Police Arrest An 81-Year-Old Man Involved In A Gaston County Fatal Hit-And-Run
January 27, 2021
Joseph Hubert Laine
Detectives say the pedestrian, 23-year-old Devin Valentine, died of his injuries received in the crash at Atrium Health in Charlotte on Tuesday, January 26th.
Laine is charged with second degree murder, a felony hit and run, and reckless driving, and he is being held under a $1 million dollar bond at the Gaston County Jail, according to a news release.
Police say Laine was identified as the suspect and arrested on Tuesday, January 26th, with the help of physical evidence and tips from the public.
Nohora Bejarano receives her COVID-19 vaccination during a drive-through clinic run by Atrium Health in Charlotte on Tuesday morning. Photo: Atrium Health
Since North Carolina received its first allocation of the vaccine against COVID-19, North Carolina Health News has been inundated with queries from readers as to where they can find information on getting vaccinated.
As of early January, the state is in the early phases of the vaccine rollout, vaccinating people in groups 1a, which is health care workers fighting COVID-19 and long-term care staff and residents, and 1b, adults 75 years or older and frontline essential workers.
As manufacturing and distribution speed up, the state will proceed into different phases. Some counties will move into different phases at different times depending on the number of health care workers, older adults, prisoners, teachers and other priority groups.