Category Archives: Crime

Positive Results After Jail’s First Year Of Substance Misuse Program

Positive Results After Jail’s First Year Of Substance Misuse Program

(GDN) — One year in, and Wayne County is seeing encouraging results from its Detention Center Substance Misuse Program.  Wayne County Jail Navigator Machelle Bass gave an update on the program at Tuesday’s county board meeting. There were a total of 110 participants during the first year of the program. One participant, who is expected…read more »

GPD Seeks Info On Vehicle Break-Ins

GPD Seeks Info On Vehicle Break-Ins

(GDN) — The Goldsboro Police Department is looking for information on a series of vehicle break-ins.  The GPD responded to several reports of theft from motor vehicles in several areas of the city on Sunday.  The officers conducted foot patrols in these areas and also found more vehicle entries that the owners had not yet…read more »

Suspect Found With Illegal Narcotics During Traffic Stop

Suspect Found With Illegal Narcotics During Traffic Stop

(GDN) — The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office reports it conducted a traffic stop for a motor vehicle violation in the northwest area of the county on December 21st. During the stop, illegal narcotics were allegedly found. 41-year-old Raymundo De La Cruz of Greenville was arrested for Felony Possession of Schedule II, Possession of Marijuana up…read more »

WCSO: Sex Offender Trespassed At W.A. Foster Center

WCSO: Sex Offender Trespassed At W.A. Foster Center

(GDN) — On December 17th, the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office received word of an aggravated sex offender that had trespassed on the property of the W.A. Foster Center. This was a violation of the Sex Offender Registry. The investigation by the sheriff’s office led to the arrest of 39-year-old Earl T. Mclean of Goldsboro for…read more »

Suspect Charged For Duplicating Child Pornography

Suspect Charged For Duplicating Child Pornography

On Wednesday, deputies with the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office arrested 49-year-old Kenneth Ray McCullen of Goldsboro on charges of duplicating child pornography. This investigation was initiated after a cybertip report was sent to the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation by the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children. This joint investigation was conducted by…read more »

Marijuana, Opiates Found During Kinston Traffic Stop

Marijuana, Opiates Found During Kinston Traffic Stop

(GDN) — Monday night, the Kinston Police Department pulled a vehicle over in its DDACTS (Data-Driven Approaches to Crime and Traffic Safety) zone.  During a search of the vehicle, officers reportedly discovered six pounds of marijuana, Oxycodone and Xanax pills, and three illegally-possessed firearms.  Two adults in the vehicle were arrested while juvenile petitions are…read more »

Suspect Accused Of Trafficking Opium

Suspect Accused Of Trafficking Opium

(GDN) — Bond is set at $1 million for a drug trafficking suspect.  Last week Tuesday, officers from the Goldsboro Police Department’s Housing and Selective Enforcement Units conducted a voluntary encounter with a vehicle at the Rosewood area Walmart.  The driver, Carl D. Johnson, gave officers consent to search the vehicle.  The search reportedly led…read more »

Suspect Accused Of Stealing Catalytic Converters

Suspect Accused Of Stealing Catalytic Converters

(GDN) — On December 9th, The Goldsboro Police Department responded to the 4200 block of Highway 70 East where a subject had been spotted inside a fenced area of a closed business.  The subject had fled the scene by the time officers arrived.  The investigation revealed the subject had cut three catalytic converters from three…read more »

Suspect Arrested For August Shooting Incident Near Berkeley Blvd.

Suspect Arrested For August Shooting Incident Near Berkeley Blvd.

(GDN) — A suspect is arrested for a summertime shooting in Goldsboro. The Goldsboro Police Department reports 30-year-old Demoris S.Thompson of Goldsboro was taken into custody Friday during a traffic stop. Thompson had been identified as a suspect in the August 11th “rolling shooting” in the area of Berkeley Boulevard. The incident ended in the…read more »

Juvenile Charged For Lenoir County Murder

Juvenile Charged For Lenoir County Murder

(GDN) — Just after 5 PM on Thursday, the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office was called to the 5900 block of Saint Thomas Court in Grifton for a reported shooting.  Deputies found 20-year-old Jy’Quavaion Daniels has been shot and killed.  A juvenile was found on the property and quickly taken into custody.  The crime scene investigation…read more »

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