WHAT: Governor’s Crime Commission Quarterly Meeting
WHEN: Thursday, June 2, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, June 3, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: Governor’s Crime Commission, First Floor Conference Room, 1201 Front St., Raleigh
PRESENTATIONS: Facial Recognition, Law Enforcement Applications and Veterans Transitional Housing Program in Iredell County.
Press Releases
Death row inmate Bernard Lamp #0946174 died this morning at Rex Hospital of apparent natural causes. Lamp was convicted and sentenced to death in 2014 for the 2007 murder of Bonnie Lou Irvine in Iredell County.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Daren Bruce as the new superintendent at Wilkes Correctional Center in North Wilkesboro.
Bruce is a 26-year corrections veteran who most recently served as assistant superintendent of custody and operations at Alexander Correctional Institution in Taylorsville. He began his career as a correctional officer in Alexander County and served many of his early years at Western Youth Institution. At Alexander CI, he served as a unit manager, special affairs captain, accreditation manager and PREA compliance manager.
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.