The Pitt County Sheriff's Department says the Woodmoor neighborhood is typically quiet when it comes to crime, but in the past three weeks, deputies have received five calls of break ins.
A judge lowered the bonds of two people jailed in connection to the triple murder at a Farmville convenience store. A group recently demanded the bonds be brought down.
The body of Michael Simmons was found in the home he shared with his parents by an investigator who was canvassing the neighborhood after a break-in nearby.
Pitt County deputies say they were called out to the farm on Gaskins Road outside of Grimesland this morning after workers arrived and found the hogs out roaming around.
Highway Patrol Trooper Everette Deans says 45 year old Tony Carmon of Winterville drowned after he lost control of his pickup on a wet road in Ayden and ended up upside down in a water canal.
There was concern and confusion from dozens of apartment residents in Greenville Tuesday after a notice of pending eviction was posted on several buildings.
Grant Hayes of Raleigh is accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, Laura Ackerson, and taking her body parts in a rented U-Haul to Texas where they were found in a creek.
Three Winterville based National Guard members killed during an attack in Afghanistan last month, along with a survivor, were honored and remembered during Veterans Day ceremonies Monday.
