A 3rd person has been arrested in the bizarre Durham, North Carolina Satanic sex case. The 3rd suspect is also a top official with the Durham County Democratic Party.
The Raleigh News and Observer is reporting that Diana Palmer, age 44, Vice-Chair of the Durham County Democratic Party, has been charged with 'one count of accessory after the fact of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.'
Palmer, speaking through her attorney, denies any involvement with a Satanic cult and denies any knowledge of any crime committed by the persons previously charged.
Joy Johnson, Vice Chair of Young Democrats and 3rd Vice Chair of the Durham Democratic Party, along with her husband Joseph Scott Craig, were charged in the case after a complaint was lodged by one of the persons allegedly kidnapped and caged by the couple.
Craig faces charges of kidnapping, sexual assault, assault with a deadly weapon, and rape.
Johnson was initially charged with aiding and abetting. But on Tuesday new details emerged as to the specific manner in which Johnson was allegedly involved in the crimes.
The arrest warrant alleges that Johnson 'instigated and encouraged' her husband in handcuffing a man, forcing him into a dog cage, and then leaving him there for days without food or water.
Although details are sketchy concerning the alleged cult activity, this story only adds to the scandal of a community and a county Democratic Party that are already reeling from one of the biggest corruption cases in the nation--that of disgraced District Attorney Mike Nifong.
Thursday, July 03, 2008
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