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🌱 Notable Arrests Made + Proposal to Opt Out of Mask Mandates

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Here are the top five stories in Raleigh today:

  1. Police have taken Gary Earl Jenkins into custody after he alluded police for more than a month. Jenkins was wanted in connection to the early January fatal convenience store stabbing of Clifton McClam. Less than 24 hours after the incident, police were seeking Jenkins as the sole suspect in the case. (CBS17)
  2. The Wake County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Knightdale couple for alleged sexual abuse of a juvenile during an extended period of time. Lazaro Bernabe Gonzalez-Oliver and Jesica Alejanra Rodriguez-Herrera have been arrested after Wake County deputies responded to a report of a runaway juvenile. (WRAL)
  3. A 28-year-old Durham man was arrested for a string of crimes in Wake, Durham, and Orange counties. Eric David Rolon Feliciano was arrested in Orange County on Thursday night and is facing 11 charges from Orange County, 48 charges from the Hillsborough PD, 17 charges from the Morrisville PD, and 12 from Durham County. (WRAL)
  4. North Carolina's Republican lawmakers are preparing to propose legislation that would give parents the ability to opt their children out of local school board mask mandates. House Speaker Tim Moore released a statement on Friday that they will likely propose the legislation after redistricting is wrapped up. This plan follows Thursday's adjustments to COVID-19 guidance for public schools released by Governor Cooper's administration. (WXII12)

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