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Updated: Jun. 21, 2022 at 3:27 PM EDT
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Dr. Jay Singleton has announced that he will appeal the state Court of Appeals' decision to not strike down the certificate of need law.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 2:37 PM EDT
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Jesse Jenkins, 30, pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery on December 14, 2021.
Updated: Jun. 16, 2022 at 1:33 PM EDT
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The U.S. Attorney's Office says agents learned Alterick Boyd would bring four to five kilograms of cocaine and one to two kilograms of heroin per trip from Atlanta to Pitt County.
Updated: Jun. 7, 2022 at 1:24 PM EDT
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Deon Townsell pleaded guilty this afternoon to second-degree murder.
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Updated: Jun. 3, 2022 at 3:32 PM EDT
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Onslow County District Attorney Ernie Lee says Liza Montalvo, 28, pled guilty Thursday to assault and attempted robbery crimes in a case dating back to December 2020.
Updated: Jun. 2, 2022 at 6:17 PM EDT
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says Ramona Lopez pled guilty to several drug trafficking charges and a gun charge on Dec. 8th of last year.
Updated: May. 31, 2022 at 3:51 PM EDT
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The Lenoir County Clerk of Court’s Office confirms that Joseph Hughes and Clinton Christmas were indicted by a grand jury on first degree murder.
Updated: May. 20, 2022 at 4:14 PM EDT
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 36-year-old Jonathan Pak distributed meth, heroin, cocaine, and fentanyl.
Updated: May. 10, 2022 at 3:47 PM EDT
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 34-year-old Michael Hall was sentenced to 15 years for charges relating to drug trafficking and firearms.
Updated: Apr. 27, 2022 at 4:53 PM EDT
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Feds say Craig Simpson will be sentenced on July 11th and is facing a mandatory minimum of 5 years and a maximum of 40 years in prison.
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Updated: Apr. 24, 2022 at 3:56 PM EDT
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The suspects each received a $100,000 unsecured bond by the Magistrate and were released from custody.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 1:25 PM EDT
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A Jacksonville man has pleaded guilty to using the identities of family members, homeless people, and drug addicts to steal more than a quarter of a million dollars in federal student aid funds.
Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 at 12:03 PM EDT
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Prosecutors say Brent Davidson, of Jacksonville, was killed in front of his brother on September 17, 1996.
Updated: Apr. 21, 2022 at 12:27 PM EDT
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James Shepard, Jr. was convicted this week in Martin County of statutory rape of a child.
Updated: Apr. 14, 2022 at 12:20 PM EDT
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James Hill was the owner of a bar near Maple Hill in Onslow County when he was convicted of killing a customer who was asked to leave.
Updated: Mar. 16, 2022 at 9:23 PM EDT
|By Jackson Parrish
The City of Greenville is unsure of what the next steps will be after a state appeals court struck down the city's red-light camera program.
Updated: Mar. 11, 2022 at 4:01 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 39-year-old Billy Penaranda was stripped of his citizenship for lying during his naturalization process.
Updated: Mar. 10, 2022 at 4:24 PM EST
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Prosecutors say when Nash County deputies pulled Anthony Herring over, they found his young children sleeping in the back along with heroin and fentanyl in the SUV.
Updated: Mar. 8, 2022 at 9:41 AM EST
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District Attorney Scott Thomas says Debra Conway, 57, of New Bern pled guilty to six felony counts of embezzlement.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 at 5:42 PM EST
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The U.S. Supreme Court has turned away GOP pleas to halt court-ordered congressional district maps in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2022 at 4:31 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 40-year-old Alexis Morales was the getaway driver in an Ayden bank robbery from 2019.
Updated: Mar. 1, 2022 at 4:34 PM EST
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Alexander Dzikowski pled guilty today to second degree murder.
Updated: Feb. 23, 2022 at 4:38 PM EST
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Carteret County District Attorney Scott Thomas says Marvin Powers pled guilty this week to trafficking in 28 grams or more of opium or heroin and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 6:16 PM EST
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Feds say Shawn Farmer was released to seek medical care before prison, but instead flew to Hawaii and Las Vegas where he cashed out more than $90,000.
Updated: Feb. 22, 2022 at 5:51 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 34-year-old Carlos Green was sentenced for numerous charges of drug and gun crimes.
Updated: Feb. 21, 2022 at 8:11 PM EST
|By Deric Rush
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled video sweepstakes machines to be illegal forms of gambling.
Updated: Feb. 18, 2022 at 2:37 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 42-year-old Tony Pittman will also have three years of supervised release.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 4:23 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 50-year-old Howard Jones was sentenced Thursday to 15 2/3 years in federal prison for heroin trafficking and firearm charges.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 2:07 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 43-year-old Bernard Phillips pulled a gun during an argument and when officers tried to arrest him, he fought and spit on them.
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 1:45 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 34-year-old Rashad Taylor was indicted in October of 2020 for three robbery offenses.
New Bern woman sentenced to more than 13 years for tax fraud, trafficking more than 2 pounds of meth
Updated: Feb. 17, 2022 at 1:21 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 41-year-old Antoinette Becton and her employees filed false tax returns with intended losses of more than $1 million.
Updated: Feb. 11, 2022 at 3:57 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 35-year-old Victor Gonzales was sentenced to 14 2/3 years in federal prison.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2022 at 3:29 PM EST
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Federal prosecutors say Makita Boone was sentenced to two years and six months in prison, a one-year term of supervised release, and $818,650 in restitution.
Updated: Jan. 27, 2022 at 4:28 PM EST
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WITN reported in March 2020 that Dylan Holcomb was arrested after a raid on his home found a pill press, powered fentanyl, some 1,575 fentanyl-laced pills, and much more.
Updated: Jan. 25, 2022 at 5:38 PM EST
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“I pray he gets the death penalty,” said Bonny Parker, Cannon Hinnant’s mom. "It would mean the closest we can get to justice for Cannon.”
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 8:21 PM EST
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The Pitt County District Attorney’s Office says Elton Pritchett and Amber Dixon were sentenced to prison for the abuse of her child.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 8:19 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says 37-year-old Errol Baston, of Greenville, was arrested by a K-9 in April after he tried to drown a woman in front of her children.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 8:18 PM EST
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The Pitt County District Attorney’s Office says 30-year-old Justin Mizell was sentenced to between 11 2/3 years and 24 1/2 years.
Updated: Jan. 18, 2022 at 8:17 PM EST
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Onslow County District Attorney Ernie Lee says William Bryant was found guilty by an Onslow County jury.
Updated: Jan. 13, 2022 at 2:25 PM EST
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Federal prosecutors say Ernie James, whose meth distribution operation involved a white supremacist organization, has been sentenced to 10 1/4 years in prison.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 5:49 PM EST
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WITN reported in 2019 that two bomb squad agents were burned during an explosion while trying to dispose of bomb materials.
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 4:36 PM EST
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WITN reported in 2019 that James Smith had kidnapped his girlfriend and two children and said to his girlfriend, "I will blow your head off."
Updated: Jan. 5, 2022 at 2:54 PM EST
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Federal prosecutors say 41-year-old Levar Leary pled guilty or was convicted of several charges of drug trafficking and money laundering on Aug. 2nd, 2021.
Updated: Dec. 15, 2021 at 1:48 PM EST
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The U.S. Attorney’s Office says on June 8th, 2021, Deangelo Maurice Joyner pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a felon.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 8:41 PM EST
|By Maddie Kerth
Wallace “Brandon” Jones and Leroy Spruill are still adjusting to modern-day life.
Updated: Dec. 9, 2021 at 5:03 PM EST
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A federal appeals court has ruled against an effort by former President Donald Trump to shield documents from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 4:57 PM EST
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The Pitt County District Attorney’s Office says Aaron Avery was sentenced to between 9.75 years and 17.5 years in prison for the two charges.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 11:53 AM EST
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George Knight, Jr. received the maximum sentence Friday morning in Pitt County.
Updated: Dec. 3, 2021 at 10:57 AM EST
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Malcolm Lambert entered an Alford plea to second degree murder and discharging a firearm into occupied property Friday morning.