Onslow, Camp Lejeune developer pleads guilty to bank fraud
A Bald Head Island man pleaded guilty to causing banks to lose an estimated $18 million under the guise of building residential areas in Onslow County and at Camp Lejeune, according to a release by the...
View ArticleHubert man pleads guilty after meth lab causes fire
A Hubert man pleaded guilty to drug charges after his methamphetamine laboratory blew up."This is a particularly disturbing case because it demonstrates the dangers associated with methamphetamine...
View ArticleTwo charged with child abuse, trafficking drugs
A stay-at-home mother and a Raleigh man had their first appearances in court Wednesday morning after allegedly dealing drugs in front of a child.The two were arrested on Wednesday by the Jacksonville...
View ArticleMan arrested the day he was released from incarceration
A man had his first appearance in court Wednesday for a crime allegedly committed almost a year ago.Alphonso Jammal Hill, 32, of Bynum Avenue has been in and out of jail since 2002 on charges of...
View ArticleYouth league accounts emptied by alleged theft
The money was supposed to pay for rent, power bills, referees and signage for football and basketball leagues in Richlands and Southwest Onslow County.It came from donations and registration fees.A...
View ArticleRoad rage suspect identified
The suspect in an alleged road rage incident has been identified by Carteret County authorities following the release earlier this week of surveillance video capturing the act.The Carteret County...
View ArticleOCSO: One arrested; cash, drugs, guns seized
A joint operation has resulted in the arrest of a North Topsail Beach man and marijuana, mushrooms, LSD, pills, guns and more than $22,000 being seized, authorities say.Paul Chester Fisher III, 47, of...
View ArticleHubert woman charged with plant theft after being caught on camera
A Hubert woman has a court date next month on a larceny charge after being caught on surveillance camera stealing plants outside a Swansboro shopping center.Sierra Rose Anderson, 24, was arrested by...
View ArticleHusband, wife charged in road rage incident
Two Havelock residents have been charged in connection with a road rage incident that was caught on video.Jameliah Elaine Hannah, 23, and Willie Lee Johnson, 29, both of McCotter Boulevard were charged...
View ArticleJPD: Undercover operation led to human trafficking charges
An undercover operation at Motel 6 on N. Marine Blvd. resulted in charges of human trafficking, officials said, and there may be more arrests coming.Meyonna Quantia Miller, 20, of North Drive in...
View ArticleChild support: It's about more than the money
In the records room of child support court there are thousands of manila file folders, some small and others so full of papers that clerks rely on pull-out metal tables to lay the case down while they...
View ArticleSheriff's Office warns of grocery store scam
Law enforcement is warning of a recent scam against Onslow County grocery stores.The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office published the warning on Facebook asking for grocery store employees to be warry of...
View ArticleJury selection begins for first degree murder trial
Jury selection began at 2 p.m. Monday for the trial of a man accused of fatally shooting a 27-year-old in December 2014.Corey Alexander Thomas, 28, of Havelock was charged with an open count of murder...
View ArticleMore details released in kidnapping case
Updated at 6:23 p.m.New details have been released in a kidnapping that authorities say resulted from a domestic situation involving a Camp Lejeune Marine.Cpl. Mykael Lamont Dashiell, 22, was arrested...
View ArticleUPDATE: Prosecution: Drug deal gone bad led to shooting death
Updated at 12:59 p.m.The sound of wailing sirens and the voices of officers’ back-and-forth on the radio filled the court room.The scream of sirens grew constantly louder as they moved closer to the...
View ArticleEscaped Duplin County inmate captured in New York
A Duplin County man who escaped from jail has been located.Ronald Lee Ennis Jr. scaled a razor-wire fence after running from the Duplin County Jail barracks on May 25, according to previous reports by...
View ArticleUPDATE: Caregiver accused of stealing $29,000 from elderly woman
Updated at 6:27 p.m. A woman accused of stealing nearly $30,000 from a woman in her 90s was taken into custody Wednesday. Sue Ann Dodge, 51, of Greenbriar Drive in Jacksonville was arrested by the...
View ArticleMan accused of breaking into Maysville home
An Onslow County man has been accused of breaking into a Maysville home.Leroy Locklear Jr, 47, of Belgrade Swansboro Road in Maysville was arrested June 2 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office and...
View ArticleOCSO: New developments in brothers' double homicide
Tyler Gilbert would have turned 17 years old this week.Instead, the teen and his 19-year-old brother Deandre were found dead on May 18 on an unnamed dirt road in Maple Hill. The burnt shell of the car...
View Article3 arrested on drug charges following search
Updated at 1:35 p.m.Three area convicted felons who are on probation have been arrested on drug charges following a search of their home, authorities say.The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office Drug...
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