NC Giving Few Details About Police Killing of Deaf Motorist

No more than 7 minutes and 30 seconds elapsed on Aug. 18 from the time a state trooper began chasing Daniel Harris to the approximate moment the 29-year-old deaf man was struck with a fatal bullet from the officer’s gun. But that short clip of radio traffic between Trooper Jermaine Saunders and his dispatcher offers the most detailed account yet of the 7-mile chase, which started on Interstate 485 when Saunders said he clocked Harris’ Volvo going 88 mph in a 70 mph zone. It ended in a north Charlotte neighborhood, with Harris lying dead in the street not far from his family home. ...

8-28-16 North Carolina:

Growing national scrutiny of an North Carolina state trooper’s killing of a deaf Charlotte motorist has prompted the State Department of Public Safety to issue a statement asking the public not to rush to judgment, reports the Raleigh News & Observer. The State Bureau of Investigation is conducting a criminal investigation into the shooting of motorist Daniel Harris, 29, but the agency has not said whether Harris was armed or threatened the trooper in some way.

In the meantime, media speculation had grown that it could be another case of law enforcement overreacting, with suggestions that the shooting is not unlike recent high profile cases of African Americans being killed by police. The State Bureau of Investigation has said little about what led Harris to be shot by trooper Jermaine Saunders during a traffic stop Thursday. When Saunders tried to pull Harris over for speeding, he fled and led the trooper on a seven-mile chase. Troopers said he got out of the vehicle, and that led to an “encounter” where a shot was fired. Harris died at the scene. The case has had international attention, including coverage in in African, Russian, Australian, and British newspapers and websites. ..Source.. by The Crime Report

Update: Sex offender jailed for comment to minor

Oct 2012 North Carolina:

A convicted sex offender identified as a repeat offender on the North Carolina Sex Offender Registry was jailed again Thursday night, accused of following a young girl around a Shallotte business and asking her “an indecent request,” according to police.

Joseph Frederick Michel, 37, was booked into the Brunswick County jail at 8:18 p.m. on a charge of indecent liberties with a child.

Shallotte Police Sgt. Edwin Marti said Michel was arrested after it was reported he'd spoke to the girl, who was under the age of 10, Oct. 14 at a retail store.

“He used inappropriate language and conduct and made an indecent request for the juvenile to perform,” Marti said.

Marti said the girl thought Michel was following her around the store, and when he approached her and said something to her, she told her parents. Her parents then informed the management of the store and also called police.

According to the state's Sex Offender Registry, Michel must register as a sex offender where ever he lives for the remainder of his life. The site also lists Michel as among 173 sex offenders living in Brunswick County.