WARRANTS: Carteret County man fails to install engine after being paid thousands
Published: Jan. 22, 2026 at 6:06 AM EST|Updated: Jan. 22, 2026 at 10:22 AM EST
CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A Carteret County man is behind bars after warrants show he failed to install an engine after being paid.
36-year-old Jonathan Reams was arrested on Thursday.
Court documents show that last March, Reams was paid $26,300 to install a diesel engine. Reams, however, did not install the engine, warrants say, and did not pay the victim back.
The Carteret County man was charged with failing to work after being paid. He is being held in the Pitt County Detention Center under no bond.
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