Twenty-four-year-old Travis Branch was sentenced to 60 to 81 months in prison for five robberies with a machete.

The Andy's on Washington Street in La Grange was robbed at gunpoint Wednesday night.

Mississippi authorities say a fugitive accused of a double-slaying and kidnapping has been killed but the two girls he fled with are safe.

Prosecutors have rested their case against John Edwards after calling to the witness stand many of his closest friends and advisers.

Beaufort County deputies have charged Scott Southerland of Pinetown with misdemeanor cruelty to animals.

Multiple media reports indicate a U.S. Marine training at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville has been charged with the rape of a 12-year-old girl he reportedly met on the internet.

Police say they have seized 26 pounds of meth and have arrested eight people in two Eastern Carolina counties.

Three people have been charged with two home invasions in Washington County and lawmen say they are suspects in other home break-ins in Washington, Martin and Beaufort counties.

Police say Rontrell Hooks is in custody for shooting a fellow gang member one week ago.

Charges have been filed for a fight so violent, it sent teenagers to the hospital, one by helicopter.

Halifax County narcotics agents were looking for Donald Crews to serve an unauthorized substance tax warrant when they say they spotted Crews.

Stephen Nichols, 33, of Washington is now awaiting sentencing after he was convicted of federal firearm charges. He could be get a life sentence if he's determined to be an "armed career criminal."

He appeared to be a cool, calm customer but instead Police say he stole cold-hard cash out of a local store in the east.

Maximiliano Lopez was arrested Monday by Wayne County deputies on the charge of first degree statutory sex offense.

A Greenville man was seriously injured in an assault and police are hoping the public can come forward with more details on the case.

A chase involving two sheriff's deputies in the east ends with one of the deputy's losing control and crashing into the ditch

The Highway Patrol is on a hiring blitz just a year after budget cuts prompted a hiring freeze.

Two people have been arrested in Onslow County and charged with stealing money from a donation container collecting cash for literacy projects.

A driver who nearly hit an oncoming Jones County deputy's car was arrested on drug charges.

A convicted felon is back behind bars in Jones County after police say he shot and killed his pit bulls after they attacked a man.

A lawyer for a Virginia heiress says he believes she gave money that was intended as a gift for John Edwards, not a campaign contribution as he ran for president.

A man told state troopers he led them on a high speed chase back to his home because he didn't want his car towed by authorities. It didn't matter because the Highway Patrol ended up seizing the vehicle under the state's new Run and You're Done law.

Levis Lane is booked in the jail in Pitt County under a $100,000 bond.

An investigation is underway after a horse was shot and killed Friday night in Onslow County.

Greenville police are investigating an attempted strong arm robbery that occurred in the parking lot of a credit union Saturday night.