Name: No charges filed after trooper said teen tried to run him over with ATV
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Description: A Johnston County family says a state trooper cursed at their two children who were visiting their future home in Wendell last fall and threw their daughter into a ditch. His fiancée then hit the girl's brother in the head with the trooper's walkie-talkie as the boy went to help his sister.

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A Johnston County family says a state trooper cursed at their two children who were visiting their future home in Wendell last fall and threw their daughter into a ditch. His fiancée then hit the girl's brother in the head with the trooper's walkie-talkie as the boy went to help his sister.

CAROLINA,  FROM THE EXACT TRACK TO THE TIMING, METEOROLOGIST KAT CAMPBELL HAS THE LATEST ON THE STORM IN ONLY A FEW MINUTES. >>> FIRST, A LOCAL FAMILY FILED A CLAIM AGAINST THE NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ALLEGING THEIR CHILDREN WERE TRAUMATIZED BY THE ENCOUNTER WITH AN OFF-DUTY TROOPER ENCOUNTER. >>> I AM DAVID CRABTREE. >>> WRAL SARAH KRUEGER  REPORTS ON A HIGHER RANKING TROOPER THEY CLAIM TRIED TO COVER UP WHAT HAPPENED, AN INVESTIGATION YOU WILL ONLY SEE ON WRAL . >> Reporter: THE LEGAL DOCUMENT IS ACCUSING THIS HIGHWAY PATROL SERGEANT OF CAUSING EMOTIONAL AND PHYSICAL INJURY TO A THE A 19-YEAR-OLD WOMAN AND HER 14- YEAR-OLD BROTHER THAT WERE CHECKING OUT THE NEW HOUSE THEIR MOTHER WAS MIND ON TERRA- COTTA WAY IN JOHNSTON COUNTY. >> THEY HAD A RIGHT TO BE THERE AND LOOK AT THE HOME THEIR MOTHER WAS BUILDING. >> Reporter: THE ATTORNEY REPRESENTING THE SIBLINGS AND THE CLAIM FILED BY THE ATKINSON FAMILY AGAINST THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY ALLEGES THAT THE SERGEANT BRIDGES WAS NEGLIGENT AND SAYS THAT ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 THAT BRIDGES, THAT LIVES NEAR THE HOUSE THE FAMILY WAS BUYING WAS ANGRY ABOUT THE NOISE FROM THE ATB THAT THE SIBLINGS WERE RIDING. >> HE DID NOT IDENTIFY HIMSELF AS LAW-ENFORCEMENT AT THE TIME AND HE WAS IN PLAIN CLOTHES, IRATE AND YELLING AT MY CLIENT AND ULTIMATELY AN ALTERCATION PURSUE. >> Reporter: THEY SAY BRIDGES WRONGFULLY ACCUSED ATKINSON OF TRYING TO RUN HIM OVER WITH THE ATB. HE GRABBED MAHOGANY ATKINSON SLINGING HER INTO THE NEARBY DITCH. IT STATES THAT BRIDGES SIGNIFICANT OTHER HIT XAVIER ATKINSON OVERHEAD WITH A WALKIE- TALKIE. THE CLAIM IS SEEKING FINANCIAL COMPENSATION. >> I THINK WE HAVE TO CHECK ON OUR OFFICERS AND THEY HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY. THEY HAVE A HARD JOB BUT THEY CHOSE THAT PATH AND THAT CAREER. WE NEED TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE. >> Reporter: THE 911 CALL MADE THAT DAY SHOWS THE CHAOS. >> JUST SO YOU HAVE IT ON RECORD, I AM NOT ACTING IN MY LAW ENFORCEMENT CAPACITY. CAN YOU SEND ME THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT, PLEASE. SOMEONE TRIED TO RUN ME OFF THE ROAD AND I GUESS NOW THEY WANT TO GET IN MY FACE. >> YOU ARE UNDER ARREST. >> Reporter: THE JOHNSTON COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY REVIEWED THE CASE INCLUDING WITNESS INTERVIEWS. IN THE EMAIL SENT SEPTEMBER 12 SHE RECOMMENDED NO CHARGES FOR SERGEANT BRIDGES OR HIS FIANCIE AND WROTE THAT THE SIBLINGS SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH ASSAULT ON A LAW-ENFORCEMENT OFFICER. ON SEPTEMBER 16 THE LEGAL CLAIM STATE A DIFFERENT HIGHWAY PATROL OFFICER, SERGEANT DERRICK MOB LATE MET WITH THE MOTHER OF THE CHILDREN, BETH HARRIS, WHO SECRETLY RECORDED THE CONVERSATION. >> I AM NOT TRYING TO PLAY THE BLACK AND WHITE CARD BUT I DO LOOK OUT FOR MY PEOPLE. >> Reporter: IN THE RECORDING YOU CAN HEAR HIM TELLING HARRIS THAT IF SHE WILL MAKE A DEAL WITH HIM HE WILL MAKE SURE THE OFFICERS DID NOT RETALIATE AGAINST HER FAMILY. >> I CAN CONTROL MY GUYS AND MAKE SURE YOU'RE NOT HARASSED. >> Reporter: HE AGREED THAT IF SHE WOULD NOT TAKE CIVIL ACTION THAT NEITHER HER SON OR DAUGHTER WOULD BE CHARGED TO. >> SERGEANT BRIDGES SAID HE WOULD STAND BY ME WITH MY DECISION. HE SAID I DON'T WANT ANY CIVIL LITIGATION COME OUT AFTER THIS. IF WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT GO AWAY, IT HAS TO GO WAY. >> Reporter: CHARGES WERE NEVER FILED AND THE SPOKESMAN FOR THE HIGHWAY PATROL DECLINED COMMENT FOR THE STORY. SARAH KRUEGER, WRAL NEWS, JOHNSTON COUNTY. >> SERGEANT BRIDGES HAS BEEN WITH THE HIGHWAY PATROL SINCE 1999 AND MOBLEY  WITH THE AGENCY FROM 1997 AND JUST RECENTLY PROMOTED TO

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I'm meteorologist, Kat Campbell in the wr a severe weather center. No more thirties in the forecast and we don't have a frost threat tonight so you can leave your plants be, temperatures are falling into the upper forties to lower fifties overnight. We've got a different wind direction and some more clouds that will fill in by daybreak tomorrow at the bus stop, it'll be in the low to mid fifties for most of the kids out there. So a mild start, but you may want to send your kids to school with an umbrella because by the time they head home, some of us are going to be dealing with a chance for rain during the afternoon. It's all due to this cold front. Approaching from the northwest. There's not a lot of moisture for the front to work with, but just enough and enough lift to squeeze out some rain. I think that rain chances would start in our northwestern counties around 11 a.m. through lunchtime. And then that chance is really closer to, to three o'clock here in the triangle. But that might be when the kids are heading home as we get toward 456. It would be south and east of the triangle with the best chance for rain. Rocky Mount, Southern Pines. I'm thinking you'll be in that 3 to 5 p.m. time frame for rain. It's not going to be a very heavy rain. There is a small chance of a thunderstorm embedded, but most of us will just see some pretty light rain. In fact, models are showing less than 5/100 of an inch of rain. So very tiny rainfall amounts from this event. We do have the Durham Bulls in town this week. And luckily the forecast looks good for all of their home games. First pitch is at 6:35 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. We've just got wonderful baseball weather. Temperatures will be near 70 for the first pitches and the rain should be over in Durham, the triangle by the time we get to dinner time for tomorrow evening, which means it's likely to be a dry game for us. Your seven day forecast show, some big changes are on the way though. We've got 74 for the high Wednesday with chance for rain Thursday just 72. So a small dip in our high temperatures more noticeable at night though we fall into the upper forties Thursday night to Friday morning, we're going with 47 as the low Friday morning around the triangle. And then once we get to the weekend temperatures begin to rebound. However, that will come with an increasing cloud cover mostly cloudy Saturday and Sunday. But back in the eighties by Sunday and even warmer next week, highs could climb near 90 a week from today.

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