Press Releases
On Nov. 11 at approximately 2 p.m. at Bertie Correctional Institution, a confrontation between two offenders -- Bernaldo Torres (#1169757) and Quentin Holloway (#1301100) -- occurred inside a housing unit. Both offenders involved in the assault were transported to a local hospital for evaluation and treatment of injuries received during this altercation. The incident is under internal investigation and local law enforcement was notified. DPS will cooperate with local law enforcement related to any criminal charges that may be filed.
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On Nov. 9 at approximately 7:55 a.m. at Columbus Correctional Institution, offender Gregory Adams, Jr. (#0668860) was assaulted and killed at the facility.
Adams, 35, was stabbed in the neck area. Medical staff responded quickly and worked with local EMS personnel in an attempt to resuscitate the offender. Adams was transported to a local medical facility, where he was pronounced deceased at 8:40 a.m.
Are you a renter who was forced out of your home by Hurricane Florence and initially was eligible for rental assistance from FEMA? Do you still need FEMA’s help? If you are still eligible, you need take only two steps to get the help you need:
• Complete a Declaration of Continuing Need for Rental Assistance. This is a legal document mailed to all rental grant recipients 15 days after the rental assistance grant is received. Survivors with additional housing needs must complete the Declaration.
Who: ReBuild North Carolina, North Carolina’s Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery Program for Hurricane Matthew
What: ReBuild NC will host a series of outreach events in Harnett County in the coming weeks, offering in-person assistance to Hurricane Matthew survivors who have not yet submitted a program application. Individuals are encouraged to dial 2-1-1 to schedule an appointment during an event with an application specialist who can assist them in completing their program application for assistance.
Inmate Brandon Lineberger (#1040661) died Friday morning at Pasquotank Correctional Institution after an apparent suicide. He was found unresponsive in his cell Thursday night at approximately 11:24 p.m. Prison medical staff and local paramedics responded and worked to resuscitate the inmate. He was pronounced dead at 12 a.m. this morning at the facility by EMS
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North Carolina’s Federal Disaster declaration has been amended to include FEMA Individual Assistance (IA) for three additional counties: Chatham, Durham and Guilford. Individuals and businesses are able to apply for disaster assistance for uninsured and underinsured damage and losses resulting from Hurricane Florence.
With the addition of these three counties, 34 counties have now been approved for FEMA IA.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Barney Owens as the new superintendent at Pamlico Correctional Institution in Bayboro.
Owens, 52, is a 24-year employee with the Department of Public Safety. He has spent the last 18 years at Pamlico CI after a promotion from Craven Correctional Institution to correctional lieutenant in 2000. He was promoted to captain in 2005, and then assistant superintendent of custody and operations in 2015.
Owens, a native of New Bern, has an associate degree in criminal justice from Craven Community College.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named William Glick as the new superintendent at Davidson Correctional Center in Lexington, a facility he once worked at as an assistant superintendent.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Bruce Hodges the new director of the Robeson Confinement in Response to Violation (CRV) Center in Lumberton.
Hodges, 54, had been the assistant director of the Robeson CRV since January 2015. Prior to that, he was in Community Corrections as a chief probation/parole officer, probation/parole officer and general instructor in Wake County.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Jeffery Daniels as the new superintendent at Wilkes Correctional Center in North Wilkesboro.
Daniels, 45, had been the Western Region Security Coordinator for the 18 facilities assigned to the region office in Valdese since January of 2015. He was responsible for security issues, Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) case tracking, and assisting the region director and operations manager.