Wayne County, NC – On July 25, 2023, at approximately 5:20 p.m., members from the Goldsboro-Wayne County Drug Task Force conducted a traffic stop on Interstate 795 near mile marker 14 in reference to a chapter 20 violation. During the traffic stop, K9 Rip from the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office was deployed. After a positive…… read more »
Category Archives: Crime
Traffic Stop on 795 Nets 47 Pounds of Marijuana
LaGrange Man Charged with Crimes Against a Child
Wayne County Sheriff’s Office in an ongoing effort to investigate allegations of prostitution and human trafficking within Wayne County, detectives conducted multiple interviews, performed surveillance, researched property ownerships, and coordinated with outside state and federal agencies in the culmination of search warrants in August of 2022. The subsequent arrest of 50-year-old Aristotelos Castro Estrada, and…… read more »
Collaboration Between Wayne and Lenoir Agencies Leads to Drug Arrests
In early July 2023, the Goldsboro/Wayne County Drug Task Force and Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office began receiving citizen complaints about the narcotics distribution activities of Joshua Waters and Johnathan Frizzelle.… read more »
Goldsboro Police Respond to Shooting on Maple Street
On Tuesday, at approximately 2:58 p.m., officers with the Goldsboro Police Department responded to the 1900 block of Maple Street regarding a report of a shooting. Upon their arrival, officers were advised that the victim left the area and was transported by personal vehicle to the hospital.… read more »
Goldsboro Police Respond to Two Shootings on Wednesday Night
Goldsboro Police responded to a pair of shootings on Wednesday night that occurred within two hours of each other. At approximately 8:02 p.m., officers with the Goldsboro Police Department responded to a ShotSpotter alert in the 200 block of Rosewood Road. Moments later, responding officers were notified that a subject had been shot and was…… read more »
UMO Cross Country Coach Indicted on Indecent Liberties Charges
GASTONIA – Chandler Caldwell, the head cross country coach at the University of Mount Olive, was indicted on Wednesday on multiple charges of indecent liberties and sex acts with a Forestview High School student.… read more »
Surveillance Leads to Drug Arrest
On July 14, at approximately 3:30 p.m., officers from Goldsboro Police Department’s VICE Unit were conducting saturated patrols of the Mimosa Park neighborhood due to recent citizen complaints of drug activity. While conducting surveillance, a suspected hand-to-hand transaction occurred between two vehicles on Green Drive. A traffic stop was conducted in the 100 block of…… read more »
Charges Filed in Fatal December Crash
On December 6, 2022, at approximately 8 p.m., the Goldsboro Police Department was notified by the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office, via Wayne County Communications, of a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed.
The vehicle was traveling westbound on US 70 from the LaGrange area. A Wayne County Sheriff’s deputy conducting business checks located a suspicious vehicle at Deacon Jones Chevrolet at 6595 US 70 E, LaGrange. When the deputy turned around to investigate further, the vehicle fled the area at a high rate of speed.… read more »
Traffic Stop Leads to Arrests
On June 29, at approximately 2 a.m., deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office conducted a vehicle traffic stop for a chapter 90 violation. During the traffic stop the front passenger, Phillip Chima Burrell, vacated the U-Haul moving truck and fled the scene on foot.… read more »
Arrest Made in Breaking and Entering, Larceny Case
During June 2023, the Goldsboro Police Department responded to several breaking and entering and felony larceny cases that were occurring at Always Available Self Storage at 416 E. New Hope Road. An unknown person had been entering storage units after hours and stealing items from inside the units.… read more »
