On Tuesday, August 4, Rep. Virginia Foxx of North Carolina’s 5th District presented Trooper Brett Bush of Ashe County with the Purple Heart, a medal given to members of the military wounded or killed by enemy action or in action against the enemy.
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Jack Clelland has been named as the new administrator at Albemarle Correctional Institution in Stanly County.
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The State Highway Patrol has charged the tour bus driver, Eric Jimmerson, 23, of New York, N.Y. with the following charges:
State Representatives Jamie Boles, Pat Hurley and Allen McNeill joined Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry and other officials in a ribbon-cutting ceremony July 31 for a new public safety training center in Moore County.
Last week officers from the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, along with partners from local and federal law enforcement agencies, conducted compliance operations to check on high-risk offenders under community supervision and to locate fugitives and absconders from probation or parol
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Janet Bundy, a 19-year corrections veteran, has been named as the new superintendent at Carteret Correctional Center in Newport.
On Sunday August 2 at approximately 4:20 a.m., the State Highway Patrol responded to a collision on I-95 near mile marker 82. A tour bus operated by by Eric Jimmerson, 23, New York, NY, was traveling south on I-95. Mr. Jimmerson traveled off onto the right shoulder and struck a guard rail.
The State Capitol Police is investigating a masked man armed with a handgun and spray paint on the grounds of the State Capitol. At 4:57 a.m. Saturday, State Capitol Police observed a man wearing a full face mask, gloves, heavy clothing and a backpack on the grounds.