
Christina Carrega
Criminal Justice Reporter at Capital B
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6 days ago |
capitalbnews.org | Christina Carrega
What began as a dispute over a seat at a Texas high school track meet ended in tragedy when one 17-year-old student allegedly pulled a knife and fatally stabbed another — all at a school neither teen attended. The student who was stabbed, identified as Austin Metcalf, died. The other student, Karmelo Anthony, remained at the scene and told investigators with the Frisco Police Department that he acted in self-defense, multiple news outlets have reported.
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6 days ago |
yahoo.com | Christina Carrega
What began as a dispute over a seat at a Texas high school track meet ended in tragedy when one 17-year-old student allegedly pulled a knife and fatally stabbed another — all at a school neither teen attended. The student who was stabbed, identified as Austin Metcalf, died. The other student, Karmelo Anthony, remained at the scene and told investigators with the Frisco Police Department that he acted in self-defense, multiple news outlets have reported.
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1 week ago |
capitalbnews.org | Christina Carrega
As a teenager, John Pace dreamed of playing football or becoming a police officer. But growing up in Philadelphia, he found himself drawn to older people in the neighborhood — especially those with negative habits who always seemed to have the freshest clothes and the most respect. In 1985, Pace learned exactly how some of them earned their reputations. A lifestyle built on crime ultimately led him to a sentence of life in prison.
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4 weeks ago |
capitalbnews.org | Christina Carrega
Sharon Jenkins received a late-night call at home in The Woodlands, Texas, from a Lubbock County officer the week of Thanksgiving 2024. She was told there had been a “horrible accident” involving her son. The words hit hard. Although she understood them, she couldn’t quite process the reality. She never imagined her only child, a psychology major at Texas Tech University, would become another hashtag — a Black life killed by law enforcement.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Christina Carrega
Sharon Jenkins received a late-night call at home in The Woodlands, Texas, from a Lubbock County officer the week of Thanksgiving 2024. She was told there had been a “horrible accident” involving her son. The words hit hard. Although she understood them, she couldn’t quite process the reality. She never imagined her only child, a psychology major at Texas Tech University, would become another hashtag — a Black life killed by law enforcement.
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