Crime

According to court documents and information presented in court, Shaw told officers he was not afraid to ‘sit down’, which law enforcement says meant Shaw was claiming he was not afraid to serve a prison sentence.

According to the release, his prior convictions include felony drug offenses, domestic violence, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, and discharge weapon into occupied property.

U.S. Attorney Michael Easley provided information about a joint operation that occurred last week involving several agencies including Wilmington Police Department and New Hanover Hanover County Sheriff’s Office.

Units were assisting Probation with a firearm by felon case involving Darryl Easter Jr., 31, who was arrested after his room was searched.

Isaiah Lewis was arrested Thursday in the case.

Both men were processed into the Brunswick County Detention Facility early Thursday morning.

The Humane Society says a total of 114 dogs were found living in grim conditions.

Anyone with information or who can identify the individuals can contact the Elizabethtown Police Department at 910-862-3125.

Anyone with information related to this ongoing investigation is asked to call the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office at 910-253-2777 or call 911.

The teens are currently in FCSO custody.

A well-dressed man sporting a fedora made off with $28,000 of diamonds and rings from a jewelry store in Salisbury on Sunday afternoon.

Authorities ask that you contact the police department at (910) 278-5595 if you know the possible location of the missing tube.

Police said Officer Nakeya Nelson was arrested Sunday in the Wrightsville Beach area.

A 23-year-old from North Carolina was shot and killed Saturday night in the Myrtle Beach area, according to police.

Harvin had been given a sentence of life with parole before the old conviction was overturned, and he will get credit towards Monday’s 144-185-month sentence for the time he has been imprisoned before the plea.

The Wilmington Police Department says Daquan Long was 17 years old when he allegedly fatally shot another 17-year-old, Ziyon Cuttino, in 2022.

Police say the victim was walking her dog outside when a man stabbed her behind with a sharp weapon that was likely a knife.

Wilmington Police Department Detective Aricka Sidbury is the subject of an investigation in California, according to an email provided by District Attorney Ben David’s Office.

The juvenile sustained severe burns to their face and eyes as a result, the other victim sustained severe burns to their body.

A man from Leland was sentenced on Wednesday to six months in prison and three years of supervised release for conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

The warrant claims that she fraudulently filed the deed with the register of deeds and obtained a N.C. General Warranty Deed transferring the property to her while knowing that she wasn’t entitled to the property.

The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office has released the name of the man it says is the suspect in a fatal shooting in Whiteville over the weekend.

Tylek Bellamy and Nikolus Bellamy were among four people who were shot at a house on Elizabeth Street in Whiteville Sunday.

The sheriff's office responded after a 911 call was made about a suspicious person.

The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office has announced that three died and one was injured after a shooting in Whiteville on Sunday, May 7.

Units initiated a traffic stop just before 6:30 p.m. and three people were in the vehicle when the firearm was located.

The manhunt for a Georgia man who escaped hospital custody Thursday night ended where it began.

On April 14, the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 5100 block of Babaris Court in Hope Mills in reference to a home invasion.

47-year-old Shane David Hardee, of Clarendon, allegedly shot three dogs, killing two of them and injuring another on April 6.

Staff members at the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office Detention Center and several inmates were charged in an investigation into drugs being smuggled into the jail.