Tuesday, May 14, 2024


Spray Paint Vandals Cause $6,200 In Damage

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Residents in one community are having to clean up their property after vandals caused extensive damage over-the-weekend.  Using florescent orange spray paint, the vandals...

Shoplifting Suspect Assaults Walmart Employee      

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A shoplifting suspect is being sought by law enforcement officers following an incident around 3:40pm Tuesday at Walmart at 5141 Highway 42 West in...

Items Stolen From Johnston County Heritage Center

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Law enforcement officers are investigating a theft uncovered at the Johnston County Heritage Center in Downtown Smithfield. The Heritage Center is a department of Johnston...

Christmas Morning Attempted Break-In Reported

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SMITHFIELD - Detectives are investigating an attempted business break-in reported Christmas morning. Around 5:20am Dec. 25, police responded to Cloud 9 Smoke Shop at...

Judge Orders Murder Suspect Held Without Bond

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An 18 year-old man charged with first degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon following last weekend's fatal drive-by shooting in the Cleveland...

Trooper Shoots At Driver Who Pointed Gun At Him

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The NC Highway Patrol says a trooper fired his gun during an incident on Interstate 40 early this morning (Wednesday).  At approximately 3:26 a.m.,...

Man Charged In Car Break-In Outside Walmart

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A 20 year-old man was arrested by Smithfield Police and held on a $10,000 bond after a car break-in was reported Saturday, Feb. 27th...

Suspect Apprehended In SECU Robbery

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DUNN - Dunn Police arrested a suspect minutes after a robbery was reported at the State Employees' Credit Union at 200 Tilghman Street. Around 10:40am...

Suspects Rob Smithfield Business

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Smithfield Police are searching for two suspects who robbed a clerk at a Smithfield business.  Officers responded to the armed robbery at 5:03PM Tuesday...

Arrest Of Kenly Man Solves Three Crimes

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JOHNSTON COUNTY - Sheriff's investigators have solved three separate crimes with the arrest of a Kenly man. Nathan Jon Weston Jr., of Old Route...