Man gets up to 13 years in botched drug deal
An Onslow County man was sentenced up to 13 years behind bars for a botched drug deal on Halloween night 2015.Hector Trevino, III, 22, was found guilty March 7, in Onslow County Superior Court of...
View ArticleFire destroys Swansboro home
An early morning fire destroyed a Swansboro home.The fire is believed to have started inside an attached garage started sometime around 7 a.m. Saturday at 205 Nikida Ct. in Swansboro, according to...
View ArticleOne dead in Morehead City fire
One person is dead after an early-morning fire in Morehead City.Firefighters with the Morehead City Fire Department were dispatched at 2 a.m. Saturday to a one-story wood-frame structure on Crab Point...
View ArticleInside the mind of a felon: Inmate says prison is ‘like a jungle’
The man who says law enforcement officers shot him 43 times will be serving time in prison until 2036.He’s well known by law enforcement, court, and government officials in Onslow County for the...
View ArticleCamp Lejeune Marine accused of assault
A Camp Lejeune Marine has been accused of fracturing a Jacksonville man's skull, according to court documents.Joseph Anthony Lauricella, 22, of Parachute Tower Road in Camp Lejeune was charged by the...
View ArticleTwo shot in Jacksonville, one transported
Two people were shot in a neighborhood near the Jacksonville Mall Tuesday.Jacksonville Police Department officers and detectives swarmed into Myrtlewood Apartments on Villa Drive shortly after 2 p.m....
View ArticleCold Case: Evidence, witnesses needed to solve Smallwood homicide
He remains a legend in the Bear Creek community.John D. Smallwood Jr. was 55 years old when he was found shot to death inside his home on Jan. 17, 2010. More than eight years later his death remains a...
View ArticleShooting suspect makes first appearance
A Jacksonville man charged with attempted murder after a shooting in the Myrtlewood Apartment complex has appeared in court.Octavious Tyress Bryant-Jackson, 18, of Myrtlewood Circle in Jacksonville was...
View ArticleSuspect sought in convenience store robbery
Authorities are searching for a man they say robbed a convenience store.Authorities say Mo’s Mart, located at 2098 Belgrade-Swansboro Road in Maysville, was held up at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday by an...
View ArticleVehicle used in Moe's Mart robbery believed to be stolen
Authorities say the vehicle used as a getaway car after a convenience store robbery was stolen.Moe’s Mart, located at 2105 Belgrade-Swansboro Road was held up at about 12:30 p.m. Wednesday by an armed...
View ArticlePender County man accused of witness intimidation
A man facing trial for various misdemeanor charges has been accused of communicating threats to a person summoned to testify against him.Jeremy Charles Fisher, 33, of Forest Edge Road in Hampstead was...
View ArticleOnslow woman accused of 'doctor shopping'
A Camp Lejeune woman accused of using her daughter's urine to obtain a prescription appeared in court Monday.Ciara Malaine Ford, 29, of Bicentennial Avenue stood quietly during her first appearance in...
View ArticleDrop or not: Pollocksville to decide fate of police force
POLLOCKSVILLE — As of Tuesday night the commissioners of this 311-population town will be ready to rebuild its police force.Or, they’ll be ready to shut it down.The town’s leaders are deciding whether...
View ArticleFormer Marine sentenced to 10 years for child porn
A former Camp Lejeune staff sergeant has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possessing child pornography.Matthew Hartley Benton, 36, of Jacksonville was charged with receipt of child...
View ArticleCold case: Witness killing remains unsolved
Joseph MacDonald never made it to court.One day before he was to testify against an acquaintance charged with numerous drug charges, MacDonald was gunned down at his Jolly Drive residence on the...
View ArticleJacksonville man gets 5-11 years for pimping teen
A Jacksonville man will serve five to 11 years in prison for pimping a 15-year-old girl.Cedrick Mattocks, 28, of South Willow Lane pleaded guilty March 21 in Onslow County Superior Court to promoting...
View ArticleJacksonville man accused of robbery at ATM
A Jacksonville man charged with armed robbery at an ATM appeared in Onslow County District Court Thursday.Drakarus Jamal Jones, 24, of Aragona Boulevard in Jacksonville was arrested March 21 by the...
View ArticleMan charged with murder after robbery victim dies
A Jacksonville man has been charged with murder after a robbery victim was found dead.Authorities say William Young, 28, was found dead in his Indian Drive apartment Sunday morning.According to...
View ArticleHomicide suspect appears in court
A Jacksonville man charged with murder and common law robbery made his first appearance Friday morning.John V. Deavers Jr., 28, was charged March 22 by the Jacksonville Police Department with an open...
View ArticleCrime Stoppers fundraiser slated for Thursday
An annual BBQ fundraiser that takes a bite out of crime is on the menu for later this week.The Jacksonville Onslow County Crime Stoppers will be dishing up BBQ plates at the Western Boulevard entrance...
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