Tuesday, September 17, 2024

No. 10 Most Read Story of 2022: Viral fight video leads to charges on Pleasure Island

Screenshot from the fight video.

SOUTHEASTERN N.C. — As part of our countdown to 2023, Port City Daily is revisiting its most read stories of the year.

Coming in tenth is coverage about a fight video that was recorded at the Carolina Beach boardwalk near the rides in early June. It went viral on social media, leading police to charge the couple with assault and battery after the victim pressed charges.

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The fight festered over a parking dispute that took place hours earlier. The police determined the victim was acting in self-defense, as the Arnettes instigated the brawl.

Here is a look back at the report:


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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