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A YouTuber filmed the June 9 arrest of Harlan Frye, who had served as the human resources director for the North Carolina Department of Revenue. Fyre was arrested on a felony charge of "arranging a meeting with a child for lewd purposes."

YouTuber explains how he filmed LA arrest of NC employee facing felony charge for crime involving child

<p>SPECTRUM AND THE WRAL APP ON YOUR TV OR STREAMING DEVICE. &gt;&gt; NEW TODAY WE'RE HEARING FROM THE YOUTUBER WHO CONFRONTED THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE'S HR DIRECTOR WHO THOUGHT HE WAS MEETING A FEW 15 YEAR-OLD BOY, HARLAN FREY IS FACING A FELONY CHARGE AND IS NO LONGER EMPLOYED WITH THE STATE. ONLY ON WRAL, CHELSEA DONOVAN SPOKE WITH THE PERSON BEHIND THE VIDEO TO LEARN HOW HE CAME IN CONTACT WITH FREY. WE TRAVELED TO GREENSBORO TODAY TO TRY TO TALK TO HARLAN FRY THE RECENTLY OUSTED HR DIRECTOR FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE. &gt;&gt; THIS AFTER HIS ARREST FOR A CHILD CRIME 2000 MILES HARLAN FREY DIDN'T COME TO THE DOOR OF HIS HOME IN A QUIET GREENSBORO GOLF COMMUNITY. 6 DAYS AGO HE WAS RELEASED FROM THE LA COUNTY JAIL. &gt;&gt; AFTER BEING ARRESTED FOR ARRANGING TO MEET A MINOR FOR LEWD ACTS. HE HAD CONTACTED ONE OF MY THE CORE PROFILES WHICH WOULD HAPPEN TO BE AGAIN DATING APP OR HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU MET SOMEBODY? AND I SAW THE PAINT THEM. I WAS A GUY CONTACTING THE YOUNGER COUNT. THIS TIKTOKER WHO CALLS HIMSELF BLACK BIDEN CONFRONTED FRIED A LONG BEACH HYATT HOTEL &gt;&gt; CAPTURING AND ALARMING 20 MINUTE CONVERSATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE'S HR DIRECTOR. &gt;&gt; WHO THOUGHT HE WAS MEETING UP WITH A 15 YEAR-OLD BOY. YOU KNOW, WHILE YOU'RE RIGHT, YEAH, THEY CONTINUE THEIR CONVERSATION OUTSIDE FRYE, NOT MINCING WORDS OF LOVE AND THAT IT WAS SOMEBODY TO SHOW FOR IT. THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING. I JUST TRY TO HELP. YOU WRITE HOLD BLACK BIDEN. HE WAS IN LA FOR BUSINESS AND GOT ON THE APP SAYS HE SAID HE DOESN'T LONG DONE ANYTHING WITH. &gt;&gt; STRAIGHT TO THE POINT WAS LIKE, HEY, YOU MIGHT COME TO MEET UP AND HAVE FOLLOWED A BLACK BIDEN KEPT FRY TALKING ENOUGH TO CONTACT POLICE TO REPORT THE CRIME THAT HE GOT FRY TO ADMIT TO. AND FROM TIME TO THINK THEY CAN BE HOURS BEFORE THE SHOW UP. BUT THAT DAY IT WAS PERFECT TOURNAMENT WITHIN A FEW MINUTES LONG BEACH POLICE SHOW UP CONFRONTING FRY AS WELL. CUFFED AND CARTED OFF TO THE LA COUNTY JAIL WHERE HE WOULD SPEND 4 NIGHTS FOR A FELONY CHARGE FOR THIS TIKTOKER WHO WAS CONFRONTED MORE THAN 200 PEOPLE WHO ARE THEN CHARGED WITH CRIMES. HE SAYS HE DOES IT SIMPLY TO SPREAD AWARENESS. MY PASSION BASES THAT MAKE THE FUTURE BETTER AND SAFER FOR KIDS. ONLINE FRY WAS RELEASED ON A $75,000. BOND ON THE 13TH AND HE'S ACTUALLY DUE BACK IN A LOS ANGELES COUNTY COURTROOM ON JUNE. THE 24TH.</p>

A YouTuber filmed the June 9 arrest of Harlan Frye

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Around 11:52 p.m., a car crashed into a tree on White Oak Road. One person was killed in the crash.

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Thursday June 20, 2024 -- Amid calls for increased school choice, we must consider: by providing taxpayer-funded vouchers to schools that practice discriminatory admissions policies and are held to some of the weakest accountability and reporting requirements in the country, are we providing more quality school options or instead expanded schools' choice? 

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Harlan Frye was arrested June 9 in Long Beach, California, on a felony charge of "arranging a meeting with a child for lewd purposes." The arrest was caught on video and posted on YouTube.

Caught on cam: LA arrest of NC employee facing felony charge for crime involving child

On cam: LA arrest of NC employee facing felony charge for crime involving child

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Sunday, June 16, 2024 -- In 2017, when Donald Trump was frustrated Attorney General Jeff Sessions wasn't protecting him from the investigation into his Russia ties, he exclaimed, "Where's my Roy Cohn?" The uncertain fate of "The Apprentice" demonstrates that he no longer needs to replace the man, because he's got a whole movement instead.

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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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One person was killed in a crash late Wednesday night on White Oak Road in Garner.

One person killed in crash on White Oak Road in Garner

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