Stella VFD treasurer charged with embezzlement
The Stella Volunteer Fire Department treasurer has been arrested for allegedly stealing $12,000 from the VFD over a two-year period.Linda Gibson, 72, of Wetherington Landing Road in Stella was arrested...
View ArticleMan pleads guilty to 'senseless drug related' murder
A second man pleaded guilty to a 2013 drug-related murder.Donovan Jackson, 29, pleaded guilty Monday to second degree murder, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and conspiracy to commit burglary and will...
View ArticleMarine accused of strangling woman
A Camp Lejeune Marine has been accused of strangling a woman.Lance Cpl. Andrew Evans Winzeler, 24, of Sherwood Road in Jacksonville was arrested by the Jacksonville Police Department on Jan. 22 in...
View ArticleNTB faces resignations of police chief, town manager, town clerk
One small Onslow town has quite a few job openings, including some top town positions, following resignations submitted the last couple of months.Six positions for the Town of North Topsail Beach are...
View ArticleDrive by shootings reported near Bear Creek community road
On Tuesday deputies responded to reports of a residence being shot in a drive-by shooting on Parrot Swamp Loop Road. The victim reported that someone drove past the residence and shot through his...
View ArticleFather charged in infant's death
A Jacksonville father has been charged with murder in the death of his 2-month-old daughter.Zachary Lee Littell, 25, of Denise Drive in Jacksonville was arrested by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office...
View ArticleConvicted sex offender sentenced to 18-23 more years
A convicted Jacksonville sex offender currently serving at least 16 to 25 years behind bars has pleaded guilty to four more charges.Garrett Ritson Young, 36, pleaded guilty Jan. 24 to two counts of...
View ArticleFather charged in baby's death makes first appearance
A Jacksonville father charged with murder in the death of his 7-week-old daughter made his first appearance in Onslow Count District Court Thursday morning.Zachary Lee Littell, 25, of Denise Drive in...
View ArticleMidway Park man charged with attempted murder, assault
A Midway Park man has been accused of trying to kill his daughter's boyfriend.Michael W. Sanderson, 56, of Tallman Circle in Midway Park was arrested by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 24...
View ArticleSneads Ferry man cleared of child porn charges
Child pornography charges leveled against a Sneads Ferry man in 2015 have been dismissed.Kimber Pearce, 53, was cleared of 21 counts of third degree sexual exploitation of a minor on Jan. 22, 2018,...
View ArticleHubert man arrested after two-county car chase
A police pursuit that started in Carteret County ended in Onslow County with an arrest of a Hubert man.William David Haigh, 37, of Charcoal Court in Hubert was arrested Jan. 24 by the Carteret County...
View ArticleMan accused of fatal Christmas Eve shooting to appear in court
A man charged with murder in a 2015 Christmas Eve shooting will be in Onslow County Superior Court Monday morning.Pedro De La O was arrested on Dec. 25, 2015 by the Jacksonville Police Department and...
View ArticleIllegal alien pleads guilty to fatal Christmas Eve shooting
Updated at 1:13 p.m.An illegal alien will spend the next 16 years behind bars then be deported to Mexico. Pedro De La O, 51, pleaded guilty to second degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon to...
View ArticleHusband, wife accused of making child porn
A husband and wife have been accused of producing child pornography and raping minor children, according to authorities.On Saturday, Onslow County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a residence on...
View ArticleFelon arrested after shooting self on accident
An Onslow County felon has been arrested seven weeks after discharging a shotgun into his neck.Jerry W. Spencer Jr., 30, of Wilmington Highway in Jacksonville, was arrested by the Onslow County...
View ArticleOCSO training deputies to dispense Narcan
More than half of Onslow County's deputies are trained to dispense a drug that can reverse an opiod overdose.Onslow County Sheriff's Office deputies are being trained to carry and administer the...
View ArticleIllegal found in Onslow indicted by feds
An illegal alien from Honduras and found in Onslow County has been indicted on a federal criminal charge after allegedly previously being deported for a drug conviction.Ana Rosa Fernandez, 53, was...
View ArticleUPDATE: Woman in head-on collision identified, in stable condition
A two-car wreck closed a major artery in Jacksonville and required one driver to be airlifted to an area trauma center.A Jeep Liberty driven by Tanya Raynor, 41, of Richlands, traveling towards...
View ArticleNo charges in death of Marine
Edwin Estrada was shot and killed after banging on a downtown resident's door.
View ArticleJacksonville man gets 11 years on gun charges related to fatal shooting
A Jacksonville man was sentenced to 11 years on gun charges Thursday following a 2015 shooting death stemming from a heroin deal gone wrong.Delman Dewayne Dixon, 24, of Jacksonville was sentenced to 11...
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