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Jury selection started Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of killing five people in a string of robberies in Wake County between May 2006 and November 2007.
Attorneys for Samuel James Cooper, charged in five murders, filed a motion claiming their client was coerced into admitting to the crimes which spanned more than a year.
Samuel James Cooper was charged in November 2007 with five counts of murder in connection with a string of homicides spanning more than a year.
Defense attorneys for Samuel Cooper told a judge that they have not been receiving discovery evidence quickly enough.
Attorneys for Samuel James Cooper say they need more help going through 59,000 pages of evidence if they want to meet a September trial date.
Prosecutors have turned over 22,000 pages of information and are expecting to hand over more in the case of Samuel James Cooper, charged in a string of homicides in Wake County.
Wake County prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a convicted felon accused of killing five people in a series of crime sprees dating back to May 2006.
Investigators found a pistol and bullets inside the home of Samuel James Cooper, and six of the bullets are the same type used in at least three of the five homicides he's charged with committing, according to search warrants.
A Wake County grand jury has indicted a convicted felon on five counts of murder in connection with a series of homicides dating back to May 2006.
A woman believed to be connected to accused murderer Samuel Cooper is out of jail. Regina Nicole Swan was released Friday from the Wake County jail on a promise to appear in court.
The man police have charged with five murders and other crimes served eight of 20 years for a robbery and four more because he repeatedly attacked officers and escaped from a work detail.
A new radio system lets all emergency agencies in an area, including local police, sheriff's deputies and state troopers, talk together when events make that essential.
He's charged with killing five people during an 18-month crime spree, but Samuel James Cooper's troubles with the law started more than a decade ago.
Samuel James Cooper's arrest started a chain of events that investigators say link him to five unsolved murders and a string of other violent crimes.
A convicted felon charged Tuesday in five unsolved murders confessed to committing the crimes, sources tell WRAL, and police have charged a woman in a related arrest.
The scene outside the Domino's Pizza distribution center in Garner where Samuel James Cooper was arrested last week was preceded by a chase and a 911 call from Calvin Pendergraft.
Criminal profiler Michael Teague say a man charged Tuesday in connection with a string of unsolved murders does not fit the mold of a serial killer.
A man accused of robbing a Garner bank last Wednesday is being investigated in connection with five unsolved murder cases, WRAL has learned.
Garner police accused three workers at a warehouse of taking stolen money to help a robbery suspect try to escape.
Garner police charged a Wake County man late Wednesday with robbing a bank and leading them on a chase.
The son of a slain store owner is taking time off from medical school to run his father's business.
Raleigh police are still searching for the person who killed a convenience store owner. A traffic checkpoint was conducted on Garner Road near the store where Tariq Hussain's body was found.
Raleigh police are looking for the person who shot a store owner to death Sunday morning at Bobby's Grocery at 3114 Garner Road.
A homeless man was killed early Friday less than 100 yards from the St. Augustine's College campus, prompting the school's president to call for better law enforcement in the east Raleigh neighborhood.
A homeless man was killed early Friday less than 100 yards from the St. Augustine's College campus, prompting the school's president to call for better law enforcement in the east Raleigh neighborhood.
Volunteers and family members of two murder victims distributed fliers Saturday at the North Carolina State Fair in an effort to generate more leads in the unsolved homicide cases.
Police renewed their request Wednesday for information in the April 27 slaying of a man found shot outside his North Raleigh apartment building.
Police on Tuesday released a composite sketch of a man wanted in connection with a Friday slaying at a north Raleigh apartment complex.
Timothy Barnwell was gunned down outside a North Raleigh apartment building Friday afternoon. While detectives search for his killer, Barnwell's friends and family are looking back on his life.
Detectives said the man was seen leaving the Windsor Falls Apartment complex in a medium sized burgundy car. He was wearing dark clothing with the word “Security” across the front of his shirt.
Family members of a man found dead inside a Raleigh restaurant earlier this month hope a $10,000 reward will generate new leads that will help solve the homicide case.
The slayings of two men in Wake County last year might be connected, according to investigators.
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