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	Priest Charged in Sex Abuse Case Charlotte Observer April 14, 2008 http://www.charlotte.com/breaking_news/story/580011.html A Catholic priest charged with having sex with a 14-year-old boy in Charlotte in 1999 was booked in the Mecklenburg County jail on Sunday.The Rev. Robert Yurgel is expected in court on Tuesday, according to jail records. Yurgel, 43, is charged with five counts of taking indecent liberties with a child and two counts of statutory sex offense. He was arrested April 2 in Passaic, N.J., where he lives. Later that week in court, Yurgel waived his right to contest extradition. Authorities have said the boy and his family were members of St. Matthew Catholic in the Ballantyne area when the alleged sex crimes occurred. The victim recently reported the matter to Charlotte-Mecklenburg detectives, authorities have said. Yurgel worked at St. Matthew from May 1997 to June 1999. He then worked at Our Lady of Consolation Catholic from July 1999 to October 1999, when he left Charlotte to be chaplain at St. Mary's Hospital in New Jersey. -- Staff Reports Mecklenburg County Man charged with murder in shooting of 17-year-old Charlotte-Mecklenburg police arrested a man Sunday in connection with the shooting death of a 17-year-old near South End. Police said Juan Alberto Irias, 34, has been charged with murder in the death of Ulisses Alejandro Mayo. Police said Mayo was shot as he was sitting in the passenger seat of a vehicle in the 400 block of Belton Street. The driver of the vehicle then took him to South Boulevard and called 911. Officers were called to the scene around 11:16 p.m. Saturday. WCNC-TV, the Observer's news partner, reported that there was a children's birthday party at the home where the shooting took place Saturday night. Neighbors told the TV station that the party was wrapping up around 11 p.m. when there was a fight and gunshots. Police said Mayo was taken to Carolinas Medical Center where he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving. -- April Bethea Pedestrian fatally struck by car on Albemarle Road Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say a pedestrian was killed late Saturday after he crossed in front of a car traveling on Albemarle Road in east Charlotte. Police have not released the name of the victim. Authorities said a driver was going east on Albemarle in a 1998 Chevrolet Lumina around 10:30 p.m. Saturday when the man stepped in front of the car near the El Paisano Restaurant. The victim was pronounced dead on the scene. -- April Bethea Elsewhere in the Region Conservancy buys land to add to Congaree National Park SOUTH CAROLINA A land conservancy has bought 625 acres to add to the Congaree National Park. The addition is about one-third of the only large privately owned tract in a 30-mile wildlife corridor along the east bank of the Congaree River. The (Columbia) State reported that the Trust for Public Land bought the tract for $2 million and plans to sell it to the National Park Service when federal money becomes available.The 625 acres borders the main area of the park in southeastern Richland County. Other parts of the larger tract include the rest of a four-mile lake. A dirt road system also would be good for bike traffic, which isn't currently allowed in the park. The Congaree is South Carolina's only national park. -- associated press
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