UPDATE: Charges filed in head-on collision
An early morning chase resulted in a head-on collision between a Beulaville man and an Onslow County Sheriff’s Office deputy Thursday.According to Trooper C. Harrington with the N.C. State Highway...
View ArticleDrug arrest - Robert Weasley Jones
Robert Weasley Jones, 37, of Gum Branch Road in Jacksonville, was charged Feb. 21 by the Jacksonville Police Department with five counts of felony trafficking heroin or opium, two counts of felony...
View ArticleDrug arrest - David Joseph Mayes
David Joseph Mayes, 34, of Blue Creek Road in Jacksonville, was charged Feb. 23 by the Jacksonville Police Department with felony possession of cocaine and misdemeanor possession of drug...
View ArticleDrug arrest - Beverly Hope Colie
Beverly Hope Colie, 37, of College Street in Wallace, was charged Feb. 22 by the Richlands Police Department with felony possession of a schedule 1 controlled substance, felony possession of cocaine,...
View ArticleDrug arrest - Jesse Gabriel Marks
Jesse Gabriel Marks, 35, of Richlands Avenue in Jacksonville, was charged Feb. 22 by the Jacksonville Police Department with four counts of felony trafficking opium or heroin, felony possession of a...
View ArticleMan accused of robbing, assaulting mother
A Richlands man accused of robbing and assaulting his mother has been arrested.Matthew Scott Ramsey, 32, of Kinston Highway in Richlands, was arrested on Feb. 24 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleTwo businesses damaged by fire
Updated at 9:25 a.m.Jacksonville Fire and Emergency Services received a call for a structure fire at about 6:30 am, according to Shaun Hayes, assistant fire chief.“They were able to get some hose lines...
View ArticleRichlands man accused of setting occupied house on fire
A Marine is accused of intentionally burning a house while someone was inside and could face more charges.Hunter Craig Thompson, 22, of Old Stage Road in Richlands, was charged Feb. 25 by the Onslow...
View ArticleUPDATE: JPD: Cold case DNA answer brings 10K more questions
Updated 11:29 a.m. According to a timeline furnished by the Jacksonville Police Department, Randi Stacey Boothe-Wilson’s DNA was identified through a match on a postage stamp as part of the evidence...
View ArticleLarceny arrest - Darwin J. Robinson Jr.
Darwin J. Robinson Jr., 21, of Brothers Lane, Jacksonville, was arrested Feb. 26 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office and charged with felony breaking and entering and felony larceny after a break...
View ArticleFraud arrest - Richard Michael Panewicz
Richard Michael Panewicz, 19, of Easy Street, Jacksonville, was arrested on Feb. 26 by the Jacksonville Police Department and charged with felony breaking and entering a motor vehicle, misdemeanor...
View ArticleShots fired near Gum Branch Road under investigation
The Jacksonville Police Department is investigating reports of shots fired along Gum Branch Road early Wednesday morning.According to Beth Purcell, public affairs coordinator for Jacksonville Public...
View ArticleEvent honors work addressing addiction, mental health, disability issues
“It's not just a single attack of mental health, it's not just a single attack of trying to get drug abuse education, it's not a single attack of trying to get rehabilitation, it's not (just) criminal...
View ArticleOCSO: 4.5 lbs of marijuana found, 3 arrested
Three Jacksonville residents were arrested for alleged illegal drug activity.The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit conducted an investigation following complaints from the public and...
View ArticleJacksonville adds safety measures to JHS crosswalk
Following several incidents with pedestrians being struck by vehicles in and around the crosswalk in front of Jacksonville High School, the City of Jacksonville has added a few additional...
View ArticleSex offender registry violation arrest - Dail M. Adams
Dail M. Adams, 30, of East View Court, Jacksonville was arrested Feb. 27 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office and charged with felony failure to register as a sex offender.Adams was convicted of lewd...
View ArticleFalse pretense arrest - Brandon Daniel Murphy
Brandon Daniel Murphy, 23, of Lavender Court, Hubert, was arrested Feb. 27 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office and charged with felony obtain property by false pretense and misdemeanor possession of...
View ArticleOCSO Facebook page has been disabled
The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office has been quiet on social media lately.Officials with the sheriff’s office emailed Friday stating the Facebook page has been disabled.According to the memo, someone...
View ArticleEDHS teacher suspended while drug charges pending
An East Duplin High School teacher is scheduled to be back in court next month on following his arrest in February on drug-related charges.James Calvin Jones, 31, of Beulaville was arrested Feb. 21 by...
View ArticleLEO search leads to 6 lbs pot, $14K cash seized
A 25-year-old Jacksonville man was charged with selling marijuana and THC products aboard the Coastal Carolina Community College campus.
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