Author: Press Release

Subject has been located unharmed and has returned to Carteret County. James Louis Powell W/M, Age 76, DOB: 03/13/1947, 5’11”, 170, Grey Hair, Brown Eyes Vehicle: 2004 Burgundy Hyundai Santa Fe Summary: Powell was last seen at his residence on 07/20/2023. Powell is operating the…

On 07/21/2023 Lenoir County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested Timothy Denis Gray, 42, of Deep Run, NC on warrants obtained by the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office for rape and taking indecent liberties with a child. Carteret Sheriff’s detectives have been investigating Gray since the incident was first…

From Ken Heath, Mayor of Arapahoe Also, from Diane Miller, Oriental town manager Can You Make A Few More Calls? We’re getting to the finish line, but could still use some help getting the Legislature to keep our ferries toll free. Here’s where things stand…

On Tuesday, 07/11/2023, Carteret County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a home on Dogwood Drive in Cedar Point following a request for a welfare check on the two occupants. Deputies discovered two men deceased inside the home both suffering from gunshot wounds. Detectives have identified the…

The Pamlico County Sheriff’s requests the public’s assistance in locating Steven James Aleman-Earl. Earl was last seen on Saturday at approximately 11:30 am in the Reelsboro community of Pamlico County. Earl is described as sixteen years of age 5’ 4”, 180 lbs with dirty blonde…

On 06/23/2023 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office arrested Melissa Mastropierro, 40, and Nicholas Chris-Jon Joyner, 41, of Atlantic, NC. The two were arrested as the result of an ongoing investigation related to narcotic offenses. Mastropierro and Joyner were charged with Possession with Intent…

On 06/29/2023 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested Willy Alexander Korthals, 29, of Bettie. Korthals was charged as a result of an undercover ICAC investigation conducted by the FBI with support from detectives of the Carteret County…

  On 06/19/2023 Carteret County deputies and Morehead City police arrested Christopher Lee Mitchell, 34, of Seashore Dr, Swansboro and Jennifer Kay Caton Booher, 41, of Hickory Hills Rd, Cape Carteret following a narcotics investigation into the distribution of illicit street drugs in Carteret County….

On Monday, June 26th, 2023, Investigators with the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jesse Ryan Cahoon 41, of Oriental in connection with the fire that occurred on June 12, 2023, at Fulcher’s Red Fox Stables in Merritt, North Carolina.  The fire resulted in one person’s…

On Monday, June 12th, 2023, at approximately 1:30 am Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office Communications received a 911 call regarding a structure fire located at Fulcher’s Red Fox Stables (20454 NC Hwy. 55 East in Merritt NC.) The initial 911 call was made by a third…

RALEIGH – A Code Orange Air Quality Action Day has been issued for much of North Carolina due to smoke and fine particles from active wildfires in Canada. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) and the Forsyth County Environmental Assistance and…

On 05/18/2023, Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office arrested Amy Raynor and Jarard Minor of Oriental for breaking into and stealing residential and commercial air condition units. During the investigation, deputies determined that Raynor and Minor had broken into over 12 different units in Pamlico County, including…