A sexual assault kit was collected and sent to the N.C. State Crime Laboratory for testing. The results concluded that the evidence collected from the sexual assault kit matched Alexander’s DNA. Full Article Here
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Release date: 4/24/2019 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today congratulated Winston-Salem Police Department and Chief of Police Catrina Thompson for its progress in submitting sexual assault kits to the State Crime Lab for testing. Winston-Salem Police Department has submitted 346 older sexual assault kits for review and testing. “Testing these kits sends a clear message […]
Release date: 1/29/2019 Legislation sponsored by Sen. Warren Daniel and Reps. Jamie Boles, Carson Smith, Mary Belk, and Billy Richardson addresses and prevents sexual assault kit backlog (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, joined by bill sponsors Sen. Warren Daniel and Reps. Jamie Boles, Carson Smith, Mary Belk, and Billy Richardson today unveiled a new legislative […]
Release date: 2/28/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein, along with State Crime Lab Director John Byrd, today announced the results of a statewide inventory of untested sexual assault evidence collection kits (SAECKs) in law enforcement custody across the state. Session Law 2017-57 required every law enforcement agency in North Carolina to report to the State […]
Release date: 10/4/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced the launch of a new statewide sexual assault kit tracking system that will mark all new sexual assault evidence collection kits with a tracking barcode. The tracking system will let anyone, including law enforcement, prosecutors, defense lawyers, or the victims themselves, know the real-time testing […]
February 2019 On average, 36 sexual assault evidence collection kits are collected each week in North Carolina. It is staggering to think that this heinous crime occurs so frequently. Each one of these kits represents a tragedy in someone’s life. We need to send a clear message to all survivors: The State of North Carolina […]
1/9/2019 Attorney General Josh Stein January 2019 As we begin 2019, I want to highlight some of the work the North Carolina Department of Justice has done in the past year to prevent crime, support law enforcement, safeguard consumers, and defend North Carolina and its people. When I took office in 2017, I highlighted our […]
Release date: 11/20/2018 (RALEIGH) Attorney General Josh Stein today announced that seven people from the Triangle have received the Attorney General’s Dogwood Award. These awards are given annually to honor North Carolinians who are dedicated to keeping people safe, healthy, and happy in their communities. These award recipients include: Mike and Becky Cannon, of Wilson, […]
Release date: 5/29/2018 (RALEIGH) In response to the budget legislation released last night, Attorney General Josh Stein made the following statements: The Good: CJ Fellows Program “All across our state, law enforcement agencies have unfilled positions due to a lack of qualified candidates. In fact, the North Carolina Criminal Justice Training and Standards Commission has […]