OCSO awaiting autopsy results on body found
The autopsy results of a body discovered in Jacksonville are expected to be in the hands of investigators on Jan. 3.Onslow County Sheriff’s Office Maj. Chris Thomas said in lieu of the anticipated...
View ArticleUPDATE: Double homicide suspect makes first appearance
Hours after North Topsail Beach officials’ notified next of kin of the two people gunned down in a New Year’s Day shooting, the alleged shooter appeared in Onslow County District Court.McKinsey Ray...
View ArticleShots fired inside N. Marine barbershop, 2 charged
Two Jacksonville men are behind bars after being accused of firing shots at an area business.Jeremiah S. Farmah, 37, of Blue Creek Road in Jacksonville and Tirell Nathan Fonville, 32, of Starling...
View ArticleBus trip ends in bust for two Jacksonville residents
This is one time two bus passengers may wish they were bumped.Two inbound New Jersey bus passengers suspected of trafficking heroin were arrested when they arrived in Jacksonville on Jan. 2.Kenneth...
View ArticleOCSO awaiting autopsy results for body found
Officials are releasing little about the woman found dead in the Piney Green area.The autopsy of the body discovered Dec. 31 near the end of Thomas Humphrey Road in Jacksonville has been conducted by...
View ArticleUPDATE: More details released in dog death case
A third person has been charged in a Jacksonville animal cruelty case that started eight months ago.Chloe Elizabeth Popkin, 20, of Myna Drive in Jacksonville was arrested by the Onslow County Sheriff’s...
View ArticleUPDATE: Gentleman's club employee accused of witness intimidation in homicide
Updated at 4:17 p.m.An employee of The Cave, a gentleman’s club outside of which a man was shot and killed last month, has been accused of intimidating witnesses.Naomi Ruth Jasper, 22, of Onslow Drive...
View ArticleOfficials identify body found in Onslow County
A woman found dead in the Piney Green area has been identified.Shelby Brianne Brown, 22, of Jacksonville was identified through an autopsy conducted Jan. 8 at the Medical Examiner’s Office in...
View ArticleCo-conspirator in Maple Hill car burning arrested on drug charges
The man accused of helping burn the car driven by two Jacksonville brothers who were found dead in Maple Hill was arrested on drug charges this week.Marquis Xavier Kent, 27, of Glen Side Court in...
View ArticleMan charged with strangling woman on Christmas Eve
A Jacksonville man has been charged with strangling a woman on Christmas Eve.Corey Antoine Gainey, 48, of New Bern Highway in Jacksonville was arrested by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 10,...
View ArticleDistrict court judge sheds light on Onslow's overwhelming caseload
Judge Michael Surles knew when he stepped into his office on Court Street on a recent Monday morning that a long day was there to greet him.It was the district court judge’s turn to preside over...
View ArticleGuardian ad Litem seeks volunteers to speak for children in abuse, neglect cases
Bruised arms, broken bodies, and shattered hearts.Some children in eastern North Carolina face more in their first years of life than many adults.One such little girl captured the attention of the...
View ArticleOCSO Sneads Ferry town hall meeting on tap
Sneads Ferry residents will have an opportunity to meet Onslow County Sheriff Hans Miller Thursday evening in a town hall setting.Miller and his command staff plus zone officers who patrol the Sneads...
View ArticleJury finds two guilty in 2015 home invasion
Two defendants in a 2015 home invasion in Jacksonville were found guilty Tuesday by an Onslow County jury.James A. Cox Jr. was found guilty of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling, felonious...
View ArticleJacksonville man charged with strangling woman
A Jacksonville man accused of strangling a woman in the presence of a child remained in custody Wednesday.Millard Lewis Sailor, 29, of Kodiak Court in Jacksonville was arrested by the Jacksonville...
View ArticleCape Carteret continues investigation of police department
CAPE CARTERET | The status of the Cape Carteret police chief remains unchanged as the Town of Cape Carteret continues an investigation of the department.The town announced Jan. 12 that Chief Anthony...
View ArticleJacksonville man charged with strangulation, assault
A Jacksonville man has been accused of strangling a woman in November.Geoffrey Lee Hancock, 27, of Old Northwest Bridge Road in Jacksonville was arrested by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office on Jan....
View ArticleNarcan dispensed 374 times in 2017
EMS providers across Onslow County administered overdose-reversing drug Narcan 374 times in 2017 at a cost of nearly $19,000, according to area officials.Onslow County EMS provided Narcan to patients...
View ArticleHomeless man found injured after altercation
A homeless man was found injured Friday in Jacksonville area after blood was found by a maintenance man checking on a vacant home.The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office received a call Friday afternoon...
View ArticleTwo plead guilty to robbery that led to a woman's death
Two men who conspired in a robbery that led to a woman’s death pleaded guilty to murder Monday and will spend up to 57 years in prison between the two of them.Justin Witt, 29, pleaded guilty to second...
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