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.4=4 <br /> 31_,\ <br /> 051 <br /> 6,• ETat <br /> • , t. <br /> cOic. of <br /> • rux -1 <br /> C.L nr/2-.47). IL.)1Z.:CtitOriitti <br /> --j" i.,HA/HAM CtiUN■ Orr Cr <br /> O.Box 652 <br /> •in 179 EAST FRANKLIN STREEI FTITSBORO.N.C.. 27312 <br /> 542.3177 <br /> P.O. BOX 11:9 <br /> HILLSBOROUGH OFFICE <br /> CHAPEL HILL NORTH CAROLINA 1O2N.CUToN$TRET E <br /> r14.3..5eonOuGH.N.C. 27278 <br /> 732-9334 <br /> • <br /> • October 29 , 1985 <br /> Sheriff Alpert "Lindy" Pendergrass <br /> •)range County Sheriffs Department <br /> Margaret Lane <br /> Hillsboro uh, North Carolina 272728 <br /> r <br /> Dear Lindy: <br /> strongiv urge you to request funds from the orange County <br /> Commissione.rs for the purchase of a portable alecal detector tc be <br /> used during trials in Superior Court. <br /> is widely known that there have been 11 murders in Orange <br /> County in 1985 . The nature and brutality of many of these cases <br /> have resulted in charges of first degree murder. Four people have <br /> been tried and convicted of first degree murder this year <br /> Secause of the nature of these cases and the attention they have <br /> drawn, more and more people have been attending these trials. On <br /> one occasion, a defendant was threatened by an observer. On <br /> another cecasion, a citizen approached me during a trial and <br /> offered his testimony, which was fictitious, against the <br /> defendant. 1 On still another oobasion, there were outbursts in <br /> the courtroom following the taking of the verdicts. A recent case <br /> caused a stream of letters, some of which have suggested violence <br /> against the accused. <br /> • I anticipate that most, if not all, of the remaining cases will <br /> require ttials. We need to do everything possible to protect <br /> court personnel, observers and defendants. Acquiring a portable <br /> metal deteetor, which could be used to screen people entering the <br /> courtroom, 1 offers the least restrictive and intrusive method of <br /> assuring safety during these court proceedings . <br /> I stronglil, support your efforts to acquire a portable metal <br /> • detector for the Orange County Sheriffs Department . If I may be <br /> • <br /> • <br /> ° <br />