Ryan Oehrli
Public Safety and Criminal Justice Reporter at The Charlotte Observer
NC native writing about public safety, criminal justice for @theobserver | [email protected]
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1 week ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli
Three MS-13 gang members were sentenced Wednesday to decades in prison, the result of ongoing efforts to rid the region of violent criminal organizations, federal authorities said. Federal District Court Judge Mike Urbanski sentenced two men to 35 years for shooting a man to death in a Charlotte nightclub.
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1 week ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli
Central Piedmont Community College says a planned training facility will be a great resource for local law enforcement. But local activists worry that the $118 million project - dubbed "Community Lifeline" - will be a "Cop City" like the one that has drawn protests in Atlanta. Central Piedmont Community College is partnering with Mecklenburg County to build the facility at its Levine campus in Matthews.
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2 weeks ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli
A large crowd met at the Mecklenburg County Department of Social Services building on Billingsley Road Saturday to rally against President Donald Trump. Since he returned to the White House, the president has signed a barrage of executive orders that have challenged immigration law, the federal Department of Education and longstanding economic policy, among other things. "Everything" was a concern, longtime Charlotte resident Leslie Carter told The Charlotte Observer shortly after the rally.
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3 weeks ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli
A judge has ordered the federal government to temporarily resume funding for groups that represent children who came to the United States alone in immigration court, The New York Times reported. That appears to include the Charlotte Center for Legal Advocacy, which has raised concerns about funding cuts over the last few weeks. The United States Department of Health and Human Services gave money to the Acacia Center for Justice, which then provided it to groups like the Charlotte nonprofit.
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3 weeks ago |
charlotteobserver.com | Ryan Oehrli
Kevin Spruill awaits a dismissal in his case in the gallery of a Wake County courtroom Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, months after he was arrested once and detained twice more on a warrant that allegedly should have been recalled in the state's electronic court system. Spruill is one of several plaintiffs who signed onto a potential class action lawsuit filed in federal courts alleging that the rollout of the state's eCourt system violated their civil rights.
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