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Three tours in Iraq changed Diana Vargas’s husband."Everything seemed OK at first," she said, going on to explain the typical excitement of a military homecoming. "Things were good but then he kind of...
View ArticleAttempted rape - Christian Paul Delos Santos
Christian Paul Delos Santos, 20, of Gum Branch Road in Jacksonville was arrested May 13 by the Jacksonville Police Department and charged with attempted second degree forcible rape.Santos is accused of...
View ArticleAid & Abet - Jonathan Eugene Keating
Jonathan Eugene Keating, 23, of Richlands Highway in Jacksonville was arrested May 14 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office and charged with aid and abet armed robbery.Keating is accused of aiding and...
View ArticleUPDATE: Description of shooting suspect released
Updated at 2:02 p.m.The description for the suspect has been released.The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a black male with light skin and short hair who was wearing a black hoodie and...
View ArticleMan accused of assaulting, strangling woman
A man accused of strangling and assaulting a woman had his first appearance in court Monday morning.Xavier Crockett, 22, of Eastwood Drive in Jacksonville, was charged by Jacksonville Police Department...
View ArticleMan accused of strangling a woman
A woman is talking with a rasp in her voice after a man allegedly strangled her, according to court documents.Carlos Boles, 45, of Partridge Road in Fayetteville, was charged Sunday by Jacksonville...
View ArticleJury selection begins in rape trial
Jury selection for a rape trial is scheduled to begin this morning.Vicente Munoz Delgado Jr., 24, of Rocky Run Road in Jacksonville, was arrested June 23, 2015, by the Jacksonville Police Department...
View ArticleUPDATE: Details released in Country Club Road incident
Updated at 6:36 p.m.A welfare check prompted a several hour road closure and the lockdown of a nearby elementary school.The Jacksonville Police Department blocked off a large section of Country Club...
View ArticleTwo accused of conspiring to commit insurance fraud
Two Jacksonville residents have been accused of conspiring to commit insurance fraud after allegedly claiming to be injured in a car crash when they were not in the vehicle.Alphonso Octavious Rhodes,...
View ArticleMan charged after woman in wheelchair killed in car crash
A man was charged with causing the death of a woman in a wheelchair after allegedly crashing into the van she was in over the weekend.Diego Armando Hurtado, 24, of N.C. Waukee in Waukee, Iowa, was...
View ArticleAnother county investigating 'recruiter' in possible human trafficking case
Robeson County has long-term investigation of couple charged in Alamance County; Johnson seeks information on juvenile girls who vanished
View ArticleMore details released in fatal crash
Updated at 3:12 p.m.More details have been released in a fatal wreck that left a wheelchair-bound woman dead.Sgt. Diego Armando Hurtado, 24, of N.C. Waukee in Waukee, Iowa was arrested by the...
View ArticleForgery - Travis C. Baker
Travis C. Baker, 20, of Country Club Drive in Jacksonville was arrested May 18 by the Jacksonville Police Department and charged with larceny of chose in action, uttering forged instrument, forgery of...
View ArticleMan charged in robbery
Updated at 5:49 p.m.Police say a second man arrested in connection with an armed robbery was the getaway driver.Jonathan Eugene Keating, 23, whose last known address was on Richlands Highway in...
View ArticleAccidental shooting leads to gun charges
Updated at 7:31 p.m.A Jacksonville man who shot his girlfriend accidentally was subsequently arrested for allegedly having a firearm with an altered serial number man.The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleSheriff: Two bodies found
Updated at 9:44 p.m.Two bodies have been found in the northwest section of Onslow County.Onslow County Sheriff Hans Miller was reluctant to give further information about the crime scene, where...
View Article3 charged following chase, wreck with police car
Updated at 7:25 p.m.Two men and a woman have been accused of stealing pills before speeding down Western Boulevard and damaging a Jacksonville Police Department vehicle.At approximately 10:40 p.m....
View ArticleJudge: Defendant must represent self in murder trial
A New Hanover County judge is fed up with the courtroom tactics of a homicide suspect from Duplin County.Nashid Porter, 38, was first arrested in 2012 after he allegedly shot and killed 32-year-old...
View ArticleUPDATE: Person of interest identified in double homicide
Updated at 7:39 p.m.An Onslow County absconder has been identified as a person of interest in the slaying of two brothers.Onslow County Sheriff Hans Miller asked 23-year-old Steven Jarrell McCarty to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Counsel assigned to homicide suspect
Updated at 4:06 p.m. May 20There’s been a change in counsel for Nashid Porter in his Duplin County case, the trial date of which is to be determined at this time.Friday, Porter was appointed a new...
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