A man is in stable condition after he was shot on Harding Drive Thursday. According to the report, Goldsboro Police Department responded to a report of a male shooting victim at 1408 S Harding Drive. The male subject, who had been shot in the chest area, was transported to UNC Wayne Health by ambulance, and then to ECU Health Medical Center in…… read more »
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Harding Drive Shooting Victim in Stable Condition
Warsaw Man Wanted for Attempted Murder
Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a Warsaw man for attempted first-degree murder. According to the report, the Wayne County 911 Center received a call in reference to a subject shot at 109 Clint Drive in Dudley, NC on Sunday, April 16, 2023, at approximately 1:59 am. Deputies responded to the residence and located…… read more »
Goldsboro City Council Hears About Gun Violence
The Goldsboro City Council Chamber was overflowing last night with supporters of the family of Joyonna Persall. Persall died and five other teens were injured in a shooting last Wednesday on N. Leslie St. and E. Walnut St. Dozens of people came to the council meeting to ask for something to be done about the…… read more »
Fatal Shooting Saturday in Goldsboro
There was another shooting in Goldsboro and this time a 59-year old man died. Saturday night at approximately 10:26 p.m., officers with the Goldsboro Police Department responded to an alert from the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system for the 400 block of Brownrigg St. When officers arrived, they found Aubrey Redding Jr., 59, of Goldsboro,…… read more »
Store Clerk Charged After Underage Driver Involved in Crash
A Goldsboro store clerk has been charged following an North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement (ALE) investigation into a vehicle crash involving a 20-year-old driver. In the early morning hours of April 2, 2023, North Carolina State Highway Patrol (SHP) responded to a single-vehicle crash involving a 20-year-old female driver, who sustained minor injuries, in Wayne…… read more »
Community Reacts to Shooting
All of the six people shot Wednesday in Goldsboro were teenagers. Police say the ShotSpotter system and 911 callers alerted them to an incident near N. Leslie St. and E. Walnut St. at around 6:30 pm. Five juveniles were in stable condition at UNC Health Wayne Wednesday evening. 15-year-old Joyonna Pearsall, a high school sophomore,…… read more »
Update on Leslie Street Shooting
Al the victims of the Leslie Street shooting incident were teenagers, and a 15-year-old died from her injuries. Update from the Goldsboro Police Department: On April 12, 2023, at approximately 6:30 p.m., officers with the Goldsboro Police Department received several alerts from the ShotSpotter gunfire detection system in the area of N. Leslie St. and E. Walnut St.…… read more »
Arrests in Goldsboro
Goldsboro City Police report a series of arrests this week: 50-year-old Kimberly Daly Dawson of Day Circle was charged with possession of heroin and simple possession of a schedule IV drug after an arrest Thursday, April 6. 37-year-old Roy Rogers Watkins of Virginia Street was arrested Thursday for second-degree trespass, simple possession of a schedule…… read more »
Police: Man Threatened Walmart Shoppers
A man was arrested after threatening Walmart shoppers with a gun. Saturday at approximately 3:25 p.m. Goldsboro Police Department received a call in reference to an armed suspect inside Walmart, 1002 N. Spence Ave. Several witnesses began calling advising responding officers of a suspect brandishing a firearm, and threatening citizens. As responding officers arrived on…… read more »
Goldsboro Man Arrested After Break-in
An investigation began in reference to a break-in in the area of Claridge Nursery Road, in which approximately $15,000 worth of property was stolen. As a result of this investigation, 34-year old Eric Alphin was arrested Thursday and charged with Breaking and/or Entering (F), Larceny After Breaking and/or Entering (F), (7) Counts of Obtaining Property…… read more »
