JPD: Public comments welcome for international accreditation
The Jacksonville Police Department will be assessed this week, and the public’s comments are welcomed.The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc., or CALEA, will arrive in...
View ArticleTwo people killed on roadsides this past week
Two people in Onslow County were killed on the same day while walking along area roads, and while others may have been responsible for their deaths, law enforcement is reminding pedestrians to be...
View ArticleBeulaville murder trial scheduled to begin
Jury selection is scheduled to begin this morning for the murder trial of a man who fatally shot another who was in a car with the accused shooter’s wife.Max Alan Turner, 55, was arrested Feb. 5, 2013,...
View ArticleTwo charged after 100 bindles of heroin found
Updated at 4:31 p.m.A man and woman have been arrested after officers allegedly found more than 100 bindles of heroin on them.Joshua Grappo, 30, of Hickory Road in Sneads Ferry and Miranda Myers, 24,...
View ArticleMan accused of fracturing another's skull
A Jacksonville man has been accused of fracturing another man’s skull after hitting him with a glass bottle.Zachary Michael Bednaz, 23, of Murrill Hill Road in Jacksonville was charged with assault...
View ArticleMan accused of sexual battery of teen
A Sneads Ferry man has been accused of sexual battery of a 14-year-old, according to warrants.Jesse Edward Christopher Kell, 27, of Zion Lane was arrested Monday afternoon by the Onslow County...
View ArticleJury selection continues in Beulaville murder trial
Jury selection in the trial for a man accused of murder in Beulaville continues today.Max Alan Turner was arrested Feb. 5, 2013, and charged with murder in the fatal shooting death earlier that morning...
View ArticleUPDATE: Suspect, victims identified in fatal stabbing
Updated at 6:22 p.m. Three Richlands brothers were allegedly involved in a stabbing that left one of them dead. The area around 209 Wiggs St. in Richlands was quiet on Tuesday. The [...]
View ArticleJacksonville man accused of assaulting woman while serving as Pender Co. deputy
PENDER COUNTY -- A Pender County deputy fired over the weekend is now facing charges by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation.According to a release from Pender County Sheriff Carson Smith, sheriff's...
View ArticleHighway Patrol: 13-year-old dead after being hit by car
A 13-year-old boy died after he was struck while riding his bike Monday evening, according to Highway Patrol.Dyrae Shepard was riding his bicycle out of Kenna Court and onto Murrill Hill Road in...
View ArticleThe third day of jury selection begins
The third day of jury selection in a Beulaville murder trial begins at 9 a.m. today.Jurors were questioned by the prosecution all day Monday and the 12 jurors the prosecution agreed on were passed to...
View ArticleBeulaville man pleads guilty to murder
After three days of jury selection, Max Alan Turner pleaded guilty to second degree murder late Wednesday afternoon.Turner was arrested on Feb. 5, 2013, just minutes after fatally shooting Graham Jamie...
View ArticleUPDATE: Homicide suspect has first appearance
Updated at 10:26 p.m.The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office is still looking for two men wanted for questioning in the stabbing of three brothers this week.One of the three men being sought turned himself...
View ArticleUPDATE: OCSO: Two questioned, not charged in homicide
Updated at 5:29 p.m.The sheriff’s office has spoken with two men wanted for questioning in relation to a homicide investigation, but neither of them have been arrested.David Anthony Ray, 29, and Brycen...
View ArticleOne charged, one wanted in armed robbery investigation
The Jacksonville Police Department is looking for a man accused using a gun to rob Filipino Pho Cuisine.Officers responded to the restaurant at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday, according to a press release from...
View ArticleBeulaville man sentenced to 17 years for killing wife's lover
Updated at 6:56 a.m. July 29A Beulaville man will be in prison until at least 2033 after pleading guilty to killing his wife’s lover.Defense Attorney Justin Hunter called the murder trial of Max Turner...
View ArticleMan accused of armed robbery four days after bonding out
A Jacksonville man has been accused of robbing an area drycleaners in broad daylight four days after bonding out of jail in another Eastern North Carolina county.Jasean Jamile Spratley, 20, of Coleman...
View ArticleAftermath of homicide a 'nightmare' for family
The death of one touches the lives of many.Martin Meza, 37, was a father of three. He had a wife of 17 years, nine siblings and family back in Mexico where he grew up.Meza died with two of his brothers...
View ArticleRunning with the Law finish results
Position Bib # Name Gun Start Finish Gun Elapsed Age Gender Division1 464 Arold, Sylvia 7:35:00 7:53:10 18:10 31 F 5K2 455 Schohl, Matthew 7:35:00 7:54:09 19:09 23 M 5K3 340 Pham, Vu 7:35:00 7:54:36...
View ArticleMan is shot in the jaw
Dedrick Smith, 29, has been identified as the victim of a gunshot wound to the jaw.Jacksonville Police Department reported that Smith was found at 208 Zack Circle in an apartment where he did not...
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