Cumberland County News

Mario Andrette McNeill, center, makes his first appearance before Judge David Hasty at the Cumberland County Detention Center, Friday, Nov.

The second person held on charges connected to the disappearance of Shaniya Davis, her mother, Antoinette Davis, has not been additionally charged as yet.

Shaniya Nicole Davis was raped and killed the same day she was taken from her Fayetteville home, according to arrest warrants released Friday.

AP This undated photo provided Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 by the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office shows Mario Thu Nov 19, 9:32 pm ET FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. A man already accused of kidnapping a 5-year-old North Carolina girl faces new charges that he raped and asphyxiated her, police said Thursday.

ABC11 Eyewitness News has learned that Cumberland County District Attorney Ed Grannis will take jurisdiction in the Shaniya Davis case.

A group in a North Carolina city is continuing its efforts to overturn a state law prohibiting local governments and the state from bargaining with unions.

Today, Nov. 16, 2009 it is being widely reported by every news source that the body of missing 5 year old Shaniya Davis was found at approximately 1:15pm near Walker Road and Hwy.

ABC11 Eyewitness News confirmed Tuesday that the mother of 5-year-old Shaniya Davis is pregnant.

North Carolina Senate Democrats have chosen veteran Buncombe County lawmaker Martin Nesbitt as the new majority leader.

When 5-year-old Shaniya Davis of North Carolina went missing, suspicion turned to a man described as her mother's boyfriend.

Bradley Lockhart, center, father of missing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis, cries during a news conference at the police station, Thursday, Nov.

Four robbery suspects are believed to be in Cumberland County, and police need help identifying them.

An image made from surveillance video shows a man carrying a girl identified by police as 5-year old... An image made from surveillance video shows a man carrying a girl identified by police as 5-year old Shaniya Davis in the hallway of a hotel in Sanford, NC.

Fayetteville Police arrested a second suspect involved in the case of missing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis and have released their previous suspect.

The Fayetteville Police Department announced an arrest in the case of missing 5-year-old Shaniya Davis Thursday morning.

Authorities are searching wooded areas near a mobile home community in southeastern North Carolina for a 5-year-old girl.

A Cumberland County man is behind bars, facing charges for allegedly stealing a refrigeration truck loaded with frozen food.

Cumberland County Sheriff's Homicide Detectives have solved a 24-year old double murder in Bonnie Doone, just outside of Fayetteville.

A man has been sentenced to two decades in prison for beating a 78-year-old disabled acquaintance to death.

Cumberland County Sheriff's Detectives have charged a Hope Mills man with exposing himself to children on a school bus Friday morning.