Press Releases

In accordance with Gov. Roy Cooper’s Executive Order 145, NCDPS is proactively working to promote positive relationships between law enforcement and communities to create a safer North Carolina.

Over the weekend, ALE conducted a joint operation with the North Carolina Wildlife Resource Commission and North Carolina State Parks which netted 18 arrests, 28 charges and the seizure of drugs, alcohol and a firearm.  

A Harnett Correctional Institution offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

A Scotland Correctional Institution offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

Yesterday, ALE charged a man from Elizabeth City after he hosted an illegal party where a patron was shot and killed. 

Yesterday, after a history of violence and a recent homicide at a Greensboro bar, the owner surrendered his ABC permits to ALE. 

A newly committed offender with pre-existing medical conditions, who tested positive for COVID-19, has died at a hospital.

A Greensboro bar raided, the owner charged and over 100 liters of alcohol were seized after an ALE investigation.

Following a homicide over the Labor Day weekend, a Greensboro bar owner has been criminally charged and surrendered his ABC permits to ALE special agents. 

An offender housed at Scotland Correctional Institution who tested positive for COVID-19 has died at the hospital as a result of pre-existing conditions complicated by COVID-19.