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The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kevin Barnes as the new administrator at Warren Correctional Institution in Manson.
Barnes is a 28-year corrections veteran who most recently served as the assistant superintendent for custody and operations at Nash Correctional Institution. He began his career as a correctional officer at the old Polk Youth Center in Raleigh and has served in staff and supervisory positions at seven state prison facilities. He has also served as a leader on a regional Prison Emergency Response Team.
Fifty percent of the people ejected from a vehicle crash are killed, according to the commander of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Colonel Bill Grey.
“Wearing your seat belt is the single most effective action to protect yourself in a crash,” Grey said at the annual Click It or Ticket press conference held May 23 at the Highway Patrol training track. “Click It or Ticket, every seat, every time. It’s the Law.”
Governor Pat McCrory received recommendations from the Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force today presented by Task Force co-chairman and ABC Commission Chairman Jim Gardner. In attendance were task force members and representatives from the ABC Commission, law enforcement, education and research, the North Carolina Parent Teachers Association (PTA), the Center for Safer Schools and advocates.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kristie Stanback as the new superintendent at Hoke Correctional Institution in McCain. Stanback is a 20-year corrections veteran who most recently served as assistant superintendent for custody and operations at Hoke CI.
RALEIGH – The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Chandra Ransom as the new superintendent at Randolph Correctional Center in Asheboro.
Ransom is a 22-year corrections veteran who most recently served as assistant superintendent at Forsyth Correctional Center in Winston-Salem. She started her career as a correctional officer at Sandhills Youth Center. She replaces former superintendent Tim Willis who transferred to Dan River Prison Work Farm.
The State Highway Patrol is looking for the driver of the vehicle in the video accessible at this website: http://www2.ncdps.gov/index2.cfm?a=000002,003304. Steven Markel McGregor, 23, of 525 Love Grove Church Road, West End, was killed in an apparent hit and run accident that occurred Friday morning, May 20, on N.C. Route 211 in front of West End Elementary School. The approximate time of the crash was 4:30 a.m.
A State Trooper is being credited with arresting a murder suspect wanted in the death of a Durham Store Clerk on April 27, 2016.At approximately 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2016, a trooper was on patrol when he observed a Ford passenger vehicle run a stop light on C Street in Butner. As the trooper initiated a traffic stop, the vehicle slowed and then sped off. The vehicle was reported stolen out of Greensboro. After a short pursuit, the vehicle eventually crashed at the intersection on Veasay Road and Old Oxford Highway and the driver fled on foot.
State, federal and local law enforcement and public safety agencies joined forces Thursday in Carteret County for Operation Arrow, seeking wanted fugitives and absconders from probation or parole and conducting searches to ensure compliance of high risk offenders on supervision.
Inmate Steven Haas #0519426 was found unresponsive in his Central Prison cell just before midnight, after an apparent suicide. He was declared dead at Central Prison’s medical center a short time later.
Correctional Officers from Bertie Correctional Institution pulled an American Eagle jet 25 feet in 7.85 seconds, making them the grand champions of the annual fundraising plane pull for Special Olympics at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The Smokey Bears from the State Highway Patrol took second place with a time of 8:06 seconds.Photo above:Back Row, the Bertie CI team from left are: Sgt. Timothy Sanders, Capt. Kevin Staton, Capt. John Swain, Sgt. James Leigh and Correctional Officer Rochelle Gaskins.