A father is charged with child abuse after telling investigators he slapped his son, who is under one, because the child threw a ball at him too hard.

Carteret County deputies say it happened this morning when the bus full of middle school students was making its usual turnaround in front of the man's home.

The three women are accused of stealing liquor from two Onslow County ABC stores, putting it down their pants, in trench coats and in their purses.

A Wayne County man found himself in jail after deputies say he stole from a salvage yard and then sold the stuff back to them.

Police are searching for a convicted killer from North Carolina who was mistakenly freed from a jail in South Carolina while facing drug charges.

A man whose been on the run for four years is now in custody, over 500 miles away.

Jeffrey Easley was accused of killing a mother and abducting her 12-year-old daughter in December 2010 from the home they shared outside of Roanoke, Virginia.

Chris Harrison, Jr. of Roanoke Rapids told police he came to Greenville to go "club hopping" and wanted to buy some marijuana beforehand.

Markelby Ward pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter.

Lawmakers are looking to make it tougher for copper thieves to sell scrap metal, and they're getting creative about how to get it done.

Pitt County Sheriff Neil Elks says the number of older adults getting busted for drugs - some being prescription pain medications - has increased.

Authorities in Rockingham County have arrested two illegal immigrants living in Reidsville after sheriff's deputies seized more than 1,000 pounds of marijuana and $600,000 in cash.

A family faces charges after authorities say they conspired to kidnap two children.

Thieves are having a field day inside the East Carolina University Rec Center and police say they're doing all they can to find the person or persons responsible.

An arrest recently makes four meth lab busts already this year in Wayne County, and statistics show meth lab busts are up across the state.

An inmate who escaped from Piedmont Correctional Institution in Salisbury Monday has been captured.

Authorities say Ashley Mercer was put in her vehicle's backseat, head first, with her left foot dragging the highway for six miles.

A Pitt County detention officer is still on the job after her arrest on charges she assaulted her daughter.

John Sieglinger appeared Monday morning in a Pitt County courtroom.

Deputies say Jessica Garino was last seen more than a month ago.

Greenville police say a Morehead City man who broke into his ex-girlfriend's apartment and later assaulted an officer is now behind bars.

A convicted sex offender faces new charges, for not telling the state that he moved.

A grand jury has indicted the four suspects in the armed robbery of the Food Lion on Tenth St., and records show they are charged in other robberies now as well.

State police say five people including the rapper Jim Jones were arrested in a brawl at a hotel at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut.

Greenville police arrested a suspected drug dealer last night and put him in jail. According to jail officials that man is now out on bond.