franky barker and danielle abandoned two dogs. one of the dogs died 20 pounds under weight with no food in her system. the second dog was alive but no food in it's crate. the couple is charged with felony cruelty to animals. >>> two men face charges in connection to a shooting in the hospital. 18-year-old brandon and 19-year- old are charged with assault with a deadly weapon and intent to kill. it happened in north raleigh tuesday night. the victims had non life threatening jues. >>> hillsborough police arrested two people for a bank robbery accused of robbing the community one bank on millstone drive on monday. kelly reilly also facing charges for that robbery as well as one in apex and graham. police say they were able to witness who say their license plate number during the robbery. >>> a store in hillsborough has a lot of cleaning up to do after a mini-van crashed through it in front of postal connections in the boone square shopping center when hamite another vehicle. police believe that startled him and he hit the gas instea

two people charged with starving a dog to death made their first court appearance, 30-year-old franky barker and 27-year-old danielle, each are charged with felony cruelty to animals. animal control tells wncn officers found one dead dog and another still alive but locked in a metal crate with no food or water. that dog is recovering. >>> a man is behind bars after police found a meth lab inside a raleigh home. animals living inside. maggie newland is live in downtown raleigh with the latest. >> sean, we're in the brentwood neighborhood in raleigh. people tell us it's very family-friendly. there's even a community watch here. and most neighbors tell us they had no idea anything strange was going on. investigators gathered evidence from a home on huntly drive after they found a meth lab inside. >> i all of a sudden start hearing, you know, police giving orders to people in this house. and you know, basically, they had, i don't know, ten police lined up, with guns drawn. and they all just, you know, they were asking people to come out. >> reporter: police arrested melissa and robert. charged w

police say frankie barker and danielle durocher, abandoned their dogs without any food or water. one of the dogs starved to death and had lost about half its body weight. another dog was alive in its crate but without any food or water. the couple is due in court tomorrow. tonight cumberland county parents are getting a low grade attendance. a court judge was knocking on the doors of parents whose children have excessive tardy reports. they wanted to talk to them about why the kids are showing up late for school. >> we do have parents that are just in -- that are adjusting their schedules. we have parents that say, well, i don't get off until 3:00 in the morning, so they sleep, and the kid has missed the bus, so we have to tell them, just get the kid to the bus. >> being a single mom and having more than one child, it does make it a little difficult but, you know, anything is worth pushing for when it comes to your babies. >> school officials say poor attendance and tardiness are big problems. they say getting out and talking to parents is part of a new initiative to improve stud