North Carolina man thought he was ‘seeing things’ after $100K lottery win (2024)

SAFE TRAVELS EVERYONE. LOOKING AHEAD NOW, AT 603, THE MAN ACCUSED OF FIRING MULTIPLE GUN SHOTS INSIDE OF AN ARCHDALE BUSINESS LAST WEEK WILL FACE A JUDGE. TODAY, POLICE LOCATED AND ARRESTED 36 YEAR-OLD JOSHUA ARQUETTE AT A HOTEL IN KANNAPOLIS ON FRIDAY. THAT WAS THREE DAYS AFTER POLICE SAY ARQUETTE FIRED A GUN INSIDE THE CAROLINA CONTAINER COMPANY ON CHEYENNE DRIVE. POLICE SAY TWO EMPLOYEES WERE INSIDE AT THE TIME. NEITHER WERE HURT. AUTHORITIES SAY. THEN ARQUETTE STOLE TWO DIFFERENT TRUCKS WHILE ON THE RUN AND NOW HAS CHARGES PENDING FROM MUTIPLE AGENCIES. AGAIN, ARQUETTE IS DUE IN RANDOLPH COUNTY COURT THIS MORNING. WXII 12 NEWS WILL PROVIDE UPDATES ON AIR AND ONLINE THIS MORNING. GREENSBORO POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A SUSPECT ACCUSED OF AN ARMED ROBBERY. OFFICERS SAY THIS HAPPENED LAST NIGHT AT THE REHOBOTH MART ON REHOBOTH CHURCH ROAD. AROUND 8 P.M. A MAN ENTERED THE BUSINESS WITH A HANDGUN AND TOOK AN UNDISCLOSED AMOUNT OF CASH BEFORE LEAVING. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT IS DESCRIBED AS SIX FEET TALL. HE WAS WEARING A MASK AT THE TIME, A BLACK HOODIE, AND APPEARED TO BE ABOUT 28 YEARS OLD. THIS IS AN ONGOING INVESTIGATION. STAYING IN GREENSBORO, POLICE ARE RELEASING NEW DETAILS IN AN ELEMENTAL SCHOOL BREAK-IN THAT HAPPENED EARLIER THIS MONTH. SO 26 YEAR-OLD JONATHAN COOLEY IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES IN THIS, INCLUDING BREAKING AND ENTERING AND POSSESSING A GUN ON EDUCATIONAL PROPERTY. POLICE SAY SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE FROM IRVING PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHOWS COOLEY ENTERING THE BUILDING ON THE MORNING OF SATURDAY, APRIL 13TH. INVESTIGATORS. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE WAS ARMED WITH A LONG GUN, BUT NO ONE WAS HURT. OFFICERS FOUND AND ARRESTED COOLEY IN A TRAFFIC STOP ON APRIL 16TH. GPD SAYS LAST WEEK, COOLEY WAS PLACED UNDER A $25,000 BOND AND DEEMED A THREAT TO THE COMMUNITY. HE IS NOW BANNED FROM ALL EDUCATIONAL SCHOOL PROPERTIES. HE ALSO MUST GIVE UP ANY FIREARMS AND AMMUNITION WHEN ASKED BY POLICE AND UNDERGO A MENTAL EVALUATION BEFORE POTENTIAL RELEASE. THE WINSTON-SALEM POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS ITS FOURTH POLICE DISTRICT WILL BE UP AND RUNNING IN THE COMING MONTHS. THIS NEW DISTRICT WILL INCLUDE DOWNTOWN, WEST SALEM, HAPPY HILL AND WASHINGTON PARK AREAS. THE DEPARTMENT SAYS. OFFICERS FROM THE CURRENT THREE DISTRICTS WILL SPREAD OUT TO COVER CALLS IN THIS NEW DISTRICT, AND THEY TELL US THE GOAL IS TO DECREASE VIOLENT CRIME WHILE BONDING WITH THE PEOPLE THEY SERVE. THIS IS ALL WELCOME NEWS FOR ONE DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER THAT WE SPOKE WITH. I THINK WITH THE PRESENCE OF THE THIS NEW POLICE DISTRICT AND JUST WITH MORE POLICE PRESENCE IN GENERAL THAT LIGHTEN THE CITY’S MOOD TO COMING DOWNTOWN IN GENERAL AND JUST, YOU KNOW, BEING ABLE TO EVEN JUST ENJOY A GOOD DAY IN THE PARK WITH YOUR CHILDREN OR, YOU KNOW, JUST TO WALK AROUND DOWNTOWN TOWN AND THE DEPARTMENT SAYS EVERYTHING SHOULD BE IN PLACE BY THE END OF THE SUMMER FOR THIS DISTRICT. TODAY, OPENING STATEMENTS ARE SCHEDULED IN THE HISTORIC CRIMINAL TRIAL OF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, AFTER A JURY OF 12 WAS FINALIZED LAST WEEK. AMY LU IS IN WASHINGTON THIS MORNING WITH A LOOK AHEAD. AUDREY AND JACKIE, THESE STATEMENTS WILL GIVE JURORS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC A BETTER PICTURE OF THE ALLEGATIONS AT THE HEART OF THIS CASE, AND INSIGHT INTO TRUMP’S DEFENSE. TRUMP IS ACCUSED OF A HUSH MONEY SCHEME AIMED AT PREVENTING DAMAGING STORIES OF ALLEGED EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIRS. PROSECUTOR WILL INTRODUCE WITNESSES, LIKELY INCLUDING AN ADULT FILM STAR INVOLVED IN THE SCHEME, A FORMER TABLOID PUBLISHER AND A FORMER TRUMP LAWYER CONVICTED OF ISSUING THE PAYMENTS. TRUMP DENIES THE AFFAIRS, AND HIS LAWYERS ARGUED THE PAYMENTS WERE LEGITIMATE LEGAL EXPENSES. TRUMP CALLING THE TRIAL ELECTION INTERFERENCE OVERNIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA AND DESPITE FACING POSSIBLE JAIL TIME, A CONVICTION WOULD NOT PREVENT TRUMP FROM SERVING ONCE AGAIN A