Joseph Sledge had settled with state agencies for additional $2.9 million last year

A Chadbourn man is accused of assaulting and stabbing another man at a Columbus County gas station on New Year’s Day.

Braedyn Donald Walsh, 22, of Little River, S.C., was arrested Thursday by the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office and charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon.

Following a man’s recent arrest on sexual assault charges, police in Holly Springs say additional victims may be in the Wilmington area.

A Wilmington man is facing attempted murder charges after he allegedly broke into his estranged wife’s second-floor apartment, stabbed her multiple times, and threw her from the balcony, according to the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office.

A Wilmington gang member will spend the next four years in a federal prison after pleading guilty to heroin and firearm charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

A Matthews man was arrested in Washington, D.C. Wednesday as part of the violent group of pro-Trump supporters that stormed the United States Capitol, causing chaos and bloodshed. He's one of seven arrested on Wednesday with North Carolina ties.

The shooting of an 18-year-old man at Cypress Grove Apartments on Monday stemmed from a drug deal, according to the Wilmington Police Department.

Craig Lakeith Williams was sentenced to a minimum of 68 months and a maximum of 94 months in the Department of Adult Corrections.

Durant and Davis are both charged with First Degree Murder and will be jailed without bond.

The Wilmington Police Department continues its search for suspects after an 18-year-old was seriously injured in a shooting at the Cypress Grove Apartments Monday afternoon.

A Shallotte man will spend over five years in prison on federal drug and firearm charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of North Carolina.

There was a gun nearby that may have been used in the shooting so Criner stayed and kept an eye on the weapon until police arrived on the scene.

A second person has been charged with 1st-degree murder in connection with the killing of Tywan Shaquille Parsley in Wilmington last week.

Johnny Robinson was convicted of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill and sexual offense on May 29, 1992.

Police say two people were struck by a Kia Soul being driven by 32-year-old Jason Mosley.

Police say he used the racial slur and threatened to shoot an employee he had interacted with while ordering food, who was a juvenile.

“Stop the Killing”: Short film depicts reality of deadly gun violence as Wilmington homicides rise

A former employee at a senior living facility is accused of stealing more than $35,000 from a resident’s bank account.

A Wilmington man is facing several charges following a New Year’s Eve traffic stop, according to officials with the Wilmington Police Department.

Authorities said Sarah Michelle Boone beat her three children after the refused to wear masks despite testing positive for COVID-19.

Fayetteville police on Thursday announced upgraded charges for the mother and stepfather of a boy found dead inside his home in October 2019.

A teenager is dead from an apparent drug overdose after police say a man held the girl against her will so she could be a prostitute.

Jimmie Dearl Meeks was arrested Wednesday and charged with Accessory After The Fact by State Highway Patrol in the hit-and-run that injured a NHC Sheriff’s deputy

A Whiteville man is accused of stealing an all-terrain vehicle from a home in Columbus County earlier this week.

A Rocky Point woman will spend up to six years in prison after pleading guilty to physically abusing two children, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

A man was shot and killed on S. 13th Street around three Wednesday morning.

Police believe a man who was found dead off of Swann Street on Tuesday died of an overdose.

Only a day before Christmas, a thief racked up hundreds of dollars in stolen goods, ransacking cars in the Lily Pond neighborhood in Leland.

William Springer died as a result of injuries caused by a gunshot wound

A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting outside of Tabor City that left two people injured earlier this month, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office.

One person has been arrested in connection with a shooting at Crabtree Valley Mall, Raleigh police said.

A Beaufort County man is jailed after New Bern police say he got away with more than $10,000 in loot during a robbery at a mall jewelry store.

At around 12:30 Friday morning, police discovered a car had crashed into a utility pole and both people in the car had been shot.

Police say there is currently no evidence that any shots were fired and there are no injuries after they responded to reports of an “armed subject” at Carolina Place Mall Thursday evening.

According to the Wilmington Police Department, officers responded to the 900 block of Litchfield Way in reference to a shooting shortly before 5:30 p.m.

Deputies with the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office (NHCSO) are seeking the public’s help in identifying a suspect in a credit card fraud case.

Multiple officers respond to incident at Independence Mall

Stephens’ father, Keith Stephens, Sr., remains grief stricken over his young son’s death, and devastated by investigators’ lack of progress.

Two arrests have been made in a shooting that injured people in two different vehicles earlier this month.

The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office is investigating an armed robbery at a Family Dollar store.

Investigators are asking for the public’s help with identifying suspects involved in Thursday night’s shooting at Crabtree Valley Mall.

A Wilmington man who was released from prison last month after spending over eight years behind bars following his conviction for a 2013 shooting has been arrested again.

One person was arrested and one is wanted on drug-related charges following a raid at a home in Bladen County Thursday afternoon.

Norfolk Junior “Fuzzy” Best, who was sentenced to death in the 1991 deaths of Leslie Baldwin, 82, and Gertrude Baldwin, 79, was granted the new trial after the court determined that undisclosed evidence was material to his case.

A Johnston County man was found guilty in federal court on Thursday of child sex crimes including human trafficking and child pornography, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Eastern District of North Carolina.

A 67-year-old Vermont man is being extradited to Wilmington to stand trial for crimes he is accused of committing here in the 1980s. Wilmington Police took out arrest warrants for Peter Drutchal after two victims came forward to say he’d molested them over a period of years while serving as their sc

The sheriff’s office is asking for the public’s help in identifying a person it says is connected to a larceny.

The incident happened near the Macy’s store, at least five shots were fired and a trail of blood was observed

A man wanted for a murder in Norwich, Connecticut this summer was arrested in Pender County Thursday morning.

Governor Roy Cooper issued a pardon of innocence to five men on Thursday, each of whom had been convicted of crimes they did not commit.

Nearly two dozen people are facing federal charges following an investigation into the sale of drugs on or near multiple college campuses in North Carolina, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.

Police are searching for a woman who reportedly damaged a Wilmington car wash by driving her truck through it the wrong way and then taking off.

A federal court has ordered a Wilmington pharmacy to cease dispensing controlled substances and pay a $1.05 million fine.

The Wilmington Police Department arrested Steven Berg in connection with a deadly shooting on South 11th Street last month.

A Hampstead man, who federal prosecutors say is a member of an anti-government extremist group known as the Boogaloo Bois, pleaded guilty in a Minneapolis court on Wednesday to federal terrorism charges.

Phillip Brock, 73, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the March 2019 death of his wife, Judy Patricia Brock.

According to a Facebook post from the WPD, Tristan Brashear, 25, is wanted for hit and runs which took place in September and November.