Crime
Multi-State Organized Retail Theft Ring Busted
Police in Goldsboro announced today three arrests for the theft of $8,000 in electronics taken recently from the Target store on Sunburst Drive. On April 17th, three suspects assaulted a…
Man Shot Outside Benson Area Home
BENSON – A man was shot today outside his southern Johnston County home. The shooting happened around Noon in the Twin Pines Mobile Home Park on Tarheel Road off Highway…
Arrests Made In Wendy’s Restaurant Drive-Thru Murder Investigation
DUNN – Police in Dunn have made two arrests following the murder of a man inside his car in the drive-thru of Wendy’s Restaurant at 594 E. Jackson Boulevard. At…
Man Hospitalized With Gunshot Wound Now Charged With Murder
A suspect has been arrested in connection with the weekend murder of a Benson man. Zachary Tyler Johnson, 23, of Raeford Road, Angier was arrested earlier today on a first-degree…
Suspect Charged With Indecent Exposure Incidents Outside Walmart
A Smithfield man has been charged with three counts of indecent exposure for incidents that occurred at a busy Clayton shopping center. A customer at the Clayton Walmart reported seeing…
Update: Charges Filed In Fatal Smithfield Traffic Accident
Smithfield Police have filed charges against a motorist they say caused a deadly crash last week on W. Market Street (US 70) at Durwood Stephenson Highway. Elvia Santiago, 32, of…
Johnston County House Fire Ruled Arson
PRINCETON – Investigator say a fire that heavily damaged an eastern Johnston County home was intentionally set. The Brogden, Princeton and Pine Level Fire Departments responded Friday evening to a…
Footballs Stuffed With Contraband Intercepted At State Prison
Cellphones, drugs, chargers and cigarettes were stuffed into footballs hurled over the prison-wire fence in Lillington last week, but the pass was intercepted. Contraband — meant for inmates at Harnett…
Arrest Made In Salvation Army Break-In
An arrest has been made in connection with a break-in and larceny reported April 8th at the Salvation Army Thrift Store located at 309 E. Holly Street in Goldsboro. Goldsboro…
Benson Man Killed In Shooting
LILLINGTON – A 31 year-old Benson man was killed and another person injured Saturday afternoon in Harnett County. Sheriff Wayne Coats said the incident happened around 4:00pm at 15 Cater…
Pair Charged In Murder Of High School Senior
First-degree murder charges have been filed against two suspects in the shooting death of a Harnett County high school senior. Eighteen year-old Iyania A. Rhone was asleep in her home…
Former Pastor Facing Additional Charges
The former pastor of a Four Oaks church was arrested on additional charges today. Stephen Arthur Morris was originally charged on July 5, 2019 for allegedly sexually assaulting a juvenile…
