Press Releases
State prison inmates are getting some valuable on the job training at the National Guard Joint Force Headquarters dining facility that is hoped to be a recipe for success. The inmates are taking part in the Department of Public Safety's food and nutrition service assistant apprenticeship program. The National Guard and the department teamed up to offer breakfast and lunch meals for purchase by soldiers, state and federal employees that work in the Joint Force Headquarters (JFHQ.)
Media Advisory: Meeting of Governor’s Task Force on Safer Schools Set for Next Wednesday in RaleighSteering Committees Meet on Tuesday, April 5 WHAT: The Governor’s Task Force on Safer Schools provides guidance to the N.C. Center for Safer Schools and considers future policy and legislative action that is needed to improve school safety in North Carolina. WHEN: Wednesday, April 6, 2016; 10 a.m. – 2:15 p.m. WHERE: N.C. Department of Public Safety
The State Highway Patrol has charged the driver involved in last Tuesdays fatal collision that resulted in the death of Michelle Simone Barlow, 42, of Wake Forest.Donald Wayne Caulder Jr., 29, of Laurinburg was taken into custody by the State Highway Patrol on Tuesday, March 29th in Scotland County and was charged with Misdemeanor Death by a Motor Vehicle and Failure to Reduce Speed. He was later released under a written promise to appear at his scheduled Wake County court date of Tuesday, June 28, 2016.
The North Carolina State Highway Patrol has identified the trooper involved in the Sunday, March 27th fatal shooting that occurred at Club Aries located near the intersection of Suttontown Road and Poole Road in Lenoir County.
Winston Sherif Richards, 40, a citizen of Jamaica, appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, announced Jill Westmoreland Rose, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. U.S. Magistrate Judge David S. Cayer presided over today’s plea hearing.
On Sunday, March 27, 2016 at approximately 2:15 a.m., a trooper responded to a call for assistance by the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office involving a shooting that had occurred at Club Aries located near the intersection of Suttontown Road and Poole Road.
UPDATE: March 28 1:08 am
Inmate Terrance Allen is back in custody after returning to the facility on his own a short time ago.
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Prison emergency response teams and local law enforcement are searching for escaped inmate Terrance Allen (#0005162). A minimum custody inmate, Allen was last seen on his work release assignment in Wilmington at approximately 7:40 p.m. Sunday.
At approximately 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, March 22, 2016, the State Highway Patrol responded to a four vehicle rear end collision on US 1 near Circle Drive just south of Wake Forest.
For the second time in six months North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM) is helping their neighbors recover from devastating storms. As part of a national compact for disaster relief efforts, an NCEM manager has traveled north to help Virginia recover from February’s deadly storms and tornadoes. Last fall, the state sent hundreds of emergency workers, bottled water, road barricades and search teams to help South Carolina recover from historic flooding.
Throughout North Carolina, hundreds of sexual predators are using the internet to target and solicit children – requesting nude pictures or to meet for sex. To help locate and prosecute these sexual deviants, Gov. Pat McCrory secured $1.6 million in state grants in his recent budget. State legislators earmarked $600,000 for the 2015-16 fiscal year and $1 million for 2016-17. Grants will pay for salaries and training of investigators and forensic analysts, and for technology to locate and rescue children.