CRIME & SAFETY
Snow Hill police charge fiancée of man with his murder
SNOW HILL, N.C. (WNCT) — The Snow Hill Police Department has announced the arrest of a woman and charged her with the 2023 murder of her fiancée. Tameka Best of Ayden was arrested by members of the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday and charged with the murder of James Schultheis III. Police say he […]
Police say man trying to avoid animal runs off road and hits pedestrian
KINSTON, N.C. (WITN) - A driver is facing several charges after police say he swerved to avoid an animal and ended up hitting a man walking along side the road. Kinston police say it happened around 11:15 p.m. Sunday on Tower Hill Road. Police say Anthony Belcher ran off the...
Serious six-vehicle crash slows traffic on U.S. 70 outside of La Grange
LENOIR COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Serious injuries were reported after a six-vehicle crash in Lenoir County this afternoon. The accident happened shortly around 2:30 p.m. on U.S. 70 at the stop light outside of La Grange at Little Baltimore. The Highway Patrol says the crash happened on the eastbound side...
Second suspect named in Greenville murder; deemed armed and dangerous
GREENVILLE, Pitt County — Jah'Quore Connor, 19, of Farmville, is wanted by the Greenville Police Department in relation to the murder of Jahsijah Montejah Jahson in April, 2024. Connor should be considered armed and dangerous, per officials with the GPD. Zy'quan Malik Johnson was arrested in Rocky Mount on...
Man arrested at checkpoint with over 130g of drugs and hidden gun
KINSTON, Lenoir County — A NC Highway checkpoint uncovers psilocybin mushrooms that led to the arrest of a Greenville man. Kinston law enforcement came in contact with Christopher Smith, 34 of Greenville during a driver's license checking station on Highway 11 on Tuesday, April 30 close to midnight. Officers searched the vehicle after observing drug violations and found a concealed handgun, more than 60 grams of psilocybin mushrooms and more than 70 grams of marijuana.
Kinston police say teen crimes rise as school year ends
KINSTON, N.C. (WNCT) — Kinston police are taking notice of the recent increase in juvenile arrests. Two teens, both under age 16, have been arrested in Lenior County in two separate incidents. Kinston police say it’s not necessarily shocking. They say school is almost out and this is when they usually see a spike in […]
Murder, accessory charges filed against Walstonburg man
Charges against a Walstonburg man arrested in an April 15 shooting death on Third Street in west Greenville include murder and accessory after the fact, according to jail records. Zy’quan Malik Johnson, 21, 93 Jamal Sarsour St., was arrested in Rocky Mount the next night with the assistance of the Rocky Mount Police Department, the Greenville Police Department said. He was detained in the Edgecombe County Jail and later booked...
Pedestrian killed in hit & run crash in Winterville
WINTERVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - Police in one Eastern Carolina town are asking for the public’s help in tracking down a driver who killed a man last night on a busy highway. Winterville police say the body of Marquez Outlaw was found by officers on Highway 11 near Davenport Farm Road around 9:20 p.m.
Crime Roundup: Suspects sought in Fountain robbery
The Pitt County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help to identify suspects in the robbery of a Fountain convenience store.. A news release from the sheriff’s office said that at about 10 a.m. on April 25, two armed suspects robbed Michelle’s Community Store, 3315 U.S. 258, near the highway’s intersection with Turnage Road and Otter Creek Church Road in northern Pitt County. It said two Black males entered the store. ...
Reminder of gun restrictions at BBQ Fest on the Neuse sparks backlash
KINSTON, N.C. (WITN) - As BBQ Fest on the Neuse approaches, the Kinston police department posted on social media to remind people about the laws when it comes to guns at the festival. Some people fought back on Facebook, saying it was a hit at their Second Amendment rights. Police...
Driver breached checkpoint, nearly hit deputies
A Farmville man faces felony charges after authorities say he drove through a license checkpoint and nearly hit two deputies with the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office last week. Tazavian Jonta Webb, 21, of 2784 N.C. 121 in Farmville, faces two counts of felony assault on a law enforcement officer with a deadly weapon and one count each of felony fleeing […] The post Driver breached checkpoint, nearly hit deputies first appeared on Restoration NewsMedia.
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