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Gabriel Boyd Sellers died Oct. 8 of an apparent suicide at Central Prison.
Officials with the NC Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) have promoted Alan Pitstick to the position of Judicial District Manager (JDM) in Judicial District 10, which covers Wake County. Pitstick will oversee 158 probation/parole officers and staff who supervise more than 5,200 individuals in Wake County sentenced to probation, parole or post-release supervision.
Today the NC Department of Adult Correction transferred 151 men from Craggy Correctional Center in Asheville to three other prisons, completing the movement of people from prisons in storm-impacted areas of Western North Carolina. NCDAC officials anticipate no additional transfers from storm-affected locations.
The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction today evacuated more than 800 men incarcerated at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine.
RE: Timothy D. Smith 0380277
COUNTY AND COURT: Cumberland County; Superior Court
CRIME AND SENTENCE: 91 CRS 38765 Murder First Degree; Life
CONVICTION DATE: July 10, 1992
Dear News Editor:
RE: Billy R. James 0204946
COUNTY AND COURT: Halifax County; Superior Court
CRIME AND SENTENCE: 85 CRS 12712 Murder First Degree; Life
85 CRS 12713 Armed Robbery; 25 Years
85 CRS 12714 AWDWWITKISI; 10 Years
CONVICTION DATE: November 6, 1986
Dear News Editor:
Approximately 400 offenders from Western Correctional Center for Women in Swannanoa and the Black Mountain Substance Abuse Treatment Center for Women in Black Mountain were temporarily relocated to other state correctional facilities for women.
RE: Moshesh Gooding 0473034
COUNTY AND COURT: Mecklenburg County; Superior Court
CRIME AND SENTENCE: 93 CRS 79793 Second Degree Murder; Life
CONVICTION DATE: December 19, 1994
Dear News Editor:
RE: Bruce A. Clements 0078830
COUNTY AND COURT: Mecklenburg County; Superior Court
CRIME AND SENTENCE: 93 CRS 32040 Rape First Degree; Life
93 CRS 32038 Sexual Offense First Degree
93 CRS 32039 Kidnapping First Degree
CONVICTION DATE: November 10, 1993
Dear News Editor:
Jason William Martin (#0760219) died today of an apparent suicide at Mountain View Correctional Institution.