Press Releases

The State Highway Patrol has charged the driver involved in last Tuesdays fatal collision that resulted in the death of Michelle Simone Barlow, 42, of Wake Forest.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol has identified the trooper involved in the Sunday, March 27th fatal shooting that occurred at Club Aries located near the intersection of Suttontown Road and Poole Road in Lenoir County.

Winston Sherif Richards, 40, a citizen of Jamaica, appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Magistrate Judge David S.

On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at approximately 2:15 a.m., a trooper responded to a call for assistance by the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office involving a shooting that had occurred at Club Aries located near the intersection of Suttontown Road and Poole Road.  

UPDATE:   March 28  1:08 am   

Inmate Terrance Allen is back in custody after returning to the facility on his own a short time ago.

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At approximately 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, the State Highway Patrol responded to a four vehicle rear end collision on US 1 near Circle Drive just south of Wake Forest.

For the second time in six months North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM) is helping their neighbors recover from devastating storms. As part of a national compact for disaster relief efforts, an NCEM manager has traveled north to help Virginia recover from February’s deadly storms and to

Throughout North Carolina, hundreds of sexual predators are using the internet to target and solicit children – requesting nude pictures or to meet for sex.  To help locate and prosecute these sexual deviants, Gov.

 

The State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal collision that occurred in Lee County this morning on East Forest Oaks Road involving a Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy and a ATV.

Nearly 60 law enforcement officers and support staff from state, local and federal agencies joined forces this week for Operation Arrow – Craven County, an enforcement operation that served outstanding criminal warrants and conducted compliance checks on high risk and violent offenders on probati