LEXINGTON -- Davidson County's district attorney is preparing a request to clear the drug conviction of a local man because he says his arresting officers planted the evidence. This is the first case District Attorney Garry Frank is seeking to overturn since he began reviewing more than 70 charges linked to the arrest of three former Davidson County deputies who were charged with drug trafficking. Frank said he has information that drugs were planted on Darick Owens during his arrest in September 2000. [continues 258 words]
HIGH POINT -- Nine o'clock on White Oak Street. Twelve-year-old Zee Chambers runs down the sidewalk, thinking what flavor soda she'll buy her mom from the corner store. She won't step on broken glass. She won't see women sell their bodies for $2. She won't see men hold up liquor stores with a beer bottle. It used to be different. The corner of White Oak and Green streets was a main artery for drugs, gangs and prostitution, say police, who answered 343 calls on the street last year for such violations as trespassing, drinking and fighting. [continues 1337 words]
