Behind the scenes: Onslow County Jail
Just down the hallway where family and friends visit with inmates via video conference is a room that’s been covered in human waste on at least three occasions.Once, an inmate covered himself, the...
View ArticleOut of jail: Becoming productive members of society
Many of the inmates living inside the cell blocks spend months — and depending on the charge, years — inside the Onslow County Jail.Someone like First Sgt. Cedric Spearmon, who has worked at the jail...
View ArticleJPD officer earns tough N.C. certification
A Jacksonville Police Department corporal has just become the third woman in all of North Carolina to be certified as an instructor on radar equipment – and it was not an easy task.That’s according to...
View ArticleTwo arrested in connection to liquid meth delivery
The drugs were reportedly shipped from Mexico
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to DWI death, injuries
The man who ran over three road workers in 2015 turned to the two survivors and their families in court Monday afternoon and said, "I apologize from the bottom of my heart."Marvin Lee Jackson, 32,...
View ArticleOCAS asks public to come forward about deceased dog
No one has come forward with information about the dog found with an apparent gunshot wound in Jacksonville Monday afternoon.A call came in about 4:30 p.m. to Onslow County Animal Services about a dog...
View ArticleBreak and enter - Taylor Basden
Taylor Basden, 16, of Glancy Court in Swansboro was arrested March 14 by the Swansboro Police Department and charged with felony breaking and/or entering, felony larceny, felony possession of stolen...
View ArticleBreak and enter - Derrick Lee McAlister
Derrick Lee McAlister, 17, of Aberdineshire Court in Hubert was arrested March 14 by the Swansboro Police Department and charged with felony breaking and/or entering, felony larceny, felony possession...
View ArticleUPDATE: Man accused of stealing appliances from construction site captured
Updated at 4:37 p.m.Terry Wayne Brown, wanted by the Onslow County Sheriff's Office, was captured late Wednesday afternoon in Jones County, said Maj. Chris Thomas with the sheriff's office._____Law...
View ArticleLarceny - Alek V. Huynh
Alek V. Huynh, 21, of Renee Place in Jacksonville was arrested March 14 by the Jacksonville Police Department on two charges of larceny of chose in action, two charges of obtain property by false...
View ArticleDrugs - Michael Hancock
Michael Hancock, 34, of Floyd Pond Lane in Richlands was arrested March 15 by the Richlands Police Department and charged with exceeding Pseudo limits 3+ offenses.Hancock is accused of attempting to...
View ArticleThree accused of stealing appliances from vacant homes
Updated at 4:43 p.m.Three men have been accused of stealing appliances from local construction sites and vacant homes, and authorities say more charges could be coming.According to information from the...
View ArticleBoard of Education member charged with DWI
A member of the Onslow County Board of Education, who ran last year on a platform of bringing conservative values to the board, has been arrested for allegedly driving drunk.Jonathan Andrew Merritt,...
View ArticleDrugs - Taylor Shane Hobbs
Taylor Shane Hobbs, 23, of Catherine Lake Road in Richlands was arrested March 17 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office and charged with possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver schedule I...
View ArticleDrugs - Steven A. Malpass
Steven A. Malpass, 51, of Village Circle in Jacksonville was arrested March 17 by the Jacksonville Police Department and charged with possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver methamphetamine,...
View ArticleFalse pretense - Tyree Nathaniel Clement
Tyree Nathaniel Clement, 16, of Plaza Drive in Jacksonville was arrested March 17 by the Jacksonville Police Department and charged with obtain property by false pretense and possessing five or more...
View ArticleConspiracy - Sharla Diane Hanson
Sharla Diane Hanson, 34, of Shoveler Drive in Sneads Ferry was arrested March 17 by the NC Industrial Commission Fraud Investigation on five charges of conspiracy to obtain property by false pretense...
View ArticleFraud - Dean Taylor Hanson
Dean Taylor Hanson, 46, of Shoveler Drive in Sneads Ferry was arrested March 19 by the NC Industrial Commission Fraud Investigation on five charges of obtain property by false pretense, five charges of...
View ArticleDrugs - Michael Brandon Hanna
Michael Brandon Hanna, 25, of Hubert Blvd. in Hubert was arrested March 19 by the Jacksonville Police Department and charged with possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver methamphetamine,...
View ArticleCounterfeit drugs - Dylan Evans St Julian
Dylan Evans St Julian, 16, of Lilian Lane in Richlands was arrested March 20 by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office and charged with selling or delivering counterfeit controlled substance.Julian is...
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