Storm update
Prison visiting, community volunteer passes, home leaves and work release employment activities that were paused for the winter storm are scheduled to resume Tuesday, Jan. 27.
Press Releases
Governor Pat McCrory briefed citizens from the State Emergency Operations Center Friday morning on the response to the latest winter storm impacts. The governor urged residents and businesses to be safe and monitor local forecasts as the season’s first significant winter storm continues impacting North Carolina.
Ahead of a winter storm that will enter North Carolina Wednesday, Governor Pat McCrory has ordered state agencies to begin preparations for possible treacherous travel conditions.This afternoon, Department of Transportation crews began brining operations on interstates and major highways and their ramps, as well as bridges. Crews will resume the brining process after morning rush hour on Wednesday.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named two new prison administrators.
A man who had been on the run for 15 years after being charged in a fatal collision near Hickory was apprehended Friday in California, after the FBI located him living under an alias.Miguel Lopez Garcia was arrested Friday by Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies in Palmdale, CA after FBI analysts located him living there under the name Rene Zavala. Garcia disappeared shortly after a February 2000 accident on US 321 in Catawba County that killed Troy Setliff II of Conover.
Members of the North Carolina Emergency Management’s Helo-Aquatic Rescue Team, known as NC HART, rescued three stranded kayakers Sunday afternoon from the swollen Cape Fear River. The trio had gone kayaking Sunday morning but became stuck in the unusually high and turbulent river in the northeastern part of Lee County.
Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank Perry addressed attendees of the 10th Annual Eastern North Carolina Gang Conference held at the University of Mount Olive on Jan. 7.“We have a growing, serious gang problem,” Perry said. “Ninety percent of violent crime is caused by gangs.” However, Perry said that North Carolina is ahead of most states in being on top of the gang problem because of the technological resources in place, good law enforcement and dedicated community groups.
At approximately 2 p.m., on Wednesday, Jan. 6, a Highway Patrol trooper, who is a member of the FBI’s Safe Streets Task Force, attempted to make traffic stop for an equipment violation on 17th St. near Medical Center Drive in Wilmington. The driver, Jacquez Oshea Hill, 17, of Wilmington, failed to stop and a short pursuit ensued.
At approximately 6:12 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 1, the State Highway Patrol responded to a head-on collision involving a Wake County deputy on Poole Road near the intersection of Grasshopper Road.
At approximately 6:12 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 1, the State Highway Patrol responded to a head-on collision involving a Wake County seputy on Poole Road near the intersection of Grasshopper Road.
Governor Pat McCrory announced that during the past year, inmates at state prisons and juveniles at a youth development center raised more than 35,800 pounds of fresh produce and donated it to local food banks and other service organizations as part of an ongoing initiative to fight hunger in local communities.
“DPS horticulture programs have yielded massive donations to feed low-income seniors and families across North Carolina, while teaching inmates valuable work and life skills they’ll need to turn their lives around,” said Governor McCrory.