OCSO looking for 15-year-old runaway girl
The Onslow County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding a 15-year-old girl known for running away.Jasmine Rodriguez left her Sneads Ferry home around 4:15 p.m. Thursday and was last...
View ArticleMom charged in death of 4-month-old boy
The mother of a 4-month-old boy found dead in his in crib in August 2017, has been charged in connection with his death.Santana Jo Mosher was arrested by the Jacksonville Police Department Thursday and...
View ArticleChild rapist coming up for parole
A former Camp Lejeune Marine convicted of raping a 3-year-old boy in 1987 and sentenced to life in prison is becoming eligible for parole.Randolf Rael, 60, is currently incarcerated at Central Prison...
View ArticleRaleigh woman sues government over father's death
After a fatal wreck with a military transport vehicle, Thomas Eugene Martin's case has been filed in federal court.
View ArticleMan accused of possessing 11 pounds of pot, driving into cop car
A Jones County felon is accused of possessing more than 11 pounds of marijuana and of driving his car into a detective's vehicle.Joseph Cornelius Hargett, 39, of N.C. 41 East in Trenton was arrested...
View ArticleMore than $200K seized in drug bust
Updated at 4:16 p.m.Authorities say a felon on probation from New York has been arrested in one of Onslow County’s largest drug busts.Austin Kyle Lee, 27, of Ridge View Drive in Jacksonville was...
View ArticleTrial of man charged with 48 sex offenses begins today
The trial of a Jacksonville man accused of raping a handicapped woman begins today.Benjamin Lee O’Hara, 50, of Raccoon Lane in Jacksonville was charged with 16 counts each of 2nd-degree rape, crime...
View ArticleMan gets 18-37 years for raping handicapped woman
Updated at 2:26 p.m.A Jacksonville man will spend more than three decades behind bars after pleading guilty to multiple rape and sex offense charges.Benjamin Lee O’Hara pleaded guilty Wednesday morning...
View ArticleNTB man accused of strangling woman
A North Topsail Beach man has been charged with strangling and assaulting a woman last summer.Travis David Glavocich, 40, of Seashore Drive in N. Topsail Beach was arrested by NTB Police Department on...
View ArticleOne man's child abuse exemplifies the need for Onslow's CAC
When Sasha Joseph Neulinger was raped by two of his uncles and his cousin as a child, he didn’t have a Child Advocacy Center to turn to.Neulinger told his story as supporters of the Onslow County Child...
View ArticleUPDATE: City to request DOT review near JHS after student struck by bus
City officials have announced plans to request a N.C. Department of Transportation review near Jacksonville High School while police continue to investigate a crash involving a school bus and a...
View ArticleMother of missing gang-involved son speaks out
The Inter-Faith Community Association’s focus is right there in the name: community.Phyllis Hardison, a member of the association, gave a history of the organization that started in 1980 and has since...
View ArticleJPD: Student hit by bus still in critical condition
A student hit by a school bus Friday morning remains in critical condition.Capt. Ashley Weaver with the Jacksonville Police Department confirmed the student's condition Saturday afternoon, but the name...
View ArticleJPD searching for shooting suspect
Law enforcement is looking for a man accused of shooting someone in the neck Saturday afternoon.Hakeem Jordan was walking down Eastwood Drive in the 200 block of the area around 1:30 p.m. when he and...
View ArticleOnslow County leads state in meth lab responses
Meth labs may be on the decline but Onslow County is still in the lead, according to recent data from the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation.In 2017, there were 232 clandestine lab responses, a decline...
View Article30 citations in Jones County checkpoint
MAYSVILLE — A weekend checkpoint in Jones County resulted in 30 citations, and the arrest of a Burlington woman.Jessica Farmer was charged with resisting officers by providing a false name. Farmer was...
View ArticleJPD: Aggressive driving turns into shooting
One person was injured and an unidentified man is being sought following a road rage incident that lead to a shooting.The shooting happened around 9:33 p.m. in the area of Huff Drive and Suffolk...
View Article3 men in jail after K9 discovers crystal meth
Three Jacksonville men accused of having $15,000 worth of crystal meth remain in jail.Robert Jean Mabial, 43, of Merrin Height Road, Ebony Nigel Johnson, 30, of Hyatt Circle, and Andrew Patrick Wright,...
View ArticleOCSO nabs armed robber
A Jacksonville man has been charged in a convenience store armed robbery.Jaquarius Jerome Hooker, 27, of Morningside Drive in Jacksonville was arrested by the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office on Feb. 12,...
View ArticleSneads Ferry drug dealer convicted of second-degree murder
A first occurrence happened inside an Onslow County Superior Courtroom Tuesday morning.Emotions ran high as a 23-year-old man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in connection with an overdose...
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