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Bull City United Coverage

WRAL Investigates examines Bull City United, a Durham-based mission to prevent violence in the community. 

YOUTUBE TV SPECTRUM AND THE WRAL APP ON YOUR TV OR STREAMING DEVICE ONCE AGAIN, SOMEONE EMPLOYED BY DURHAM'S BULL CITY UNITED WAS PAID TO END VIOLENCE IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES TO KOBE WAS ARRESTED IN THE NEW BERN AREA AFTER DEPUTIES SAY HE LED THEM ON A CHASE. >> THROUGH LARGE AMOUNTS OF DRUGS FROM THE CAR AND EVEN TRIED TO ASSAULT THEM. WRAL INVESTIGATES SARAH KRUEGER HAS REPORTED ON THE GROUP'S TROUBLES FOR YEARS AS IT CONTINUES TO RECEIVE MILLIONS IN TAXPAYER DOLLARS. >> BOTH CITY UNITED HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 2016 GETTING INCREASINGLY MORE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY AND THE COUNTY TO EXPAND AFTER THIS LATEST ARREST. I ASKED LOCAL LEADERS IF THEY STILL STAND BY THEM. INFORMATION FROM THE CRAVEN COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE PAINTS A STARTLING PICTURE. THEY SAY THEY TRIED TO PULL OVER JACOBY ON MARCH 31ST FOR GOING MORE THAN 95 MILES AN HOUR IN A 70. >> AND HE LED THEM ON A CHASE GOING THE WRONG WAY DOWN MULTIPLE HIGHWAYS NEARLY STRIKING SEVERAL ON COMING VEHICLES. THEY SAY HE THREW 64 GRAMS OF COCAINE OUT THE WINDOW AND THAT HE EVEN TRIED TO HIT OFFICERS CARS WHEN FINALLY STOPPED, THEY TOOK HIM AND HIS PASSENGER INTO CUSTODY AND SAY THEY FOUND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF CASH CONSISTENT WITH DEALING. HE NOW FACES. 23 CHARGES. WRAL INVESTIGATES CONFIRMED COACH HAS BEEN WORKING SINCE 2022. FOR BULL CITY UNITED WHOSE MISSION IS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE USING TAXPAYER DOLLARS. THE IDEA IS TO EMPLOY PEOPLE WHO KNOW THE STREETS TO INCLUDE FORMER GANG MEMBERS AND THOSE WITH CRIMINAL HISTORIES WRAL HAS REPORTED ON THE ARREST OF OTHERS IN THE GROUP IN RECENT YEARS FOR GUN AND DRUG CHARGES. LAST YEAR, CITY COUNCIL AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO EACH A LOT. ROUGHLY 1 MILLION DOLLARS TO BE SEE YOU IN 2022. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO SPEND 6 MILLION ON BUYING A NEW BUILDING FOR THE GROUP TO SHARE WITH OTHERS WITH SIMILAR MISSIONS. IF YOU ALL WERE TO VOTE TOMORROW. >> ABOUT WHETHER TO CONTINUE FUNDING TO BOLSTER THE UNITED. WOULD YOU VOTE YES OR NO? >> I WOULD GO GET MAYOR PRO TEM MARK-ANTHONY MIDDLETON STILL BELIEVES THE GROUP IS DOING VALUABLE WORK ACKNOWLEDGING IT MAY NEED MORE OVERSIGHT AND VETTING. I THINK WE HAVE TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THE PHILOSOPHICAL VIABILITY ABOUT IN THAT DIRECTION AND SPECIFIC CASES OF OF INDIVIDUAL, FOR EXAMPLE. >> YOU KNOW, MY YEARS OF SERVICE I ENCOUNTERED OFFICERS WHO HAVE ACTED OUTSIDE OF THE LAW, IT NEVER OCCURRED TO ME TO DISBAND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. >> AS FOR GUCCI REMAINS IN THE CRAVEN COUNTY JAIL WITH A 3 MILLION DOLLAR BOND. A DURHAM COUNTY SPOKESPERSON WOULD NOT IMMEDIATELY TELL ME IF HE REMAINS ON THE PAYROLL OR IF HE IS ON ANY KIND OF LEAVE AT THIS TIME. SARAH KRUEGER WRAL, NEWS, DURHAM. >> IS THERE HASN'T HEARD FROM ANY OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS YET TO THE COUNTY EMPLOYEE WHO OVERSEES THE DEPARTMENT THAT

Durham responds to Bull City United's recurring problems with employees facing charges

Bull City United

WRAL Investigates has learned Jacobey Gooch is an outreach worker for Bull City United, a group funded by taxpayer dollars, aimed to prevent violent crime. Gooch was arrested March 30 in Craven County after deputies there say he led them on a chase.

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Reshaun Cates, who was found dead in a car on Sunday on the side of the highway, was an employee of the Bull City United group.



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Reshaun Cates

Reshaun Cates was shot and killed off an I-85 exit ramp in Durham on Sunday. Cates worked for Bull City United, an organization that works to curb violence.

ARE SET FOR THIS EVENING HAVE BEEN CANCELED AS WELL. >> A MAN WORKING TO STOP VIOLENCE IN DURHAM IS NOW A VICTIM OF ITS RUSH ON KATES WAS FOUND DEAD IN A CAR YESTERDAY ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY. AND WE NOW KNOW HE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BULL CITY UNITED GROUP WR IS DURHAM REPORTER SARAH KRUEGER JOINS US NOW LIVE WITH A NEW INTERVIEW FROM THE PERSON WHO CALLED 9-1-1. SARAH. >> JEFF, AND THERE IS NOW A MEMORIAL HERE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE CATES WAS FOUND DEAD YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS AN OFF-RAMP EXIT. THE HILLANDALE ROAD EXIT OF I-85 AND SHORTLY AFTER THIS HAPPENED, I HEARD FROM 2 SOURCES WHO TOLD ME THAT CASE WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF BULL CITY UNITED. THE GROUP THAT GETS FUNDING FROM THE CITY AND COUNTY TO STOP THE VIOLENCE SO FAR COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE NOT CONFIRMED THAT DURHAM POLICE ARE SAYING THIS WAS NOT A RANDOM ACT. THE AREA WHERE THEY A BUSY LOCATION. I TALKED TO A WOMAN WHO DISCOVERED THE BULLET RIDDEN CAR AND CALLED 9-1-1. SHE ASKED US NOT TO IDENTIFY HER FOR SAFETY REASONS. >> THERE WAS A CAR STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RIGHT HAND TURN LANE AND I SAT ON THE CAR FOR A MINUTE OR SO. IT DIDN'T OFFER ANYTHING. JUST WAITED A FIGURE. THEY'RE LOOKING AT THEIR PHONE. AND FINALLY JUST DECIDED I WOULD GO AROUND WHEN AROUND. AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANTED TO SEE HER SITTING IN THIS CAR AND NOT ACTUALLY SOUR BULLET HOLES. I'M ALL IN THE WINDOWS >> AND I'VE POLICE WHY THEY ARE SAYING THE SHOOTING WAS NOT RANDOM. I ALSO ASKED THEM WHERE THEY THINK THE SHOOTING OCCURRED. IF IT HAPPENED HERE OR AT ANOTHER LOCATION, I HAVE NOT YET HEARD BACK FROM DURHAM POLICE WITH ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS. NOW HERE IN THE CITY SO FAR THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO DURHAM POLICE DEPARTMENT DATA, THERE HAVE BEEN JUST OVER 30 FATAL SHOOTINGS THIS YEAR. NO WORD YET ON ANY ARRESTS IN THIS LATEST CASE. JEFF 108, IT'S JUST THAT. >> A DISTURBING FIND THEIR

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Hillandale Road memorial

A Durham County employee whose role is to help people turn away from criminal activity is now charged with crimes herself.

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