Former Fayetteville State Cheer Coach Sues School Over Firing
LaWanda Miller filed a lawsuit against Fayetteville State University, claiming discrimination and breach of contract after her dismissal.
Jury finds girls’ basketball coach not liable in sexual assault lawsuit
Former girls’ basketball coach Thurston Jackie Robinson on Thursday won a civil lawsuit that accused him of illegal sexual contact with one of the players.
Fayetteville detectives solve cold-case sexual assault from 1997
Twenty-six years after a woman was attacked and raped by a home intruder, detectives in the Fayetteville Police Department’s Special Victims Unit have put the perpetrator behind bars.
As N.C.’s decades-old rape kits are tested, new DNA evidence emerges
Sitting in shelves and languishing in storage rooms throughout North Carolina, more than 16,000 untested sexual assault kits contained the keys to solving decades-old crimes. Two of these kits …
Sanford man faces 24 counts in sexual assault case
A Sanford man was arrested Thursday and charged with statutory rape and 23 other counts in a sexual assault case, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said. William Darryl Wright, 56, was …
Pilot sexual assault nurse training program would get boost from NC budget
The state’s nearly $2 billion budget for the new fiscal year includes $1.5 million to boost Fayetteville State University’s fledgling training program for sexual assault nurse examiners, or SANE nurses.
Fayetteville police: Woman stabbed, sexually assaulted
The Fayetteville Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying a person of interest after a woman was stabbed and sexually assaulted early Tuesday. The department responded …
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Fayetteville police investigating sexual assault
Detectives with the Fayetteville Police Department are investigating a sexual assault that was reported early Sunday on Shaw Road. Officers responded to the call on the 1400 block of Shaw Road around 1:45 a.m. The preliminary investigation indicates the victim was randomly identified and assaulted by a man who forced his way into her home,…
Cumberland leaders coalition backs plan to train and retain sexual assault nurses
A loose coalition of community leaders has formed in hopes of bringing millions of dollars to Cumberland County to increase the number of sexual assault nurse examiners in the region.
Pilot program brings sexual assault nurse training to historically Black university
By the end of summer, a handful of nursing students at Fayetteville State University will have started taking courses on how to care for sexual assault survivors. It’s a small start but …
State leaders credit investigative journalism for drawing attention to sexual assault nurse shortage
RALEIGH — Federal and state officials gathered Thursday to provide an update on North Carolina’s efforts to test thousands of backlogged rape kits and how to address the state’s …
Fayetteville police investigating sexual assault off Skibo Road
The Fayetteville Police Department is investigating the sexual assault of a homeless woman early Friday behind a business on Skibo Road. Police responded to a call on the 1600 block of Skibo Road …
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