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The voice of victims has been heard. District Attorney Greg Newman has been removed from office in only the third case of its kind in North Carolina history. Superior Court Judge Robert C. Ervin issued his order April 27, permanently removing the top criminal prosecutor for Henderson, Polk and Transylvania counties from his elected office, finding Newman engaged in “willful misconduct in office” and “conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice which brings the office into disrepu...

From staff reports The parents of a 2-year-old girl who died at an unlicensed daycare when another child got ahold of a loaded shotgun left on a kitchen table can move forward with their case alleging negligent infliction of emotional distress, the state Supreme Court has ruled.  Delia and Jeromy Newmans daughter, Abagail, died Oct. 25, 2016 at the Hendersonville home of Heather Stepp when Stepps young child found the loaded shotgun, not secured by a safety or other mechanism, in the kitchen ...