(GDN) — The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of the latest phone scam. According to the sheriff’s office, multiple people have received a phone call from 252-468-0204. The caller identifies themselves as being with the Kinston Professional Firefighters Association or the Lenoir County Volunteer Firemens Association. The person asks for credit card numbers…… read more »
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LCSO: Scam Caller Using Firefighter Groups To Solicit Funds
Vehicle Leaves Scene After Striking Pedestrian On E. Ash Street
(GDN) — The Goldsboro Police Department is seeking the public’s help in solving a hit-and-run. Around 7 PM on Saturday, the 28-year-old victim was walking along the 3800 block of E. Ash Street when he was struck by a vehicle east of Piedmont Airline Road. The suspect vehicle continued traveling west on E. Ash Street. …… read more »
Second Arrest Made In Fatal Kinston Shooting
(GDN) — Another arrest is made in a Kinston homicide. The Kinston Police Department reports 19-year-old Maleak Smith of Kinston was arrested in Greenville on Thursday. Smith faces a charge of Murder and two counts of Attempted Murder for his alleged role in Wednesday’s shooting on the 500 block of Mitchell Street. 14-year-old Michael Mills…… read more »
UPDATE: Suspect Arrested For Wednesday Night Shooting In Kinston
(GDN) — One person is dead and two others are injured following a shooting in Kinston. Around 8:45 PM on Wednesday, the Kinston Police Department responded to the incident on the 500 block of Mitchell Street where officers found three subjects had been shot. One of the victims, a 14-year-old juvenile, had passed away due…… read more »
GPD Seeks Info On Hit & Run That Injured Juvenile Bicyclist
(GDN) — A bicyclist is sent to the hospital following a hit-and-run in Goldsboro. Around 10 PM on Tuesday, the Goldsboro Police Department responded to the accident on W. Grantham Street near Elizabeth Street and the I-795 interchange. A 16-year-old from Pikeville was riding their bicycle when they were struck by an unknown vehicle and…… read more »
Sheriff’s Office Investigating Seven Springs Shooting That Left One Injured
(GDN) — Just before 7 PM on Thursday, the Wayne County 911 Center received a call reporting a female suffering from a gunshot wound. The female was inside her residence on the 1600 block of Pineview Cemetery Road in Seven Springs when someone fired a gun into the residence from outside. Wayne County Sheriff’s deputies…… read more »
KPD: Suspect Arrested For 2015 Murder
(GDN) — Kinston Police make an arrest in a 2015 homicide. The KPD reports, last week, it received information on the May 31st, 2015 murder of Timothy Nobles. Investigators obtained an arrest warrant on 32-year-old Marquez Outlaw of Kinston for his alleged involvement in the homicide. Outlaw was arrested on Friday, January 14 for the…… read more »
Highway Patrol Seeks Info On Jan. 14 Hit & Run
On Friday, January 14 at 9:19 pm, Troop C, District 2 members responded to the scene of a pedestrian hit and run collision involving a serious injury on NC 55 near Townsend Road in southern Wayne County. The investigation revealed that a female pedestrian was walking along NC 55 near Townsend Road when she was…… read more »
MOPD Officer Released From Hospital, Chase Suspect Identified
MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. (AP) — A Mount Olive police officer who was hurt when she crashed her vehicle while chasing a hijacking suspect has been released from the hospital. Police Chief Jason Hughes said officers were called to the Walmart in Mount Olive on Saturday to deal with a suspicious person. Police said when they…… read more »
Mount Olive Officer Injured During Police Chase
(GDN) — A late Saturday afternoon chase involving a stolen Mount Olive Police vehicle ended with the suspect being caught and one officer injured. The Mount Olive Police officer crashed their patrol car at the intersection of U.S. 117 and the I-40 connector. According to Mount Olive Police Chief Jason Hughes, several police officers were…… read more »
