Author: Press Release

On Saturday December 2, 2022, Pamlico County Sheriff’s deputies and Pamlico County EMS responded to a residence in Merritt, NC regarding an unresponsive male. Alex Luis Garcia, 25 of Merritt was pronounced deceased at the residence. The resulting investigation and autopsy determined that Garcia died…

  On Friday, April 21, 2023, deputies of the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office concluded a two-month investigation related to the sale of illegal narcotics in the Mesic community of Pamlico County. Deputies executed a search warrant at the residence of Montrell Cordess Curtis, 25 of…

April 28, 2023 For Immediate Release RALEIGH, N.C. – The North Carolina Republican Party applauds the rulings by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, which reinstate common-sense election integrity protections and restore the constitutional framework after years of partisan subversion by radical Democrats on the…

UPDATE: On Friday, 04/21/2023, Jeffrey Joseph was charged with Second Degree Kidnapping stemming from a domestic violence incident that occurred inside the residence prior to the stand-off. This new charge is in addition to the Second-Degree Arson charge. At his first appearance today The Honorable…

The Carteret County Sheriff’s Office has received and is investigating numerous reports of individuals approaching residents seeking employment to put out pine straw, which ultimately turns into a scam. This is a well-known scam operation out of the Georgia area, and this is not the…

Deputies from the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office are asking for the public’s assistance in locating James Berthold Latif Sr., 56. Latif was last seen in the Beaufort area on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, at around 10 AM EST, for an appointment, and did not return…

On Saturday, 04/08/2023, Carteret County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a disturbance at 706 Hedrick Blvd, Morehead City where two people were discovered shot. Detectives say Jaime Hicks Long, 47, was found deceased inside the residence while her husband David Wayne Long, 39, was found in…

 On March 30, 2023, Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit and the Morehead City Police Department arrested Peyton Keith Ashton, 19, of Morehead City, NC. Ashton was charged with two-counts of Third-Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor (Possession…

On 03/27/2023 Iredell and Catawba County deputies along with members of the SBI Violent Criminal Apprehension Team arrested Christian Jovani Osorio Cruz, 23, of 446 Nine Foot Rd, Newport following a 25-mile chase on I-40 through those counties. Cruz was currently wanted by the Carteret…

CARTERET COUNTY, NC (March 16, 2023) – This week, Jim Dandy Convenience Stores and Coca-Cola Consolidated presented a $5,000 donation to Carteret County Department of Social Services (DSS) to support local foster care programs. Executives of Jim Dandy and Coca-Cola Consolidated gathered at the Jim…

Sheriff Scott Hammonds is excited to announce the implementation of monthly Town Hall Meetings throughout Beaufort County beginning in March 2023. The purpose of these meetings is to give the residents of Beaufort County an opportunity to meet with Sheriff Hammonds and receive valuable information…

CARTERET COUNTY, NC (March 2, 2023) – Carteret County Public Library System is hosting the StarLab mobile planetarium during the months of March and April. StarLab is an inflatable, portable planetarium that uses a projector to display images on the inside of the dome. It…