Trial begins in 2016 fatal shooting
Trial began Tuesday for a man accused of fatally shooting his longtime girlfriend.Terry Gordon Barnes, 56, is charged with murder in the Sept. 19, 2016 death of 56-year-old Tina Marie Meyer. Meyer died...
View ArticleNorth Carolina GOP chair, major donor charged with bribery
RALEIGH — The chairman of North Carolina's Republican Party and a secretive big-money donor are facing federal bribery and wire fraud charges accusing them of trying to sway regulatory decisions in...
View ArticleTrial in 2016 murder underway in Carteret
BEAUFORT — The trial for a Newport man accused in a 2016 murder case is underway in Carteret County.David Isaiah Godwin, 27, is charged with murder in the death of 37-year-old Wendy Rae Tamagne of...
View ArticleSilver Alert issued for 80-year-old Beaufort man
A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing Beaufort man.Issac "Ike" Carrol Williams, 80, has gray hair and blue eyes, according to the N.C. Center for Missing Persons. He's 6'7" and weighs 230...
View ArticleJPD reduces use of force with goal to 'preserve life'
Compared to five years ago the Jacksonville Police Department has drastically reduced the number of times force is used annually through various training and reviewing techniques, going from 103...
View ArticleLarceny arrest - Jeffrey D. Hall
Jeffrey D. Hall, 34, of Oriel Drive in Hampstead was charged April 3 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office with larceny of a motor vehicle and possession of a stolen motor vehicle.Hall is accused of...
View ArticleDrug arrest - Sean Gordon
Sean Gordon, 44, of Gregory Fork Road in Richlands was charged April 2 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office with felony possession of methamphetamine, felony manufacture schedule II controlled...
View ArticleDrug arrest - Thomas Walter Spivey
Thomas Walter Spivey, 30, of Courie Way in Jacksonville was arrested April 4 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office on two charges of felony trafficking opium or heroin, felony maintaining a vehicle,...
View ArticleDrug arrest - Erica Marie Fahey
Erica Marie Fahey, 32, of S. 15th St. in Wilmington was arrested April 4 by the Jacksonville Police Department and charged with possessing methamphetamine.Fahey is accused of possessing...
View Article911 call released in 2016 homicide case
The 911 call made following the death of 56-year-old Tina Marie Meyer on Sept. 19, 2016 was played for jurors in court this week.“I’m 81 years old and I’ve never seen nothing like it,” Meyer’s...
View ArticleOnslow County sees spike in vehicle break-ins
A 14-year-old has been charged with three counts of vehicle breaking and entering in the Crown Point neighborhood where he resides.The charges come amid a spike in break-ins around Onslow County over...
View ArticleHampstead man accused of assaulting officer
A Hampstead man was charged with assaulting an officer in North Topsail Beach over the weekend.Daniel Mark Ogden, 59, of Twin Oaks Drive in Hampstead, was arrested on Sunday by the North Topsail Beach...
View Article300 animals removed in Dover raid
DOVER—In a second animal raid within a week, Craven County animal control, assisted by the Craven County Sheriff’s department, raided a rural home to remove animals that, they said, were not being...
View ArticleNC Attorney General tours ENC crisis center
Diverting those with addiction and mental health issues away from jails and hospitals and ending a pattern of recidivism and death remains the ultimate goal of the Dix Crisis Intervention...
View ArticleUPDATE: Sheriff's Office asking for public's help in homicide investigation
Updated at 3:09 p.m.The Onslow County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help establishing a timeline in relation to the homicide of a Hubert man.James Pannoni drove a dark tan 2000 Toyota...
View ArticleUPDATE: No arrests in Hubert homicide
Updated 4 p.m.There have been no arrests in connection with the death of a Hubert man.Onslow County Sheriff Hans Miller held a press conference Wednesday to address the homicide investigation into the...
View ArticleJacksonville man accused of assaulting JPD officer
A Jacksonville man arrested Tuesday is accused of assaulting a Jacksonville Police Department officer.George Jerome Dustin Ertell Jr., 26, of New River Drive in Jacksonville, was arrested on April 9 by...
View ArticleJury deliberates in 2016 murder trial
The jury is deliberating in the murder trial of a man accused of killing his longtime girlfriend in 2016.Terry Godron Barnes, 56, is charged with the fatal shooting of Tina Marie Meyer, 56, at the...
View ArticleRestraining order filed against Swansboro business
A temporary restraining order has been brought against a Swansboro real estate business by the North Carolina Attorney General.N.C. Attorney General Josh Stein has been granted a temporary restraining...
View ArticleDCSO asks for tips in shooting near Beulaville
The Duplin County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help regarding a recent shooting.The sheriff's office responded to Mamie Wilson Lane near Beulaville for a report of a shooting on March...
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