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Suspect in Brunswick County homicide indicted as habitual felon ow.ly/ba7qh #brunsco #ilm about 4 hours ago via HootSuite
Forecasters predict 9 to 15 named storms this season ow.ly/b8D4K 6:00 PM May 24th via HootSuite
StarNewsOnline City to hold second public meeting on baseball stadium ow.ly/b85DN #ilm #nhc #ilmbaseball 10:25 AM May 24th via HootSuite Retweeted by BrianFreskos
Interesting: Poll shows majority of U.S. favors legalization of marijuana; critics dismiss it ow.ly/b83W1 10:08 AM May 24th via HootSuite
Fire has led to an evacuation at Wilmington National Peening manufacturing facility off US 421 #ilm No injuries 11:36 AM May 23rd via Seesmic
Commercial structure fire dispatched to 5320 U.S. 421 in Wilmington #ilm #brunsco 10:51 AM May 23rd via HootSuite
RT @jwpetersNYT: Not a lot of Fox News fans here. Patriot or pin head?? #nato yfrog.com/h0hzzqrj 11:11 AM May 20th via Seesmic
@Poynter "Article attributes lack of softball stats to 'coach's bull**** and laziness'" ow.ly/aZlo5 6:59 PM May 17th via HootSuite
Murder suspect was one of three men stabbed outside Rhino ow.ly/aXR10 #ilm 7:10 PM May 16th via HootSuite
Suspect arrested in fatal shooting on Ninth, Castle streets ow.ly/aW6yZ #ilm 5:11 PM May 15th via HootSuite
More details about David McPhatter, 22-year-old shot dead over the weekend ow.ly/aUw6D #ilm 6:54 PM May 14th via HootSuite
Traveled to Riegelwood today to speak with the parents of a 22-year-old gunned down in Wilmington Saturday. Story soon. #ilm 5:13 PM May 14th via HootSuite
Benjamin Williamson, prominent New York investor, drowned off Figure 8 Island ow.ly/aUqKo #ilm 5:03 PM May 14th via HootSuite
Wilmington woman pleads guilty in hit and run ow.ly/aUqBv #ilm 5:01 PM May 14th via HootSuite
Protesters rally against Amendment One Wilmington, NC #ilm twitpic.com/9jyaj3 4:34 PM May 11th via Seesmic
Covering protest calling for repeal of Amendment One, at Third and Davis by the memorial to the 1898 race riots in Wilmington #ilm 4:16 PM May 11th via Seesmic
lalanewsman The purpose of #FOIA is to keep the government accountable to the people. 4:03 PM May 9th via TweetDeck Retweeted by BrianFreskos and 1 other
StarNewsOnline Hamilton wins Democratic nomination in redrawn state House District 18 ow.ly/aMRtF #ilm #brunsco #ncvote 7:54 PM May 8th via HootSuite Retweeted by BrianFreskos and 2 others
shanbow It appears Commissioner Jason Thompson did not get a green-light to seek a second term on the New Hanover Co Board of Commissioners. #ilm 7:42 PM May 8th via HootSuite Retweeted by BrianFreskos and 1 other
In case you haven't seen it yet: N.C. passes amendment banning gay marriage ow.ly/aMR7o #nc #ilm 7:47 PM May 8th via HootSuite

Name Brian Freskos
Location Wilmington, NC
Bio I am a shoe-leather reporter covering crime in Southeastern North Carolina for the Wilmington Star-News, a member of the New York Times Media Group.