Raleigh
Jun 14, 2023
Tyrrell Prison Work Farm offender Michael F. Crumbley (#0094464) has died from injuries sustained as a result of an assault by other offenders on June 9. Crumbley was pronounced deceased today at 1:33 a.m. at an outside medical facility.
The Tyrrell County Sheriff’s Department was notified and is investigating, as is the State Bureau of Investigation. The Department of Adult Correction is fully cooperating with those investigations and has launched an internal investigation.
Crumbley, 58, was serving a 12-year sentence for a 2018 conviction in Cleveland County as a habitual felon and drug possession. His projected release date was Jan. 7, 2026. He was a minimum custody offender at the prison in Columbia.