Press Releases

State correctional and local law enforcement officers are seeking Caldwell Correctional Center minimum custody offender Kevin B. Adams (#1589300), who was reported missing from his work release assignment this afternoon.

The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved more than $5.5 million to reimburse New Hanover County for costs related to Hurricane Florence.

A team of structural engineers, architects and urban search and rescue team members from North Carolina traveled to Puerto Rico today to begin work assessing damaged homes and buildings after a series of earthquakes and aftershocks that have hit the island territory since late December.

WHAT: ABEL Leash Ceremony

WHEN: Thursday, Jan. 30, 1 p.m.

Authorities have identified the state trooper and suspect involved in Monday afternoon’s shooting in Robeson County. During the course of a roadside safety inspection of a commercial motor vehicle, a trooper was approached by an uninvolved armed individual.

On Monday, January 27, at approximately 5:11 pm, a member of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol was involved in a shooting in Robeson County.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Stephen Jacobs as the new warden of the Lumberton Correctional Institution in Lumberton.

FEMA and the State of North Carolina are announcing more than $32.7 million to reimburse the City of New Bern for Hurricane Florence-related expenses.

As the state observes Human Trafficking Awareness Month this January, ALE congratulates Special Agent and Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Task Force Officer (TFO) Bryan Irwin on his selection as the 2019 recipient of HSI’s Outstanding Efforts in Combating Human Trafficking Aw

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Amanda Cobb as the new warden of the Orange Correctional Center in Hillsborough.