Danté Gardin told his mother he heard the burglars hit the window five times before it shattered Saturday morning. Upstairs, Danté, 14, reached under his bed and grabbed a pocketknife that he would soon need.
An N.C. advocacy group pushing for more education and restrictions on the use of Taser stun guns is contacting police departments across the state to share a study on the device's risks.
In January, it cost about $400 to fuel the trucks at the Robinson Volunteer Fire Department in northeast Mecklenburg County.
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At first I didn't pay much attention to the e-mails, but then there were too many to ignore. Here's a piece of one:
