Wilmington saw a deadly streak of gang violence and word of serial rapist downtown sent shock waves through the Port City, but the 2019 statistics show Wilmington is statistically safer than ever before.
Police said that 27-year-old Ryan Alexander Tyndall was charged with attempted first-degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury.
Jevontae Marquez Ellison, 26, was arrested Wednesday by Wilmington police and charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.
According to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office, 18-year-old Jadakiss Jahein Watkins has been charged with one count of murder, two counts of attempted murder and one count of shooting into an occupied vehicle.
After a string of attacks targeting men in downtown Wilmington, police said there have been no new reported incidents involving a serial predator since Octobe
The Elizabethtown Police Department is asking the public for help to identify two men suspected of breaking into businesses and stealing used car batteries at several locations in the Cape Fear region.
The Wilmington Police Department is offering a reward of up to $2,000 for information that leads to an arrest in connection to the murder of William Springer.
Two Robeson County men are accused of repeatedly stealing copper from a Duke Energy facility near Whiteville, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office.
Jose Navarrete-Velazquez, 32, and Marilu Cifuentes Roblero, 42, were arrested Wednesday and charged with three counts of overage person aid & abet a minor under the age of 21 in possessing a malt beverage.
A Richland County woman said three men stalked her inside the Walmart on Two Notch Road on Sunday night. She even took video of the incident and shared it on Facebook.
A registered sex offender was arrested Tuesday after deputies said he tried to kidnap a 14-year-old girl who had just been dropped off by her school bus in Fayetteville.
The family of Nicholas Oates has filed a claim against New Hanover County, apparently stemming from Oates death late last year while in the custody of the New Hanover County Jail.
The Leland Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man it says stole items from a thrift store.The Leland Police Department is asking for the public’s help in identifying a man it says stole items from a thrift store.
Amanda Knox, who served four years for the murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher will be the keynote speaker at the LINC’s 2020 Milestones Dinner at Hotel Ballast Feb. 3.
Raleigh-Durham International Airport officials say an employee has been charged with secret peeping after authorities were tipped off about "potential illegal activity" at the airport.
Louis Charles Webb Jr., 62, was arrested Tuesday evening after detectives had been investigating him for several months for allegedly selling heroin and Oxycodone.
The Internet Crimes Complaint Center says more than 12,000 people nationwide have reported being victims of government impersonation scams in 2019, with losses totaling over $112 million.
Peter Frank, a band teacher at Roland Grise Middle School, has been suspended without pay from his role with New Hanover County Schools, after being charged with a dozen felony sex crimes.
Will Welch was sentenced to serve between 13 and 16.5 years in prison. The judge gave him credit for time already served and ordered him to receive mental health treatment while behind bars.
The former two top officers of the union representing thousands of workers at Smithfield Foods siphoned off hundreds of thousands of dollars in union funds for personal use.
Officials say the Organized Crime Enforcement Task Force investigation targeted the delivery of extremely potent methamphetamine to New Hanover, Duplin and Sampson counties.
According to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office, Jaide Devon Mackenzie Harvey, 23, has been charged with first-degree kidnapping and is awaiting extradition back to North Carolina.
The Oak Island Police Department on Thursday announced 18 people have been arrested and 12 others sought following a year-long narcotics investigation.
The complicated nature of a civil suit against New Hanover County Schools, top administrators, and former teacher and convicted sex offender Michael Kelly may lead the courts to designate the case as ‘complex’ and assign it a dedicated judge.
Detectives with the Leland Police Department are asking for the public’s help identifying a man they say stole nearly $100 worth of meat products from a grocery store earlier this month.
Fayetteville police are looking for an “armed and dangerous” man wanted on multiple sex crime charges involving a pre-teen child, according to a press release.
The Wilmington Police Department has arrested a suspect accused of breaking into cars along the Market Street corridor and using stolen credit cards at nearby stores.
Federal prosecutors will hold a news conference on Friday to discuss the results of Operation Dodgeball which led to the convictions of several Wilmington gang members on heroin- and fentanyl-related charges.
The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public to be on the lookout for several people wanted for various property and financial crimes.
They’re on the front lines in some of the most intense situations; called in to negotiate with individuals who may be threatening to take their life, or someone else’s.
West Rowan Middle School teachers, 29-year-old Justin Andrew Avery and Ethan Andrew Grose, were both arrested and charged with third-degree exploitation of a minor.
