Category: Crime

Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating Kenneth Seaman Wright II. Wright is a white male, 43 years old, 5’10” tall, and weighs approximately 170 pounds. Wright is wanted for Obtaining Property By False Pretenses. Additionally, Wright has ties to Oriental, New Bern,…

 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…

Reward offered for info leading to recovery This valuable vehicle – with roll bars, parachute, and Wheelie Bars — was on a trailer at 189 Mursue Street near Aurora Beach in the vicinity of Hickory Point. Please call Tina Propes at (704) 519-7583. NO QUESTIONS…

 In the fall of 2022 Carteret County Sheriff’s Office and Morehead City Police Department Drug Detectives received information that Kuwain Omar Greene was selling controlled substances in Carteret County. Detectives were able to conduct several controlled purchases of cocaine from Kuwain Greene. During the investigation…

On February 23, 2023 Carteret County detectives arrested Michael Bryan Ward, 54, of George Taylor Road, Newport after citizens identified him from a surveillance image released by the Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday. The image captured Ward after he snatched an employee’s personal cell phone and…

On February 22, 2023 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit and the Morehead City Police Department arrested Randy Wade Jackson, 37, of Morehead City, NC. Jackson was charged with two-counts of Third-Degree Sexual Exploitation of a Minor (possession…

Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help in identifying these individuals. The male and female are persons of interest in a fraud investigation. The male is driving a dark in color Toyota Tacoma with and LED light bar on the front. The female is…

TOWN OF BEAUFORT – District Attorney Scott Thomas announced that David Duane Moore, age 67, of Marshallberg was sentenced to a minimum of 69 months up to 84 months in prison, plus five years of post-release supervision, after pleading guilty as charged in Carteret County…

NC General Statute 14-360(b) – If any person shall maliciously torture, mutilate, maim, cruelly beat, disfigure, poison, or kill, or cause or procure to be tortured, mutilated, maimed, cruelly beaten, disfigured, poisoned, or killed, any animal, every such offender shall for every such offense be…

***UPDATE*** Defendant David Ray Willis had his first court appearance today, 12/15/2022.  At his first appearance Judge Paul Delamar increased his bond to one-millions dollars. On 12/14/2022 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Unit arrested David Ray Willis, 56,…

  On Thursday, September 1, 2022, Investigators of the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant at the residence of Timothy Smith in the Grantsboro community of Pamlico County.  Smith was the subject of an ongoing investigation into the sale of illegal narcotics.  …