd, 2008, Full Story

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Lenoir Teen Arrested in Assault on Two Boone WomenBoone Police have charged a Lenoir man in that Saturday morning assault of two women, followed from the lot of the Cook Out restaurant on Blowing Rock Road. In what the police release call “a notable assault incident,” Ketoine Jamahl Mitchell, 19 of Lenoir,Full Story Watson Search Continues in Two AreasThere was a two-front search for Dara Lee Watson yesterday, an effort at the property she shared with fiancé David Hedrick, and in the Francis Marion National Forest, where her GMC SUV was found just over a week ago. Other details surfaced yesterday, like that friends arriving at Hedrick’s house in Mount PleasantFull Story Guns Taken in Early Morning Boone Break-InBoone investigators converged on the Gold & Closeout store on East King Street where a smash and grab type of break-in occurred this morning. The alarm sounded there at 3:28 this morning, and police were on the scene within two minutes,Full Story SECOND Fire Set at Old WHS Overnight; Three ChargedA second fire was apparently set at the Old Watauga High early this morning, and three suspects have been arrested and charged. Watauga deputies and Boone Police responded at 1:13 to 400 High School DriveFull Story   Smile! You've been arrested!

Looking at today's top stories ...

These are the top stories from Yahoo News. Notice the latter three stories are unique to my state and thus come from North Carolina news sources. You Yahoo News will specialize the top (crime) stories from your area (Yay!).

Of the top 9 stories, 4 specifically deal with crime. They are bolded below.

• Iran starts moving uranium centrifuges to bunker
• Karl Rove predicts Sarah Palin will make presidential run
• Jobless total exceeds population of all but four states
• Rep. Maxine Waters attacks the tea party
• Pennsylvania woman fatally shot at gun shop, police say
• U.S. won’t deport man who is married to an male citizen
• Charlotte man charged in Lincoln County- Charlotte Observer
• Police investigating rash of water meter thefts- WCNC
• Police: Drunk driver with 3 children in…- Rock Hill He…

 Four of nine is 44%! Crime pays, at least for the news.