A State Trooper is being credited with arresting a murder suspect wanted in the death of a Durham Store Clerk on April 27, 2016.At approximately 12:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 15, 2016, a trooper was on patrol when he observed a Ford passenger vehicle run a stop light on C Street in Butner. As the trooper initiated a traffic stop, the vehicle slowed and then sped off. The vehicle was reported stolen out of Greensboro. After a short pursuit, the vehicle eventually crashed at the intersection on Veasay Road and Old Oxford Highway and the driver fled on foot.
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State, federal and local law enforcement and public safety agencies joined forces Thursday in Carteret County for Operation Arrow, seeking wanted fugitives and absconders from probation or parole and conducting searches to ensure compliance of high risk offenders on supervision.
Inmate Steven Haas #0519426 was found unresponsive in his Central Prison cell just before midnight, after an apparent suicide. He was declared dead at Central Prison’s medical center a short time later.
Correctional Officers from Bertie Correctional Institution pulled an American Eagle jet 25 feet in 7.85 seconds, making them the grand champions of the annual fundraising plane pull for Special Olympics at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. The Smokey Bears from the State Highway Patrol took second place with a time of 8:06 seconds.Photo above:Back Row, the Bertie CI team from left are: Sgt. Timothy Sanders, Capt. Kevin Staton, Capt. John Swain, Sgt. James Leigh and Correctional Officer Rochelle Gaskins.
UPDATE: 5/1/2016 5:06 p.m. The State Prison Emergency Response Team has captured escapee William Bailey. He was caught in Winston-Salem without incident around 4:00 p.m. with the assistance of local law enforcement. Bailey now faces escape charges.
Inmate Lori Pote #1459850 was reportedly found ill in her bed at approximately 2:30 this morning at North Carolina Correctional Institution for Women. Pote was transported to a local hospital where she was later declared dead, the result of an apparent suicide.The State Capitol Police Department is investigating the death.Pote, 52, was serving 24 years for multiple counts of embezzlement. She has been in prison since April 2015.Media inquiries should be addressed to Pamela.Walker@ncdps.gov.# # #
Governor Pat McCrory has proclaimed May 1-7, 2016 as Correctional Officers and Prison Employees Appreciation Week.
The State Highway Patrol is investigating a two vehicle collision on I-95 north in Johnston County near the I-40 interchange that resulted in one fatality
UPDATE: 4/27/2016 1 pm Department of Public Safety fugitive officers and canines captured escaped inmate Devin Brown shortly after 12 pm today in a wooded area in Landis NC, in Rowan County. Brown had escaped from the minimum security unit at Brown Creek Correctional Institution in Polkton about 12 hours earlier.
Inmate Tony Davis #0985653 was found unresponsive in his cell at approximately 5:00 this morning at Lanesboro Correctional Institution. Prison medical staff and paramedics were unable to revive him and he was later declared dead, the result of an apparent suicide. The Polkton Police Department is investigating the death. Davis, 26, was serving 40 years for second degree murder. He has been in prison since June 2014. He was sentenced for the May 2013 shooting death of Christian Tobias McLean, 25, in Raleigh.