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Police in Pinehurst are investigating a death originally thought to have been the result of a stabbing,  Pinehurst Police Chief Fred Hanauer reports . According to a news release from the chief, Officer J. Trussell responded to the Sussex Manor Apartments at 3000 MacArthur Drive in Pinehurst on Jan. 23 at 12:23 p.m. in reference to a death at a residence there. Upon arrival at the location, he located a white male deceased within the apartment. Initial reports to the Pinehurst Police Department indicated that the victim may have suffered from stab wounds following a break-in, but Hanauer stated in the release that the investigation proved that was not the case. In addition to Pinehurst officers , officers with the West Orange, Orange and Bridge City Police Departments , Texas Rangers, Orange County Sheriff ’s Office and members of the Orange County Homicide Investigation Team , Orange County District Attorney ’s office and Jefferson County Crime Scene Unit responded and assis...

PINEHURST - Pinehurst Police along with several other Orange County law enforcement agencies are working to found out how a Pinehurst man died in his apartment Monday. Raymond Lynn Maddox , 54, of Pinehurst, was found dead in his Sussex Manor apartment in the 3000 block of MacArthur Drive on Monday. Initial reports indicated that Maddox, who lived in the apartment with his common-law wife, may have been stabbed to death during a break-in but the investigation showed this was not the case according to a release from Pinehurst Police Chief Fred R. Hanauer III. Currently there is no apparent cause of death and an autopsy has been ordered as officials continue to investigate Maddox's death according to the release. Pinehurst police were assisted by  officers from the West Orange, Orange and Bridge City Police Departments , Texas Rangers office , Orange County Sheriff ’s Office as well as members of the Orange County Homicide Investigation Team , Orange County District Attorney ’...

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS , NY — The NYPD is trying to identify three men wanted in connection with a break in at a Washington Heights construction site , police told Patch . The men entered the site at 40 Pinehurst Ave., located between West 179th and 180th streets, around midnight Saturday, police told Patch . Once inside the site, the men broke a glass window and made a hole in a drywall to enter a secured room, police said. But the suspects didn't seem interested in stealing construction materials . Instead, the three men opted to pour concrete "all over the floor" before fleeing the site empty handed , police told Patch . The NYPD released a video showing the three men breaking into to the construction site : An eight-story, 22,625-square-foot development is currently being constructed at 40 Pinehurst Ave., according to plans filed with the Department of Buildings. The new building will contain 24 apartment units and space for a community facility, according to the plans. ...