Category: Crime
Newport man arrested on Child Porn charges
On 01/26/2022 Detectives with the Carteret County Sheriff’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Taskforce arrested Bradley Dale Morgan, 45, of Newport on charges related to the sexual exploitation of minors. Morgan was charged as a result of an undercover Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) investigation….
Beaufort man faces drug charges
Following a lengthy investigation Falanta Terrell Simmons, 34, of 672 Merrimon Road, Beaufort, was arrested and charged with six counts of level three trafficking in heroin. Detectives charged Simmons following a controlled purchase of nearly 31 grams of suspected heroin and fentanyl. Simmons was taken…
Arrest made in connection with multiple breaking, entering, of local businesses
On Friday, January 21, 2022, Investigators from the Pamlico County Sheriff’s Office arrested and charged Ernest Alford CONWAY, 45 of Oriental in connection with multiple breaking, entering, and larcenies that have occurred at local businesses. Over the past several months, beginning in November several businesses…
Eastern Carolina Council, Part 7:,/h4> New ECC director charged with picking up the pieces
Editor’s note: The regional agency has been in disarray over the past two months, following the abrupt resignation of its law firm, Grady Quattlebaum; and, two days later the equally sudden dismissal of its executive director, Katie Bordeaux. NEW BERN – The Executive Committee of…
Eastern Carolina Council, Part 6:
Right Place at Right Time
Coincidence? Luck? Or, possibly a Plan? Handsomely paid tasks immediately fall into lap of new law firm Editor’s Note: In an email exchange with the Grady Quattlebaum law firm, this newspaper has made it clear that we are eager to print any formal statement from…
Eastern Carolina Council (ECC), Part 4
$400,000 federal grant goes fast at ECC
NEW BERN – Grady Quattlebaum, PLCC – a two-person law firm comprised of veteran attorneys Arey Grady and Jill Quattlebaum – abruptly resigned as attorneys for the Eastern Carolina Council on July 20, 2021. Two days later, ECC’s highest ranking employee was also out the…
Eastern Carolina Council, Part 3
Did Feds really want CARES Act money used for ‘legal re-writes’?
A year ago, COVID-19 cash flowed freely Eastern Carolina Council got its share! News Commentary NEW BERN – The Eastern Carolina Council is a quasi-governmental agency, charged by North Carolina to look out for smallish, rural counties and municipalities that may lack the staff and…
Eastern Carolina Council, Part 2
Plenty of smoke makes finding fire difficult
News Commentary NEW BERN – Through the haze, there appears to be a blaze. Here is what this newspaper has been able corroborate from a variety of sources: The ECC’s executive director Katie Bordeaux was abruptly fired on July 22, after a three hour closed…
Problems surface at Eastern Carolina Council | Law firm resigns. Executive Director fired.
DOWNTOWN NEW BERN – At 10pm on Thursday, July 22, the governing board of the Eastern Carolina Council (ECC) voted unanimously to “immediately dismiss” the Council’s executive director, Katie Bordeaux. The stunning decision came after a marathon three-hour closed door session – off limits to…
