Press Releases

NCDAC foresees no further storm-related transfers

Today the NC Department of Adult Correction transferred 151 men from Craggy Correctional Center in Asheville to three other prisons, completing the movement of people from prisons in storm-impacted areas of Western North Carolina.

NCDAC evacuates more people from two western NC prisons

The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction today evacuated more than 800 offenders from another two prisons in storm-stricken western North Carolina.

Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution evacuated

The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction today evacuated more than 800 men incarcerated at Avery-Mitchell Correctional Institution in Spruce Pine.

Media Notification: Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission — Billy James

RE: Billy R. James 0204946

COUNTY AND COURT: Halifax County; Superior Court

CRIME AND SENTENCE: 85 CRS 12712 Murder First Degree; Life
85 CRS 12713 Armed Robbery; 25 Years
85 CRS 12714 AWDWWITKISI; 10 Years

CONVICTION DATE: November 6, 1986

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Media Notification: Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission — Timothy Smith

RE: Timothy D. Smith 0380277 

COUNTY AND COURT: Cumberland County; Superior Court

CRIME AND SENTENCE: 91 CRS 38765 Murder First Degree; Life

CONVICTION DATE: July 10, 1992

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Media Notification: Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission — Timothy D. Smith

RE: Timothy D. Smith 0380277 

COUNTY AND COURT: Cumberland County County; Superior Court

CRIME AND SENTENCE: 91 CRS 38765 Murder First Degree;; Life

CONVICTION DATE: July 10, 1986

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Media Notification: Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission — Bruce Clements

RE: Bruce A. Clements 0078830

COUNTY AND COURT: Mecklenburg County; Superior Court

CRIME AND SENTENCE: 93 CRS 32040 Rape First Degree; Life
93 CRS 32038 Sexual Offense First Degree
93 CRS 32039 Kidnapping First Degree

CONVICTION DATE: November 10, 1993

Media Notification: Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission — Moshesh Gooding

RE: Moshesh Gooding 0473034

COUNTY AND COURT: Mecklenburg County; Superior Court

CRIME AND SENTENCE: 93 CRS 79793 Second Degree Murder; Life

CONVICTION DATE: December 19, 1994

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Two correctional facilities in Western NC evacuated

Approximately 400 offenders from Western Correctional Center for Women in Swannanoa and the Black Mountain Substance Abuse Treatment Center for Women in Black Mountain were temporarily relocated to other state correctional facilities for women.

Media Notification: Post-Release Supervision and Parole Commission - Charles Lemmons

RE: Charles L. Lemmons 0238559

COUNTY AND COURT: Forsyth County; Superior Court

CRIME AND SENTENCE: 89 CRS 8926 Murder First Degree; Life
89 CRS 10804 Burglary First Degree; 40 Years
89 CRS 10805 Arson First Degree; 10 Years

CONVICTION DATE: July 8, 1993