OCSO: truck dispute led to pistol pointed at friends
A dispute over a truck between three acquaintances led to wallet allegedly being stolen at gunpoint, according to authorities.Michael Jim Rich, 40, of Boysenberry Road in Maple Hill, was arrested Jan....
View ArticleAnimal cruelty investigator position postponed
The appointment of an Onslow County animal cruelty investigator has been postponed until a later date.At Wednesdayâs Board of Commissionerâs meeting, the board unanimously decided to defer appointing...
View ArticleHacker pleads guilty to targeting senior US officials
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) â A North Carolina man has pleaded guilty to participating in a hacker conspiracy that targeted CIA Director John Brennan and other government officials.Twenty-four-year-old Justin...
View ArticleOfficials praise life-saving power of overdose reversal drugs
Area law enforcement officials say 2016 brought drug arrests, high bonds and a lot of people pulled back from the brink of an overdose death.Narcan, a drug that reverses the effects of an overdose, had...
View ArticleGoFundMe account set up following Maysville fire
An elderly coupleâs home was deemed a total loss after a fire late Wednesday night.Around 10:30 Wednesday night, Maysville Volunteer Fire Department, Loco Volunteer Fire Department, Pollocksville...
View ArticleTNT Bingo homicide trial postponed
Larry Forrest is accused in the fatal shooting of Kim Hua Flournoy on Dec. 30, 2012
View ArticleMan accused of trying to hire another to kill unborn child
A Jacksonville man is accused of trying to hire a man to kick a woman in the stomach to terminate her pregnancy.Logan Michael Hughes, 20, of Hilda Road in Jacksonville was arrested Tuesday afternoon by...
View ArticleWomen sought in connection to fraud case
The Onslow County Sheriffâs Office is looking to identify two women they want to question in connection to a fraud case.Deputies responded to Wal-Mart at 349 Kinston Hwy on Nov. 28 for a fraud...
View ArticleMan sought for questioning in relation to robbery
The Jacksonville Police Department is looking for a man wanted for questioning in relation to a recent gas station robbery.The man is 35 to 50 years old, about 5â9" tall with brown hair, a mustache,...
View ArticleRichlands man pleads no contest to 2013 stabbing
Richlands man pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in a 2013 Carteret County stabbing case Wednesday.Curtis Liddell Pate, 32, was charged with an open count of murder on Dec. 14, 2013, after...
View ArticleTwo sought in Ulta theftÂ
The Jacksonville Police Department is looking for two women for questions about a theft at an area beauty store.The theft allegedly occurred Dec. 29 at Ulta in the Jacksonville Mall, according to a...
View ArticleMarine sentenced in New Hanover child sex cases
Robert Bates was sentenced to 41 to 119 months in state prison
View ArticleJPD says catching gang, drug use early is key
Onslow school counselors attend 'powerful' presentation
View ArticleJPD: Woman accused of killing toddler
Updated at 5:57 p.m.Neighbor Don Williamson said he saw seven or eight emergency vehicles surround the house at about 8 p.m. Friday, after seeing Larry Ordway walking the neighborhood earlier that...
View ArticleFamily: 1-year-old killed was rambunctious, loved little boy
Mother accused in death scheduled to be in court today
View ArticleNo bond for mom accused of killing toddler
Four days after her arrest, a mother accused of killing her son had her first appearance in court.Angela Olson, 40, was charged with an open count of murder Friday in the death of her 1-year-old son,...
View ArticleOCSO: Woman tried to castrate her husband
A woman accused of trying to castrate her husband has bonded out of jail.Mitzi Hudson, 36, of Running Road in Jacksonville, was arrested Jan. 5 and charged with felony malicious castration and...
View ArticleRichlands man accused of stealing gas from Back Swamp VFD
A Richlands man has been accused of breaking into a Back Swamp Volunteer Fire Department truck and stealing a gas can with $6 worth of gas in it, according to warrants.Jeremie Alan Fountain, 33, of...
View ArticleMan accused of strangulation said protective order against him was supposed...
A Sneads Ferry man accused of punching and trying to suffocate his wife told a judge on Tuesday the protective order against him was supposed to be dropped when he visited her.David Craig Milam, 33, of...
View ArticleTwo Western Carteret County residents arrested on burglary charges
NEWPORT | Law enforcement officials in Carteret County say observant neighbors helped to solve a weekend burglary case in Newport.Douglas Gorchess, 49, of Woodland Drive in Peletier, and Kimberly...
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