Peyton Strickland

UNCW has reached a settlement with the family of a college student shot and killed by a New Hanover County Sheriff's deputy more than six years ago, according to a news release on the school's website. Full story...

The state Court of Appeals says a lawsuit filed by a college student killed by a sheriff's deputy against UNCW can move forward. Full story...

The parents of a teenager fatally shot by a sheriff's deputy plan to sue the police department at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Full story...

The New Hanover County Sheriff's Office has reached a settlement with the family of 18-year-old Peyton Strickland. The settlement includes a re-evaluation of the Sheriff's SERT Team and $2.45 million to the Strickland family.

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It has been a year since the death of 18-year-old Peyton Strickland, and for family and friends, a year hasn't been enough time to heal. Full story...

A memorial to remember Peyton Strickland is being set up at Cape Fear Community College's welding department. A plaque will be revealed memorializing Strickland through a scholarship program set up in his name. Strickland was killed in December by a sheriff's deputy trying to serve a search warrant. Full story...

The New Hanover County grand jury has reached a decision in its inquiry into whether former deputy Chris Long committed any wrongdoing in the shooting death of Peyton Strickland. The grand jury has decided not to indict former deputy Chris Long of any wrongdoing in the case. When the judge announced that there was not a true bill of indictment on voluntary manslaughter charges, Chris long sobbed in relief. Full story...

A New Hanover County grand jury is deliberating on whether to indict former county Deputy Chris Long on manslaughter charges. Testimony from all four witnesses wrapped up around five p.m. Tuesday. The fourth witness to testify was Peyton Strickland's father. He drove down from Raleigh Tuesday morning.
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Six months ago a New Hanover County grand jury accidentally indicted a former deputy on murder charges. Now a bill is making its way through State legislature that could have cleared up a lot of confusion in that case. If this bill is passed it would mean that what goes on in the grand jury room would no longer be kept secret. Full story...

A man who drove the getaway car in a robbery of PlayStation Three games that led to a fatal police shooting in Wilmington last year has pleaded guilty to a felony charge. Twenty-two-year-old Braden Riley pleaded guilty to accessory after the fact to common law robbery. Full story...

One of the men suspected of robbing a UNCW student of two PlayStations plead guilty in court Wednesday. The plea deal comes almost five months after Ryan Mills's arrest. Mills plead guilty Wednesday to one count of felony common law robbery. Mills along with Braden Riley and Peyton Strickland were the suspects in a November 17 robbery. Full story...

Earlier this month we told you about a golf tournament that raised money for law enforcement officers in need. One of the candidates was former New Hanover County Sheriff's deputy Chris Long. Full story...

There are new questions about the UNCW student robbed of two PlayStation 3s back in November. The robbery sparked the investigation into 18-year-old Peyton Strickland, which set off a time-line of events in which Strickland died and left the deputy who killed him under investigation. We recently obtained the 911 call from the night of the PlayStation robbery. In it are some discrepancies from what the media has been told so far. Full story...

NewsChannel 3 has learned New Hanover County Sheriff Sid Causey gave $2,000 to former deputy Chris Long. Causey says he gave Long $1,000 from his campaign funds December 12, 2006. That was four days after Causey fired Long in the wake of the Peyton Strickland shooting. Full story...

A golf tournament this weekend raised money for local emergency workers going through some tough times. But you may be surprised to hear who may get the money. Former Sheriff's Deputy Chris Long, the man who shot and killed Peyton Strickland while trying to serve an arrest warrant, is one of three candidates who may get the money from the Local Heroes tournament. Full story...