Richlands man arrested on child porn charges
Updated at 6:19 p.m.A Richlands man accused of possessing child pornography remained in Onslow County Jail late Monday, according to court documents.Christopher Wayne Trent, 29, of Chappell Creek Drive...
View ArticleAssault, restraint charges from 2014 brought against Maple Hill man
A Maple Hill man facing assault and restraint charges was brought into custody Tuesday.Reginald Hayes, 32, of Webbtown Road in Maple Hill was arrested by the Jacksonville Police Department just before...
View ArticleMan accused of raping, kidnapping woman
A Jacksonville man remains in jail in connection with kidnapping and raping a woman.James Nicholas Minally, 67, of Mercer Road appeared in court Monday after his arrest Saturday by Jacksonville Police...
View ArticleMan accused of being married to 2 women
For most people, one spouse is enough.According to court documents, 35-year-old Jean Denis Felix had two.Felix allegedly was married to two women more than a year. In May 2015, he wed the second:...
View ArticleMan accused of sex acts with children
A Jacksonville man has been accused of committing sexual offenses against a 13-year-old and a 7-year-old, according to warrants.Andy Hatfield, 29, of Burgaw Highway in Jacksonville was arrested July 11...
View ArticleNo further reports on alleged gun-weilding couple
No further reports have been made about a couple allegedly brandishing a gun while driving along N.C. 24 over the weekend.One report was made on Saturday and no additional calls have come in, according...
View ArticleMurder suspect to be returned to Carteret County to face charges
CARTERET COUNTY – A Morehead City murder suspect is expected to be back in Carteret County within the next few days to face the charges against him.David Isaiah Godwin, 25, of Newport, was taken into...
View ArticleUPDATE: Former Richlands teacher gets 6 years for child porn charges
Updated at 5:08 p.m.A former Trexler Middle School teacher will spend six years in prison for receiving child pornography charges.William Edwardson, 56, of Aerie Court in Jacksonville pleaded guilty...
View ArticleRunaway juvenile found with 17-year-old
A runaway teen has been found and the 17-year-old she was with has been arrested, according to the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office.Kiana Pearsall, 13, went missing early Wednesday morning and was found...
View ArticleSuspect in alleged attempted kidnapping sought
The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a man in his 20s who allegedly attempted to kidnap a young girl.A white man who looked to be in his 20s allegedly attempted to take a girl from in...
View ArticleTwo indicted in drug overdose death
From Carteret County Sheriff's Office:On 07/11/2016 a Carteret County Grand Jury indicted Michael John Becker, 51, and April Thomas Guthrie, 33 both of 702 Courtyard West, Newport on murder charges for...
View ArticleNorth Lenoir head baseball coach arrested for sex with a student
LA GRANGE | Tuesday afternoon, North Lenoir High School head baseball coach Donnell Garris was placed in the W.E. "Billy" Smith Detention Center under a $100,000 bond, charged with six felony counts of...
View ArticleCaretaker accused of stealing from 80-year-old to fund jail phone account
A Richlands felon had her first appearance in court Wednesday on charges connected to theft from an elderly woman she had been hired to take care of.Cenita Renee Gooding, 38, of Kinston Highway was...
View ArticleMan facing third arrest in a month in connection with drugs
A Sneads Ferry man arrested last month has been arrested twice this week on similar charges.John Robert Pruitt Jr., 49, of Fulcher Landing Road was arrested Tuesday on outstanding drug charges by the...
View ArticleMan has first appearance in woman's death
A Newport man had his first court appearance Friday in the death of a Morehead City woman who was dismembered.David Isaiah Godwin, 25, of Newport, will next appear in court Aug. 12.He was returned to...
View ArticleUPDATE: Defendant found guilty of burning dog, parrot alive
Updated at 1:38 p.m.The defendant gave the judge a thumbs up when told he’d be serving three consecutive active sentences for burning down a mobile home while a Labrador Retriever and an Amazon parrot...
View ArticleCitizens show support for the thin blue line
In the past decade, law enforcement said they have seen a rise in distrust on both sides of the thin blue line — and the recent fatal shootings of officers in Dallas brought fear to the forefront.Years...
View ArticleOCSO: Sex crime cases have increased
The number of sex crime cases have increased in Onslow County.One in five girls and one in 20 boys is a victim of sexual abuse, according to The National Center for Victims of Crime.In Onslow County,...
View ArticleFormer addict treated for Hep C contracted from used needles
A Beulaville heroin addict had a wake-up call when he used a secondhand needle to shoot up and contracted Hepatitis C.On Friday, 23-year-old Dylan Smith was driving to a doctor’s appointment. He...
View ArticleRichlands man accused of impersonating officer, having silenced firearms
Adam Carey is accused of having three flash-bang grenades, a rifle with silencer and a pistol with silencer, according to warrants.
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