Naomi Kowles

Charlotte, Madison

Investigative Reporter at WBTV-TV (Charlotte, NC)

NC/SC investigative reporter @WBTV_News | past: chief investigator, political host & manager @ WISC | perpetually first drafting | [email protected]

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‘Restraint-induced homicide’: Mother sues city of Charlotte, police officers after son’s death

1 week ago | wbtv.com | Naomi Kowles

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The mother of a man who died after struggling to breathe in police custody has filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Charlotte and four police officers with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department. Jovontay Williams, 32, was arrested by CMPD officers early in the morning of June 13, 2022. Officers were responding to a call that someone had fired shots into a house and was banging on the door. Williams died at a hospital hours after being taken into custody.
The flaws a report found in North Carolina’s response to Helene

2 weeks ago | wvlt.tv | Naomi Kowles

RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) -- As hurricane season gets underway, state emergency management officials in North Carolina are evaluating what to change going forward after Helene. In the months after tropical storm Helene devastated the western third of the state, North Carolina Emergency Management commissioned an outside group to study the agency’s response to the storm.
The flaws a report found in North Carolina’s response to Helene

2 weeks ago | wbtv.com | Naomi Kowles

RALEIGH, N.C. (WBTV) -- As hurricane season gets underway, state emergency management officials in North Carolina are evaluating what to change going forward after Helene. In the months after tropical storm Helene devastated the western third of the state, North Carolina Emergency Management commissioned an outside group to study the agency’s response to the storm.
Catawba County Humane Society ousts executive director after investigation

3 weeks ago | wbtv.com | Naomi Kowles

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - The board of directors for the Catawba County Humane Society has ousted longtime executive director Jane Bowers, WBTV has learned. The board’s vice chairman Chris Broyles sent an email to Society staff Thursday morning, informing them that the Board had met on Wednesday evening and made the decision to terminate Bowers’ employment, effective immediately.
North Carolina man arrested for threatening ICE agents was U.S. Marines recruit

1 month ago | wbtv.com | Naomi Kowles

LINWOOD, N.C. (WBTV) - A man recently arrested for threatening to kill Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents was previously a U.S. Marines recruit, officials confirmed Thursday. Johnathan Trent Thomas, 27, appeared in federal court on Monday. U.S. Attorney Russ Ferguson said in a press release that Thomas contacted the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department threatening to kill both ICE agents and CMPD officers if enforcement actions did not stop.
Caldwell County daycare where toddler died fixed CPR, first aid violations months ago, officials say

1 month ago | wbtv.com | Naomi Kowles

LENOIR, N.C. (WBTV) - A daycare had previously corrected CPR and first aid violations before a toddler’s deadly cardiac arrest on Monday afternoon, according to state officials. Police said on Tuesday that EMS were called for a toddler’s cardiac arrest at Creative Beginnings of Lenoir on Monday afternoon. When first responders arrived, Lenoir police said the 16-month-old was found unresponsive and they immediately began life-saving measures.
Shattered Trust: A North Carolina nurse and his decades of secrets

1 month ago | wbtv.com | Naomi Kowles

This is Chapter 1 of Shattered Trust, a WBTV investigative series that unravels the story of a North Carolina nurse practitioner -- and the secrets he kept for decades as medical communities in three states looked the other way. Click on the links below to watch or read that chapter. SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA (WBTV) - In late 2022, a young mother living in rural northern Virginia couldn’t figure out why her health had been deteriorating for weeks.
Shattered Trust: Huntersville woman sounds alarm on North Carolina nurse

1 month ago | wbtv.com | Naomi Kowles

This is Chapter 2 of Shattered Trust, a WBTV investigative series that unravels the story of a North Carolina nurse practitioner -- and the secrets he kept for decades as medical communities in three states looked the other way. Click on the links below to watch or read that chapter. HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. (WBTV) - On May 21, 2018, the Huntersville Police Department got a call.
Shattered Trust: Clues about North Carolina nurse’s troubled past buried in court records

1 month ago | wbtv.com | Naomi Kowles

This is Chapter 3 of Shattered Trust, a WBTV investigative series that unravels the story of a North Carolina nurse practitioner -- and the secrets he kept for decades as medical communities in three states looked the other way. Click on the links below to watch or read that chapter. PINELLAS COUNTY, FL (WBTV) - Twenty-four years ago at a hospital just outside Tampa, a young woman was passing out snacks to patients.
Shattered Trust: A North Carolina nurse’s 24 years of job hopping -- and the charges he faces today

1 month ago | wbtv.com | Naomi Kowles

This is Chapter 4 of Shattered Trust, a WBTV investigative series that unravels the story of a North Carolina nurse practitioner -- and the secrets he kept for decades as medical communities in three states looked the other way. Click on the links below to watch or read that chapter. SPOTSYLVANIA COUNTY, VA (WBTV) - In late 2022, Janelle Ondo was a newer nurse practitioner at Primary & Urgent Care clinics in rural northern Virginia. “It was chaotic and hectic and overwhelming,” Ondo recalled.

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