50 NC counties and 1 VA county are under alert, including Wake, Cumberland, Durham, Johnston, and Orange counties.

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The Durham's DA's Office has dismissed all recent charges against Kevin Johnson. Johnson was exonerated in the 2007 shooting of a Durham police officer. Earlier this month, he was charged with a number of gun and drug offenses. Now those new charges have been dropped pending further investigation from the DA.

MORE DETAILS AVAILABLE ON ALL SHELTERS OPEN AT WRAL DOT, DOT. >> NEW THIS MORNING WE'VE LEARNED THE DURHAM D'S, A DA'S OFFICE HAS DISMISSED ALL RECENT CHARGES AGAINST KEVIN JOHNSON. JOHNSON WAS CONVICTED IN THE 2007 SHOOTING OF A DURHAM POLICE OFFICER IN JUNE. A JUDGE OVERTURNED THAT CONVICTION EARLIER THIS MONTH. HE WAS CHARGED WITH A NUMBER OF GUN AND DRUG OFFENSES AND RESULT. HIS ATTORNEY SAYS HE WAS ALSO FIRED FROM HIS JOB WITH THE BULL CITY UNITED DURHAM'S VIOLENCE REDUCTION PROGRAM.

Durham DA drops new charges against Kevin Johnson 

All charges dropped against Kevin Johnson for 2nd time

WRAL Investigates has learned a Durham Assistant District Attorney (ADA) came out to speak with police after a legal assistant in their office was pulled over for drunk driving.

WRAL Investigates: Durham Assistant DA spoke with officers after assistant crashed vehicle and was charged with DWI

Durham Co. Assistant DA spoke with officers at crash site where assistant was arrested for DWI

COURTS AND A 4,000 SEAT ARENA THAT CAN CALLED HENN CAN HOLD E-SPORTS TOURNAMENTS. >> WRAL INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED A DURHAM ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY CAME OUT TO SPEAK WITH POLICE AFTER A LEGAL ASSISTANT IN THEIR OFFICE WAS PULLED OVER FOR DRUNK DRIVING. THIS HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MONTH. WRAL'S SARAH KRUEGER IS HERE WITH NEW INFORMATION FROM RECORDS AND THE DA'S OFFICE. >> GERALD, WITHIN THE LAST 3 HOURS, WE LEARNED THAT THE ASSISTANT DA WHO CAME TO THE SCENE IS IN CHARGE OF OVERSEEING IT ALL TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS IN THE COUNTY THAT WOULD INCLUDE DW WAYS. WE LEARNED ABOUT THE SITUATION FROM TIPS FROM VIEWERS WHO THOUGHT IT WAS NOT APPROPRIATE, THAT THE ADA WENT OUT THERE. >> THERE'S NO MUGSHOT AND NO OFFICE PHOTO FOR JOSIAH WILKERSON, THE LEGAL ASSISTANT CHARGED EARLIER THIS MONTH WITH DWI AND RESISTING AN OFFICER. THE CLERK IN THE COURTHOUSE AS THE PAPERWORK IS MISSING. A CRASH REPORT RELEASED BY THE HIGHWAY PATROL REVEALS NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE LATE NIGHT WRECK ON AUGUST 10TH ON US 70 AT PLEASANT DRIVE. IT SHOWS DURHAM COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, LEGAL ASSISTANT JOSIAH WILKERSON CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF ANOTHER CAR, GOING 45 MILES PER HOUR, CAUSING A CHAIN REACTION. THE REPORT SAYS 2 PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL WITH MINOR INJURIES AND IT REVEALS WILKERSON'S BLOOD ALCOHOL CONTENT WAS POINT '09. A DRIVER IS CONSIDERED IMPAIRED AT POINT. 0, 8 OR ABOVE WRAL INVESTIGATES HAS LEARNED AFTER THE CRASH ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY MONICA BURNETT CAME TO THE SCENE AND TALKED WITH THE RESPONDING OFFICERS SOME HAVE REACHED OUT TO WRAL QUESTIONING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THAT IN HER ROLE AS THE LEAD DISTRICT COURT ADA, BURNETT OVERSEAS. ALL TRAFFIC CASES IN AN EMAIL. A SPOKESPERSON WROTE THAT THE PROSECUTOR CAME AFTER MISTER WILKERSON CALLED AND RIGHTLY NOTIFIED HER OF THE SITUATION AS A SUPERVISOR IN THE OFFICE. SHE SPOKE TO THE OFFICERS ON SCENE INQUIRED ABOUT HIS WELL-BEING WITH HIS MOTHER AND LEFT THE SPOKESPERSON DECLINED TO ELABORATE BEYOND THAT. IT IS NOT CLEAR WHAT WAS SAID IN THE CONVERSATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE DURHAM, D A S OFFICE REFERRED THIS CASE OUT TO THE ORANGE COUNTY. DA WILKERSON IS DUE IN COURT FOR

On Tuesday afternoon, Kevin Johnson's attorney Christine Mumma learned from the Durham County district attorney's office that it was dismissing all charges against Kevin Johnson.

<p>WILDFIRES ABOUT TO IMPACT OUR AIR QUALITY. AND WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. THE DURHAM DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS DROPPING ALL CHARGES AGAINST A MAN WHO SPENT 15 YEARS IN PRISON. &gt;&gt; AFTER HE WAS ACCUSED OF SHOOTING A POLICE OFFICER. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. I'M DEBRA MORGAN AND I'M GERALD OWENS. IN 2007 WRAL REPORTED THAT KEVIN JOHNSON WOULD GO TO PRISON FOR THE SHOOTING. &gt;&gt; IN JUNE, HIS CONVICTION WAS OVERTURNED AND HE WAS LET OUT OF PRISON TO GO AND BE WITH HIS FAMILY. THE BUREAU'S AARON THOMAS IS LIVE AT THE DURHAM COUNTY COURTHOUSE AFTER HEARING FROM JOHNSON'S ATTORNEY ABOUT THE CHARGES BEING DROPPED AARON. &gt;&gt; WE DROVE ARE TALKING ABOUT A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT HERE. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT COMING JUST WEEKS AFTER A JUDGE ACTUALLY ORDERED FOR A NEW CASE HERE IN COURT. WE ALSO LEARNED TODAY THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, BUT THEY'RE NO LONGER RETRY THIS CASE THAT YOU GET YOU CAUGHT UP TO SPEED. KEVIN JOHNSON HAS BEEN A FREE MAN AS OF FRIDAY, JUNE 2ND. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SEVERAL WEEKS HERE. HE HAS SPENT MORE THAN 15 YEARS BEHIND BARS. SINCE THEN HE AND HIS LEGAL TEAM WAITED TO SEE HOW THE DEA'S OFFICE WOULD PROCEED WITH THIS CASE. THE DISMISSALS LINKED TO THE CASE, READ, QUOTE, IN THE INTEREST OF JUSTICE. THE STATE CANNOT IN GOOD CONSCIENCE MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REEF PROSECUTION OF THIS CASE. THE STATE IS OF THE VIEW THAT THE DISMISSAL OF ALL CHARGES PROPER FAIR. AND JUST IN QUOTES WITHIN THE HOUR ARE WRAPPED UP AN INTERVIEW WITH CHRIS MOVEMENT. SHE'S THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING MISTER JOHNSON. DESPITE THIS LONG FIGHT, SHE SAYS SHE'S THANKFUL TO SEE THE PAYOFF. &gt;&gt; IT WAS GREAT NEWS TODAY WITH THANKFUL FOR THAT JUST TRAIN SAW THIS TO MOVE AS QUICKLY AS THEY DID ON DISMISSING THE CHARGES. THERE WAS NO QUESTION OUR MIND THAT THE CHARGES WOULD BE DISMISSED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CREDIBLE EVIDENCE LED TO SUPPORT THE CONNECTION. &gt;&gt; AND ON OUR LATE NEWS, BEGINNING AT 10 ON FOX 50, WE'RE GOING TO GO ONE-ON-ONE WITH THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MISTER KEVIN JOHNSON. WE'RE GOING TO GET A LITTLE BIT OF DETAIL ABOUT HOW HE'S SPENDING HIS LIFE BEHIND BARS IN THE WORDS THAT HE HAS FOR THOSE JURY MEMBERS THAT CONVICTED HIM FOR THOSE 15</p>

Charges dropped against Durham man 16 years after police officer shooting

Kevin Johnson

On Tuesday afternoon, Kevin Johnson's attorney Christine Mumma learned from the Durham County district attorney's office that it was dismissing all charges against Kevin Johnson. 


'I'm really free': DA dismisses charges of man convicted in 2007 shooting of Durham police officer

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Durham County District Attorney Satana Deberry

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