Butner News

Kenneth Calvin "K.C." White never reads the Wall Street Journal . So it's funny that last Friday his photo made it to the paper's front page a nd website .

A year after Bernie Madoff's arrest in a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme, prosecutors have failed to build a case against his family, and the botched handling of the swindler's right-hand man may have alienated cooperating witnesses.

Arrests a Cedric Anton Neal, 24, of 100 Foster Road Lot 41 was arrested Dec. 11. Felony possession with intent to sell, manufacture and distribute marijuana.

Bernard Madoff, who engineered the largest Ponzi scheme in history which bilked investors for some $19 billion, has adjusted to life behind bars by chatting up, among others, prison-mate Jonathan Pollard, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Bernard Madoff, perpetrator of the biggest securities fraud in U.S. history, is adjusting to life as Inmate 61727-054 in a federal prison in North Carolina, his lawyer says.

The N.C. Center for Missing Persons issued a Silver Alert for 68-year-old Delia Brady Peed.

The Arc of Alamance County is a life-saver for local people with mental retardation or other developmental disabilities - and their families.

Where will Tom Petters live out his days behind bars? Sentry will decide. The computer database, located in the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Designation and Sentence Computation Center in the Dallas suburb of Grand Prairie, matches all inmates with an institution using information about the nature of their crimes, their potential escape risks, the ...

However, treatment with a number of antipsychotic medications is associated with weight gain, and for some, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia.

An American convicted of spying for Israel is reportedly proposing that Israel kill Hamas prisoners rather than swap them for a captive Israeli soldier.

The lawyer for the 89-year-old white supremacist accused of fatally shooting a guard at Washington's Holocaust museum says his client's medical condition could make it difficult to bring him to court hearings.

Family and friends will gather for a memorial service Saturday in Granville County for a Stem woman who had been the subject of a year-long search.

Medical care for the 89-year-old man accused in June's fatal shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Museum has cost the D.C. Department of Corrections just over $55,000. James von Brunn, a white supremacist, was shot once behind the right ear by a museum guard after von Brunn entered the museum and allegedly shot another guard.

Arrests a Sheree Lee Bekhet, 43, of 309 Ridge Road, Butner, was booked Oct. 28. Simple assault.

The gangster whose loose lips helped sink the leadership of the Gambino Crime Family has died at a federal prison where he was serving a nearly--year stretch for racketeering.

The Spring 2010 semester at Vance-Granville Community College begins on Jan. 6, 2010, but college officials advise students to apply and register for classes as early as possible, starting in November.

RALEIGH Transportation planners are exploring ways to improve a 14.5-mile stretch of N.C. 50 between Raleigh and Creedmoor a project with major economic development consequences for northern Wake County and southern Granville County.

Arrests Ricky Peace, 48, of 408 Bullock St., was booked Oct. 28. Misdemeanor loud music city ordinance violation.

The Granville County seat will be receiving statewide television air time today when it is featured as an N.C. Spin Carolina Community.

Bernard Madoffa s Rolex a oeprisoner watcha will be auctioned today in New York.