Scammer in Guilford County tells victim they owe money for missing jury duty (2024)

THIS TIME. SAFE TRAVELS EVERYONE. A DEATH INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY THIS MORNING IN THOMASVILLE. THE VIDEO FROM THE SCENE YESTERDAY ALONG NATIONAL HIGHWAY BETWEEN MIDLAND AND FAIRWAY AVENUES, WHERE THE BODY OF 23 YEAR-OLD JAYDEN VANCE WAS FOUND. WE’RE TOLD IT WAS NEAR A DUMPSTER OUTSIDE OF A PHONE STORE FOUND JUST BEFORE 5:00 BY AUTHORITIES. THEY SAY THERE’S NO EVIDENCE OF FOUL PLAY, BUT THEY ARE STILL WAITING ON AUTOPSY RESULTS. ALSO IN THOMASVILLE, INVESTIGATORS HAVE IDENTIFIED A PERSON OF INTEREST IN A HIT AND RUN THAT LEFT AN 18 YEAR-OLD FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. POLICE SAY THIS HAPPENED SHORTLY AFTER 1230 YESTERDAY MORNING AT THE INTERSECTION OF MLK JUNIOR DRIVE IN LINCOLN STREET. THEY SAY THE SUSPECT’S CAR WENT OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK THE 18 YEAR OLD. AS HE WAS WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK. AT LAST CHECK, THE 18 YEAR-OLD IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. ROWAN. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FLED THIS MORNING WE ARE HEARING FROM THE GUILFORD COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE DAYS AFTER A DEPUTY WAS SHOT IN OAK RIDGE. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE DESCRIBED THE INCIDENT AS A VERY VIOLENT STRUGGLE BETWEEN DEPUTIES AND 54 YEAR-OLD ANDREW KATO. OFFICIALS SAY KATO IS THE ONE WHO CALLED 911 ON MONDAY AND ARGUED WITH THE RESPONDING DEPUTIES, LEADING TO THE STRUGGLE WHERE ONE DEPUTY WAS SHOT IN THE LEG. IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHO PULLED THAT TRIGGER. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE ALSO DID NOT CLARIFY HOW KATO GOT THE INJURIES. WE SAW IN HIS MUG SHOT. IT DID CONFIRM INTERNAL AFFAIRS IS LOOKING INTO THE FORCE USED TO SUBDUE HIM. SO SURE. OBVIOUSLY IN THE ARREST PHOTO YOU’LL SEE SOME SOME INJURIES TO TO MR. KATO. WE AGAIN WE HAD A USE OF FORCE ENCOUNTER WITH MR. KATO AND WE ARE INVESTIGATING THAT. AND DUE TO THAT, I’M NOT GOING TO RELEASE ANY DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THAT. THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS DEPUTIES HAVE CALLED, HAVE BEEN CALLED TO KATO’S HOME AT LEAST FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST MONTH. HE REMAINS IN CUSTODY THIS MORNING WITHOUT BOND. HIS NEXT COURT DATE IS AUGUST 1ST, RIGHT NOW TO ILLINOIS, WHERE AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT LEFT FOUR PEOPLE HURT, INCLUDING THREE SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES. THE DEPUTIES WERE SHOT WHILE RESPONDING TO A DOMESTIC CALL AT A HOME IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THE STATE. THEY SAY SOMEONE INSIDE THE HOME IN THE LOST LAKE COMMUNITY WAS THREATENING TO HURT OTHERS, AS WELL AS THEMSELVES, AFTER CALLS TO THAT PERSON WERE UNSUCCESSFUL, DEPUTIES ENTERED THE HOME WHERE THEY SAY THEY WERE MET WITH GUNFIRE IMMEDIATELY UPON ENTERING THE HOUSE, OUR DEPUTIES RECEIVED FIRE FROM INSIDE THE HOUSE. THREE DEPUTIES WERE STRUCK BY GUNFIRE AND TRANSPORTED TO LOCAL HOSPITALS. THE SUSPECT WAS ALSO STRUCK BY GUNFIRE AND TRANSPORTED TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. TWO OF THE DEPUTIES HAVE SINCE BEEN RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL. AUTHORITIES SAY THEY’RE ALL EXPECTED TO RECOVER. WELL, JUST WEEKS AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE OF THIS ELECTION CYCLE, PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN AND PRESUMPTIVE GOP NOMINEE DONALD TRUMP ARE ON DIFFERENT SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC. BIDEN IS LOOKING TO SHORE UP U.S. SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE WITH G7 ALLIES, WHILE TRUMP MEETS WITH GOP LAWMAKERS TO TALK ABOUT PARTY UNITY ON CAPITOL HILL. NBC’S ALICE BARR JOINS US IN WASHINGTON WITH DETAILS. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MEETING WITH ALLIES OF VERY DIFFERENT KINDS TODAY, THE PRESIDENT IN ITALY FOR THE CRITICAL G7 SUMMIT OF LEADING DEMOCRACIES. WHILE MR. TRUMP HEADS TO CAPITOL HILL TO ADDRESS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS ABOUT PLANNING FOR HIS PRIORITIES SHOULD HE WIN THE NOVEMBER ELECTION. YOU DON’T PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE, BUT YOU DO HAVE TO BE PREPARED TO LEAD, AND WE’RE GOING TO BE PREPARED. IT’S THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S FIRST TRIP TO THE HILL SINCE THE JANUARY SIX CAPITOL ATTACK. HE’S SINCE BROUGHT MANY SKEPTICAL REPUBLICANS BACK INTO THE FOLD. I’VE SAID EARLIER THIS YEAR, I SUPPORT HIM. HE’S BEEN EARNED THE NOMINATION BY THE VOTERS ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND, OF COURSE, I’LL BE AT THE MEETING BACK OVERSEAS. PRESIDENT BIDEN PREPARING FOR A SIT DOWN WITH UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKY TO SIGN A LONG TERM SECURITY AGREEMENT THAT COMMITS THE U.S. TO A WIDE RANGE OF ASSISTANCE BUT STOPS SHORT OF THE KIND OF MILITARY DEFENSE NATO ALLIES UNDER ATTACK RECEIVE. THE WARS IN UKRAINE AND GAZA HANGING OVER THE G7 AFTER SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN VOICED FRUSTRATION OVER HAMAS ASKING FOR MORE CHANGES TO A PROPOSED CEASE FIRE DEAL WITH ISRAEL. THE LONGER THIS GOES ON, THE MORE PEOPLE WILL SUFFER AND IT’S TIME FOR THE HAGGLING TO STOP AND A CEASE FIRE TO START. MEANWHILE, DOMESTIC FRUSTRATIONS ALSO THREATENING PRESIDENT BIDEN’S REELECTION BID. A NEW REPORT SHOWING EASING BUT STUBBORNLY HIGH INFLATION AS THE FEDERAL RESERVE OPTS OUT OF A LONG ANTICIPATED INTEREST RATE CUT IN WASHINGTON. ALICE BARR NBC NEWS. HERE AT HOME, THE ALAMANCE BURLINGTON SCHOOL SYSTEM MAY HAVE VIOLATED STATE LAW AND ITS OWN POLICIES HANDLING MOLD REMEDIATION LAST YEAR. THIS IS ACCORDING TO A LETTER SENT TO STATE SENATOR AMY GAILEY FROM THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMISSION ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS. SO THE DISTRICT SPENT MORE THAN $25 MILLION, AS WE KNOW, TO REMOVE MOLD FROM MOST OF ITS SCHOOLS. THAT DELAYED THE START OF THE SCHOOL YEAR BY TWO WEEKS. DISTRICT LEADERS SAY FIXING THE MOLD WAS AN EMERGENCY THAT JUSTIFIED NOT FOLLOWING ALL STATE STATUTES AND BOARD POLICIES. THE LETTER TO SENATOR GAILEY STATES MANY REQUIREMENTS FOR PUBLIC CONTRACTS ARE NOT EXEMPT, THOUGH IN EMERGENCIES, AS GAILEY REPRESENTS ALAMANCE COUNTY. SHE SAID THIS IN A STATEMENT IT IS ABSOLUTELY CRITICAL THAT SCHOOL BOARDS ASK LOTS OF QUESTIONS AND MAKE SURE THAT LAWS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE BEING APPROPRIATELY FOLLOWED. EVEN IN CHALLENGING TIMES. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS SINCE RESPONDED, CALLING THE MOLD ISSUE AN UNPRECEDENTED CIRc*msTANCE THAT REQUIRED AN UNPRECEDENTED EMERGENCY RESPONSE. ALSO RELEASING THIS STATEMENT SAYING WE REGRET IF ANY POLICIES OR PROCEDURES WERE NOT FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER, BUT WE ACHIEVED OUR COMMUNITY’S GOAL OF GETTING SCHOOLS CLEANED AND READY TO OPEN SO OUR STUDENTS COULD RETURN TO CLASS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. FRUSTRATIONS ARE RISING BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND CITY LEADERS IN GREENSBORO ABOUT WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THE CONTAMINATED SOIL FOUND IN BINGHAM PARK. DURING LAST NIGHT’S COMMUNITY MEETING, LEADERS DISCUSSED THE CURRENT PLAN TO MOVE THAT SOIL TO THE WHITE STREET LANDFILL. SOME PEOPLE QUESTIONED HOW SAFE THAT IS, ESPECIALLY PUTTING THE SOIL NEAR PREDOMINANTLY BLACK NEIGHBORHOODS. IF YOU LOOK AT THE DEMOGRAPHICS, IT’S TRADITIONALLY AFRICAN AMERICAN BIPOC COMMUNITY, SO YOU’RE GOING TO MOVE IT FROM ONE AND CONTAMINATE IT ANOTHER. NOBODY WANTS THAT LEAD THAT CLOSE TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR CARCINOGENS CLOSE TO THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, SO SO THEY SAY WE SHOULD TRUST THEM, BUT IT WASN’T ON MY BINGO CARD THAT WE WOULD GET THIS KIND OF MATERIAL, UH, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD OR NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND LEADERS SAY THEY HOPE TO HAVE A DECISION MADE ON THIS BY JULY 6TH. STATE OF ADDICTION NEWS, A TECH START UP COMPANY IS INTRODUCING A NEW DEVICE TO HELP COMBAT DRUG OVERDOSES. IT’S WORN ON THE WRIST AND DETECTS DROPS IN BLOOD OXYGEN LEVELS, WHICH CAN HAPPEN DURING AN OPIOID OVERDOSE IF IT DETECTS FALLING LEVELS. THIS DEVICE WOULD CONTACT A DESIGNATED LOVED ONE AND INSTRUCT THEM TO CALL 911 OR ADMINISTER NARCAN. THE COMPANY IS BASED IN ALABAMA, AND THE GOAL IS FOR REHABILITATION CENTERS TO