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.
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.
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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.
Sources tell WRAL that firearm forensics and a confession were factors in Samuel James Cooper being charged, but how? WRAL's Cullen Browder takes a look.
Raleigh police charged a woman Tuesday with allegedly committing two armed robberies with a suspected bank robber charged in connection with a string of murders. Sources tell WRAL Samuel Cooper has also confessed to the homicides.
Investigators say a man charged Tuesday in connection with a string of unsolved murders does not fit the typical mold of a serial killer.
Wake County authorities on Tuesday charged a suspected bank robber released from prison last year in connection with five unsolved murders.
Samuel James Cooper appears before the Wake County magistrate to face charges of murder in connection with five homicides.
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.
Family members of one of Samuel James Cooper's alleged victims say his arrest is a relief, but doesn't begin to answer the questions they have.
The son of one of five people whom authorities believe were killed by Samuel James Cooper says Monday's arrest brings some closure for his family.
A man accused of robbing a Garner bank last Wednesday is being investigated in connection with five unsolved murder cases, WRAL has learned.
A bank robbery, a police chase and a man in custody were all part of the scene that unfolded in Garner Wednesday afternoon.
Sky 5 footage shows authorities apprehending a suspected bank robber after chasing him inside a pizza distribution warehouse in Garner.
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