Category Archives: Crime

Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest for Trafficking Illegal Narcotics

Traffic Stop Leads to Arrest for Trafficking Illegal Narcotics

A Goldsboro man has been arrested on multiple drug charges after a traffic stop led to the discovery of illegal narcotics. According to the report, ACE Team Deputies were working in the City Limits of Goldsboro when Deputies stopped a vehicle for a fictitious registration plate. During the course of the traffic stop, a K9…read more »

Sexual Assault Under Investigation

Sexual Assault Under Investigation

Goldsboro Police are investigating a sexual assault that occurred on Saturday. According to the report, on April 22, 2023, at approximately 5:45 a.m., officers with the Goldsboro Police Department were dispatched to a residence in the 700 block of Bain Street for a report of a sexual assault. Officers made contact with the female victim…read more »

Store Clerk Charged After Underage Driver Involved in Crash

Store Clerk Charged After Underage Driver Involved in Crash

A 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 County.…read more »

GPD:  Victim is Listed in Critical Condition

GPD: Victim is Listed in Critical Condition

Update The victim, Tyreik Jaheim Artis, is currently listed in critical condition At ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville. Members of the Investigative Services Bureau are still actively investigating this incident and will release additional information in the near future. Previous Story A man is in stable condition after he was shot on Harding Drive…read more »

Harding Drive Shooting Victim in Stable Condition

Harding Drive Shooting Victim in Stable Condition

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 »

Warsaw Man Wanted for Attempted Murder

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

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

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

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

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 »

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