Straits death investigation update
After a several months long investigation, which included the District Attorney’s Office and N.C. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, the death of Lee Ann Gallagher, 57, of the Straits community has been ruled a drug overdose. Findings from the…
Newport man charged with Trafficking Narcotics
On 12/18/2023 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office arrested Chance Malik Zephir, 26, of Newport following a narcotics investigation into the distribution of heroin. The charges are the result of a joint investigation between the Carteret County Sheriffs Office…
Down East trio charged with Death by Distribution following overdose death investigation
On 12/18/2023 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office charged Nicholas Joyner, 42, of Atlantic, Melissa Mastropierro, 41, of Atlantic, and Joel Willis, 32, of Davis with Death by Distribution pursuant to an overdose death investigation. Joyner, Mastropierro, and Willis…
Western Carteret woman charged with Death by Distribution following overdose death investigation
On 12/18/2023 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office charged Heather Blaylock, 36, of Stella with one-count of Death by Distribution pursuant to an overdose death investigation. Blaylock is currently in-custody at the Carteret County Detention Center for additional drug…
Small Town Guy Wins Big Time Weight Lifting
Editor’s note: Rickey Carrow, 69, resides in Pinetown and attends Five Points Free Will Baptist Church, which is about a mile from his home. We think you will enjoy his story. Thirty years ago (in 1993), I met up with…
‘Super Spreader’ encounter described by local man
PERSONAL NOTE: This series of articles is based on The Real Anthony Fauci, Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., published in 2021 by Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. Mr. Tony…
Atlantic man charged in double homicide of Fulcher brothers
On 12/13/2023 Carteret County Sheriff’s detectives charged David Ray Willis, 57, of Atlantic, NC with two open counts of murder in the deaths of Philip Raymond Fulcher and William “David” Fulcher at their home in Atlantic in August of 2022….
Chinese batteries installed at Camp Lejeune during Obama years
CAMP LEJEUNE – Congressman Greg Murphy (R-NC) issued the following statement in response to his meeting Monday with representatives of Duke Energy after reports revealed the usage of Chinese batteries on Camp Lejeune: “I was recently informed that in 2014…
News Brief Announcement
Carteret County Sheriff Asa Buck and District Attorney Scott Thomas will be holding a news conference on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at 10:00am in the commissioners board room located on the second floor of the Carteret County Courthouse. Sheriff Buck…
Township 5 Seat Revolves as Official Resigns & Then Returns
BAYBORO – Hard-ball intra-party politics reared its head Monday night as four conservative Republicans on the Pamlico County Commission – Doug Brinson, Candy Bohmert, Kari Forrest, and Missy Baskervill – teamed up to oust fellow Republican Ed Riggs Jr. as…
Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office announces the death of Detention Sergeant
The Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office is deeply saddened to announce the death of Detention Sergeant Russell Earl Lavarl Jones. The 36-year-old officer lost his life in the line of duty after suffering a medical emergency in the Detention Center on…