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A Wake County teacher, James Rencher, has been arrested on 12 counts of assault following an investigation by WRAL News.



Wake County teacher arrested following WRAL investigation into letters alleging abuse

CHANCES. AND IF THAT HE LAST VERY LONG INTO NEXT WEEK, GUYS. COMING UP IN A FEW MINUTES. >> AND BREAKING NEWS THIS NOON, THIS FORMER WAKE COUNTY TEACHER HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ASSAULTING STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS FOLLOWING A WRAL INVESTIGATION. JAMES RANCHER WAS BOOKED EARLY THIS MORNING ON 12 MISDEMEANORS. KEELY ARTHUR WAS FIRST TO REPORT THESE ALLEGATIONS LAST MONTH. AND KELLY, AS YOU STAND OUTSIDE THE WAKE COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER, THIS WAS NOT ON INVESTIGATORS RADAR BEFORE YOU STARTED LOOKING INTO THIS. >> THAT'S RIGHT. JEFF AND RANCHER TURNED HIMSELF IN TO THE BUILDING BEHIND ME EARLIER THIS MORNING. AS YOU SAID, THIS WAS NOT INVESTIGATED UNTIL OUR OWN INVESTIGATION SHOWED THAT THESE ABUSE ALLEGATIONS WHICH OCCURRED IN 2022. WERE NOT REPORTED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THAT THE WAKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, THEY HAVE NOT PROPERLY INVESTIGATED THIS. NOW WARRANTS RELEASED TODAY DETAILED DISTURBING ACCOUNTS OF ABUSE AGAINST 2 DISABILITY STUDENTS AT EAST WAKE HIGH SCHOOL. THE STUDENTS WERE NOT VERBAL, UNABLE TO COMMUNICATE THE ABUSE RENTER IS ACCUSED OF SHOVING ONE OF THE VICTIMS HEADS A VICTIM BACKWARDS BY THE SHORE IN NECK AND KICKING A YOUNG A YOGA BALL OUT FROM UNDER ONE OF THE YOUNG VICTIMS CAUSING THEM TO FALL. AMONG OTHER INSTANCES OF ABUSE. >> THE TEACHER PICK THEM UP. BY HIS ARMS LIKE THIS. PICK HIM UP FORCIBLY. YEAH PUSHED. AM IT OUT OF THE CLASSROOM INTO THE KITCHEN AND THEN SLAMMED THE DOOR AND JUST LEFT THEM IN THE KITCHEN. THAT'S THE SCARY PART. >> BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LOOKING OUT FOR YOUR CHILDREN AND THEY CLEARLY ARE NOT. CLEARLY ARE NOT. >> KEEP IN MIND THE DISTRICT LET THIS PERSON CONTINUE TO TEACH 4 MORE THAN A YEAR AND A HALF AFTER THE ALLEGED ABUSE TOOK PLACE AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THEY WILL INVESTIGATE THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY OTHER ALLEGATIONS OF ABUSE. IN LIGHT OF THIS ARREST, THEY SAID THEY CAN'T COMMENT CLAIMING IT'S A PERSONNEL MATTER AND IT'S CONFIDENTIAL. AGAIN, WE WERE THE ONES WHO FIRST REPORTED IT. THAT IS WHY THIS WAS INVESTIGATED. RENTER. I'M BEING TOLD, BY THE WAY, COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY RIGHT NOW IS STILL IN CUSTODY. HE WILL HAVE HIS NEXT COURT

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Wake County teacher charged with abusing students with disabilities

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President Joe Biden holds rally at State Fairgrounds in Raleigh

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Recently, residents near G.R. Edwards Elementary School expressed concern about a trailer with a warning sign for asbestos arriving on the site.

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WASHINGTON (AP) â The Supreme Court on Friday upended a 40-year-old decision that made it easier for the federal government to regulate the environment, public health, workplace safety and consumer protections, delivering a far-reaching and potentially lucrative victory to business interests.

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A mother and her boyfriend are charged with child abuse after a 3-year-old boy died in Dunn.



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The bill would shorten the time frame for the termination of parental rights and criminalize pregnant women for using alcohol or other controlled substances.

Bill to criminalize pregnant drinkers and drug users moves in NC House

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This year's election is a rematch of the 2020 election between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Trump, Biden debate over economy, abortion and immigration

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A 17-year-old was arrested Thursday in connection to the shooting death of an 18-year-old on June 7 at a Food Lion in Goldsboro.

Teen arrested after 18-year-old killed at Food Lion in Goldsboro

Goldsboro Food Lion shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) â The Supreme Court on Friday limited a federal obstruction law that has been used to charge hundreds of Capitol riot defendants as well as former President Donald Trump.

Supreme Court makes it harder to charge Capitol riot defendants with obstruction, charge Trump faces

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The Fayetteville Fire Department responded to a large fire at a well-known funeral home on Thursday night.

Fire burns at well-known Fayetteville funeral home

Fire at well-known Fayetteville funeral home, crews on the scene 

On Thursday, District Court Judge Caitlin Evans read Avantae Deven her charges in a Cumberland County courtroom. Deven could face the death penalty if convicted on murder charges.

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Avantae Deven appears in court

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The shark bit the 14-year-old boy on Sunday afternoon at 484 New River Inlet Road.

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Kaylee Stavlas is the Miss North Carolina Teen USA 2024 winner!

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Celebrate Independence Day July 4 and the weekend leading up to it with this list of festivals, fireworks, parades and more.



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It's been a hot summer in North Carolina, so your bill will increase -- making it even more important to make some of these cool, cost-saving changes.

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A Charlotte mother is facing felony charges for the death of her 8-year-old daughter after she was left in a hot car.

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Residents of the Bridge View neighborhood in Carteret County, where Native American artifacts were found, reported a violent interaction with protesters.

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