Press Releases

at the Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, located at 3010 Hammond Business Place. 

Offender Semajs Short (#1539014), 24, died after he was attacked in a housing area at the prison by a number of other offenders at 2:14 p.m. today.

Yesterday, ALE special agents concluded a months-long investigation at a Fayetteville bar resulting in multiple arrests for drug and alcohol violations.

The Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention will resume in-person visitation at all state facilities starting Sunday, March 20.

Search and rescue teams from across North Carolina will gather this weekend in Rockingham to train at the RockSAR 2022 statewide exercise. Ground search and rescue, technical rescue, water rescue and K-9 search teams have been invited to participate. 

Today, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order No. 254 formally establishing the State of North Carolina Joint Cybersecurity Task Force.

Governor Roy Cooper today shared a list of state government support resources for military service members and their families as military personnel based in North Carolina are deployed due to Russia’s unjustified attack on Ukraine.
 

RALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed March 6-12 as Severe Weather Preparedness Week and is urging North Carolinians to prepare for severe weather that’s common during spring months.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Jamie Bullard as the new warden of Tabor Correctional Institution in Tabor City.

Following an undercover investigation, ALE and the Oakboro Police Department arrested a tobacco store owner for numerous felony and misdemeanor drug charges.  

The Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention has named Darrin McNeill the new director of Pitt Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Greenville. McNeill, a former correctional officer for 18 years, began his new duties on Feb. 21.

Today, Governor Roy Cooper held a meeting with Department of Public Safety Secretary Ed

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol will again join forces with law enforcement partners in adjoining states to conduct a concentrated highway traffic enforcement period as part of Operation SafeDRIVE (Distracted Reckless Impaired Visibili