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RE: Jeff Harper 0167913COUNTY AND COURT: Wayne County; Superior CourtCRIME AND SENTENCE: Murder Second Degree;; LifeCONVICTION DATE: July 1, 1993Dear News Editor:

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 offenders from another two prisons in storm-stricken western North Carolina.

RE: Billy R. James 0204946COUNTY AND COURT: Halifax County; Superior CourtCRIME AND SENTENCE: 85 CRS 12712 Murder First Degree; Life85 CRS 12713 Armed Robbery; 25 Years85 CRS 12714 AWDWWITKISI; 10 YearsCONVICTION DATE: November 6, 1986Dear News Editor:

RE: Timothy D. Smith 0380277 COUNTY AND COURT: Cumberland County; Superior CourtCRIME AND SENTENCE: 91 CRS 38765 Murder First Degree; LifeCONVICTION DATE: July 10, 1992Dear News Editor:

RE: Timothy D. Smith 0380277 COUNTY AND COURT: Cumberland County County; Superior CourtCRIME AND SENTENCE: 91 CRS 38765 Murder First Degree;; LifeCONVICTION DATE: July 10, 1986Dear News Editor:

The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction today evacuated more than 800 men incarcerated at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine.

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 0473034COUNTY AND COURT: Mecklenburg County; Superior CourtCRIME AND SENTENCE: 93 CRS 79793 Second Degree Murder; LifeCONVICTION DATE: December 19, 1994Dear News Editor:

RE: Bruce A. Clements 0078830COUNTY AND COURT: Mecklenburg County; Superior CourtCRIME AND SENTENCE: 93 CRS 32040 Rape First Degree; Life93 CRS 32038 Sexual Offense First Degree93 CRS 32039 Kidnapping First DegreeCONVICTION DATE: November 10, 1993Dear News Editor: