. >> howard dudley opens up to our brian mims about what he has gone through. >> reporter: today, there dudley was visiting with family and friend and reacquainting himself with kinston. the wrong of convictions clinic at duke university took up his case. he is 59 years old nod and says he is not angry with anyone. to quote him now, life goes on. >> all this is new. >> reporter: new sweatshirt, howard dudley sees the world through a whole new lens. everything shines standing here in the sun right now. >> feels great. no shackles. >> reporter: we are talking with him along u.s. 07out side of bo jangles. he had hair chicken for his first meal. he spent nearly 4 years on prison grub. >> reporter: how did you function? what did you do day by day? >> i would get up every morning around 4:00ment i would pray. i would read my bible and i talked to god. recover in 1992-rbg he was convicted of sexually assaulting his then 9-year-old daughter amy moore seen here in court. only evidence, her word against his. he spent all those years telling everyone he is innocent. >> the only thing that i had to

.>> howard dudley was released yesterday after being falsely accused of molesting his daughter. here is a story from kinston.>> reporter: just hours after celebrating his release, a more somber same for howard dudley. he is putting his wife and mother at the cemetery.>> i did not attend either funeral.>> reporter: they both died while he was locked up for 20 years for a crime he did not do. his first full day of a freeman. >> it is until we meet again. >> reporter: he is learning to live without old faces and he is getting to know new ones. this is howard's son dennis. he said not having his dad around has had a big impact on him.>> i feel that a lot of things would have been different.>> reporter: dennis was to when he went to prison. now he has a two-year-old himself. his dad was still a mentor from behind bars. >> he has still played his role the best way that he could.>> reporter: that has inspired him as a father. >> if he can do it out there, i should be able to do it out here. now that he is out, deadly is working to close that chapter of his life and starting now with th

a judge dropped his convictions. >> in court, the judge said the north carolina system failed howard dudley. dudley has been in prison serving a life sentence since 1992. you can see he was clearly relieved and full of joy. he was convicted for sexually assaulting his 9-year-old daughter but the state never presented any physical evidence. his now 33-year-old daughter admitted this week and actually several times in the past that she lied about those sexual assault allegations. dudley spoke after -- about the news after he left the hearing. >> it feels great. i'm excited and i look forward to moving on. >> moving on. dudley's family says they are looking forward to the family gatherings and a lot of quality time. judge parsons says dudley was trial because he was counsel. >>> a south florida man is due in court in connection way $4 million heist on i-95. the fbi arrested aliberto perez but haven't said what role he played in the crime. armored truck. three armed men approached the guards, held them captive and stole 275 pounds of gold bars. a miami man needed guilty to extortion for trying

find out what howard dudley plans to say to the daughter who falsely accused him of sexual assault. >> plus, early voting begins today in north carolinament >>> we continue to look into raleigh police's account of what happened when an officer shot and killed a suspect. hello, everyone. >> we first brought this to you at 5:00. since then, ken smith as hug deeper not paperwork. he joins us with what he has found. we've been continuing to go through this report from recally police line by line. at 5:00, we told that you officer dc twiddy recognized akiel denkins in the area of bragg street. now, once he recognized him, he knew that denkins was wanted in some type of felony drug charge. as a result of that, officer twiddy then started chasing denkins around the bragg street- east street areas. once the chase ended in an area where denkins was trying to jump a fence, the two, officer twiddy and denkins, started to engage with each other in some type of way. officer twiddy says, according

free man after a judge dropped his conviction, in court today the judge said the system failed howard dudley. he has been in prison is serving a life sense when he was convicted of sexually assaulting his 9-year-old daughter. the state never had any evidence. his daughter has told them that she lied. >> it feels great. i am excited. >> the family says they are looking forward to many family gatherings and a the lot of quality time. the judge says that he was deprived a fair trial because he was represented by a bad trial lawyer >>> a father and son race to a vehicle. at an intersection in burlington when they were 8:00 tonight. the police say the driver of the car had a green light and did not see the pedestrian. the baby was thrown from the stroller. the two were taken to the hospital. >>> breaking news now out of south korea. that country's defense ministry says north carolina fired into the sea. the launch came hours after the un slapped sanctions. the north warned in the result quote miserable ruins. >>> federal appeals court may be under consideration for the u.s. supreme court. the cou

howard dudley was convicted of raping his 9-year-old daughter in 1992. she recanted the story soon after but it was not until yesterday that a judge ended his imprisonment. >> you got to hold to what you know is true. only thing that i had to fight me was truth. that is the only thing hi to fight with. >> he told "cbs north carolina" a trip to bojangels. >>> in charlotte, a busy jumps yesterday. the first happened 9:00 a.m. when a person jumped from the bridge on i-77. investigators say that person passed away after getting hit by a vehicle moments later. then again this time on i-484, a second person died after jumping from a bridge an hour and-a-half later. >>> a man is set to make his court appearance today. 46-year-old adalberto was taken into custody near miami wednesday. last march three suspects held up a truck and tied up a driver and took off with millions of gold bars. >>> funeral next week for a virginia police officer in the line of duty. over the weekend. ashley guin don't, former marine shot and kill while responding to a domestic incident.

howard dudley was serving a life sentence for sexually assaulting his 9-year-old daughter in 1992. yesterday a superior court uphill ruled out -- judge ruled it out after his daughter admitted the assault never happened. the judge said the system failed him and ordered him released. john: two state troopers hurt helping with a traffic stop and a man faces charges for the crash. chopper 11 h.d. was over the scene at highway 64 and bowers store road where derek bowden slammed in a cruiser. it had blue lights on at the time of the crash. both troopers were taken to u.n.c. hospital with manner injuries. bowden was hurt but not seriously. he's charged with reckless driving and failure to reduce speed. barbara: a wake county couple is recovering from successful surgery after a wife donated her we told you about this last month. he had both kidneys removed and doctors say they were the size of tpaobsfootballs and weighed 30 pounds. his wife of 15 years donated her kidney to him. the match is incredibly rare. the chance of this happening less than 1%. jason says the experience not only has

in a court yesterday, the judge said the system failed howard dudley, dudley was serving a life sentence in 92 because of a conviction for sexual assaulting his 9-year-old daughter. the state never present good physical evidence and is now 33-year-old daughter admitted she lied. dudley spoke about the news as he left the hearing. >> i feel great. i'm excited, and i look forward to us moving on. >> moving on. dudley's family says they are looking forward to so many family gatherings, and a lot of quality time. judge parsons said dudley was deprived of a a fair trial fair trial because of deficient council. >>> and a vatican official said he did not act, australian cardinal has been testifying from rome before a sex abuse inquiry commission in sidney. he admitted he should have done more, but denied accusations he angrily, attempted to deprive about a pedophile and priest. >>> this next video gets me every time. a dashcam was rolling when a 2-year-old boy fell out of his grandfather's minivan. the video showed the rear door popping open. the grandfathers he didn't realize the boy got out a

. >> just hours after celebrating his release a more somber scene for howard dudley. >> he's visiting his wife and mother at the cemetery. >> i didn't attend either of the funerals. >> they both died while he was locked up for more than 20 years for a crime he's maintained he didn't do. all that time he promised himself he would be here, his first full day as a free man. >> this is mom grave. until he we meet again. >> he's also getting to know new faces. this is his son dennis. he says not having had his dad around has had a big impact on him. >> yeah, i feel like a lot of things would have been different. >> dennis was two when his dad year old son himself. he says his dad was still a mentor from behind bars. >> he's definitely, you know, still, you know, play his role the best way that he could. >> that's inspired him as a father. >> because if he can do it in there i should be able to do it out here. >> now, that he's out he is looking forward to closing this chapter of his life and starting the next with the simple things. >> jeans, shirt, casual clothes it feel great. >> and his

i 1982 conviction of howard dudley was tossed out. sexually assaulting his the judge said the system failed dudley and ordered him released from custody. steve: in florida a major break in the case. they arrested a 46-year-old man who played a role in that roadside robbery of an 18 wheeler carrying 200 and 75 pounds of gold bars last year. three armed men intercepted that truck and made off with a $5 million haul. for miami to massachusetts. one man has pleaded guilty. tisha: unc system president margaret spellings addressing the university. touring fayetteville state and talking to students there. putting together a bill that would change the name of the school and cut tuition. she says any talk of a name change needs to be a local decision. think that i name change from on high would be a good idea. tisha: she will be on the fayetteville state campus through friday. she will attend a board of governors meeting. steve: early voting begins tomorrow a state officia and state officials are being told the voters to fill out the entire ba

i 1982 conviction of howard dudley was tossed out. he was serving a sentence for sexually assaulting his nine-year-old daughter. the judge said the system failed dudley and ordered him released from custody. steve: in florida a major break in the case. they arrested a 46-year-old man who played a role in that roadside robbery of an 18 wheeler carrying 200 and 75 pounds of gold bars last year. three armed men intercepted that truck and made off with a $5 million haul. for miami to massachusetts. one man has pleaded guilty. tisha: unc system president margaret spellings addressing the university. touring fayetteville state and talking to students there. putting together a bill that school and cut tuition. she says any talk of a name change needs to be a local decision. margaret spellings: i don't think that i name change from on high would be a good idea. tisha: she will be on the fayetteville state campus through friday. she will attend a board of governors meeting. steve: early voting begins tomorrow a state officia and state official

. >> a judge overturned howard dudley's life sentence saying that the system failed him. in 1992 he was convicted of raping his then 9-year-old daughter. the story but it took decades of work to free him. >> i feel great. i'm excited and i look forward towards moving on. >> you have a great family around you, will help you all the way. >> great family. great family. >> what is your first stop? >> bo jenningles. it's a good one. >> he says he wants to visit the graves of his late wife and mother, both died while he was in prison. >>> monday morning a funeral will take place for fallen police officer ashley guindon. her body back at her hometown in western massachusetts. she was the officer gunned down her first day on the job just outside of washington, dc last weekend, while responding to a domestic violence call. two other officers were also injured but survived. >>> the former cab driver accused of killing two virginia both hannah graham and morgan harrington disappeared in charlottesville five years apart. jesse matthew jr. was sentenced to four consecutive life terms.

today, howard dudley walked free. cbs north carolina reporter steve sbraccia has the story. >> i am so happy because you know he has been in this situation for so long so many years. >> reporter: today, a judge ended dud lei situation -- dudley's situation saying the system fail him and he deserved to be set free because evidence was withheld. his original lawyer didn't know what he was doing and his then 9-year-old daughter lied about being rapid by him. >> thank god. raped by him. >> thank god i give praise to freedom has been restored. there's no malice or angerism just want to live my life. >> we can shout -- anger i just want to live my life. >> we can shout and pray because it's wonderful day. >> oh man. oh man. oh. i never met. >> reporter: but when dudley comes home, he's got important things he first needs to do. >> he lost mama and we lost mama and he lost his wife. so he said that he wanted to get closure and he going to visit their graves but for the first time ever. >> reporter: his family says they know

. >> back in 1992 howard dudley was convicted of raping his then 9-year-old daughter, a few months later recanted the story but took decades of work to free him. >> it feels great. i'm excited and -- i look forward to -- to moving on. >> you've had a great family around you. >> great family. great family. >> what will be your first stop? >> bo jengles. that's a good one. >> on a more serious note -- dudley says he wants to visit the graves of his late wife and mother, both passed away while he was in prison. >>> monday morning a funeral will take place for a fallen police officer, ashley guindon. her body is back in her hometown of western massachusetts. she was the officer gunned down on her first day on the job just outside of washington, dc last weekend. after responding to a domestic violence call. two other officers were also injured but they survived. >>> the former cab driver accused of killing two virginia college students admitted to killing them. both hannah graham and morgan harrington disappeared in charlottesville five years apart. jesse matthew jr. was sentenced to four con

the judge says the justice system failed howard dudley and declared him innocent. he was serving a life sentence. his daughter who is 33 said multiple times that she lied about that assault. dudley says he still loves his daughter. >>> a white police officer in alabama now faces murder of an unarmed black man. authorities say 23-year-old aaron smith shot and killed gregory gun last week outside of a home in montgomery after a struggle. investigators say it looked like gun had a weapon. but it turned out to be a painter stick. the officer's now out on bail. gun's funeral is saturday. his mother says she's hoping the officer will be there. >>> local congressman robert pittinger is fighting to get federal funding back for local police. the justice department suspended a program that allows them to keep money seized during drug busts and investigations. pittinger wrote a letter cosigned by 17 other members of congress to attorney general loretta lynch urging the doj to resume the seizure program. channel 9 was told losing the money means they can't afford critical equi

conviction, howard dudley threw up his hands overjoyed by the news, the assistance failed him. he has been in prison serving a life sentence since the 1992 conviction. he was convicted for sexually assaulting his 9-year-old daughter. the state never presented any physical evidence. his now 33-year-old daughter that she lied about the sexual assault allegations, he spoke about the news as he left jail this afternoon. >> you feel great. i am excited and, and, i look forward to moving on. >> dudley's family says they are looking forward to 59 family gatherings and quality time. dudly is deprived the trial. >>> the death of a raleigh toddler was caused by blunt force trauma according to an he disappeared two years o. smothering the boy. >>> a father and child are raced to the hospital after being hit by a vehicle. pushing the stroller an at intersection in burlington when they were struck by a car just before 8:00 tonight. the police say the driver of the car was green and white and did not see the pedestrian. stroller. the police have not said how severe their injuries are. >>> br

. >> in court yesterday, the judge said the north carolina system failed howard dudley. dudley has been in prison sevenning a life ntcesince 1992. he was convicted for sexually assaulting his 9-year-old daughter. the state never presented any physical evidence hits now 33- year-old daughter testified there. she admitted this week and had admitted several times in the past that she lied about the sexual assault allegations. dudley spoke about the news as he left the hearing. >> it feels great. i'm excited and i look forward towards moving on. >> dudley's family says they are looking forward to the many family gatherings to come. a lot of quality time. judge parsons said dudley was originally deprived of a fair represented by a deficient counsel. >>> a south florida man is due in court today in connection with that $4 million gold heist on i-95. the fbi arrested 46-year-old adilberto perez. the gold was stolen from an armored truck that was stopped on the interstate near wilson a year ago. the sheriff's office said three armed men approached the guards, held them captive a

a judge overturned howard dudley's life sentence saying the system failed him, in 1992 he was convicted of raping his then 9-year-old daughter, a few months later she recanted the story but it took decades of work to free him. >> it feels great. i'm excited and -- i look forward to -- moving on. >> you have great family around you, they are going to help you. >> great family. great family. >> what is going to be your first stop? that's a good one. >> on a much more seriousnote dudley says he wants to visit the graves of his late wife and mother, both died while he was in prison. >>> you know the saying, take time to smell the flowers, or roses? why not flowers too? head to washington, dc to enjoy the cherry blossoms. they are beautiful. the national cherry blossom festival runs from march 20th through april 17th but you'll want to make the trip between march 31st and april 3rd, it's the peak bloom period. festival commemorates the gift of the cherry trees from japan in 1912. i know did you this last year. >> i did. i ran the 10-miler last year. not running it this year. >> but you did i

a judge overturned howard dudley's life sentence. in 1992 he was conviced of raping his then 9-year-olds daughter, a few months later she recanted the story but it took decades to free him. he says he wants to visit the graves of his late wife and mother, both died while he was in prison. >>> as we head to break here's a live look over the capital city. looks like it's going to be an absolute gorgeous day. traffic is going very well so just be careful that you're on the roads. we'll be back with more local weather and traffic in 25 minutes. now. >>> the kobe bryant farewell tour is almost over! the laker great played his final game in denver last night and rewarded two young laker fans with his shoes. bryant signed each one while sitting on the bench and handed them to the boys. the shoes probably made up for the lakers loss. denver beat the lakers 117-107. and while they want to wear them, their mother is saying, no way! >> put them in glass! >>> welcome back to "cbs this morning." this half hour, donald trump takes aim at the "the

howard to be released. he said the system in north carolina failed dudley. he's been in prison serving a life sentence since his 92 conviction. he was convicted for sexually assaulting his nine-year-old daughter. the state never presented any physical evidence in 92. and his now 33-year-old daughter said she made the claims up. she said it because she thought that's what people wanted to hear. she admitted this week and admitted several times in the past that she lied about the sexual assault allegations. as you might imagine, when that decision came down, a very emotional moment. dudley cried quite a bit as the judge read his decision. he was also surrounded by his family today when he was released immediately after the hearing. >> boy that's a different kind of tragedy. leila, thank you. >>> two vehicles with the exact same north carolina license plate. it sounds crazy. a durham woman contacted 5 on your side after getting a toll charge for that other driver. 5 on your side ice monica laliberte tracked down how it happened and what the dmv did about it ton