Press Releases
WHAT:
Governor’s Crime Commission Quarterly Meeting
WHEN:
Wednesday, Sept. 9 and Thursday, Sept, 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
WHERE:
Governor’s Crime Commission, First Floor Conference Room, 1201 Front St., Raleigh
The oath of office will be administered to three new members: Justin Brackett of Cleveland County, Joshua Hayes of Alamance County and Larry Procter of Guilford County.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named new leaders at five state prison facilities:
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice today introduced two clinicians who are assuming key leadership positions in the state prison mental and behavioral health system.
North Carolina National Guard Citizen-Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 120th Infantry Regiment returned to North Carolina via the Onslow County airport Sept. 2 after serving a year in the Middle East as part of Operation Spartan Shield.
Two Alamance County men were arrested today on felony prostitution charges. A third man was not located but felony warrants for his arrest are currently outstanding. After the arrests, searches of three residences were conducted in relation to the criminal charges. The warrants for both the arrests and related searches were obtained by agents of the State Bureau of Investigation.
“While this hurricane season has been quiet on the East Coast, Tropical Storm Erika reminds us we must be ready for all types of disasters at any given moment,”
Governor McCrory said.
“Now is the time to get your emergency kits together, talk with your family and practice what to do when an emergency strikes.”
Update Aug. 28, 12:10 p.m.
The State Highway Patrol has identified all occupants involved in Thursday’s collision that occurred on Thanksgiving Fire Department Road in Johnston County:
Driver –
Fermin Rodriguez Jr., 16, of Zebulon, NC
Front Right Seat Passenger –
Jovanny Vargas, 16, of Selma, NC
Back Left Seat Passenger –
Sergio Garcia, 15, of Zebulon, NC
Inmate Dominique Worrell, 26, was found dead at Southern Correctional Institution this afternoon, the subject of an apparent suicide.
Officers found Worrell unresponsive, hanging in her cell just before 3 p.m. today. Prison medical staff and local EMS responded but were unable to revive her. She was pronounced dead at 3:24 p.m.
UPDATE: Escaped inmate Brandon Brim was captured at about 2 a.m. Monday in Winston Salem by Wake Forest University Police as he was attempting to break into cars.
Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking inmate Brandon Brim, a minimum-custody inmate, who escaped from Forsyth Correctional Center in Winston-Salem around 10 p.m. tonight.
Brim, 28, is white male, serving approximately 7 years for habitual breaking and entering. He may attempt to travel to Davidson or Randolph counties or seek assistance from people he knows in those areas.
A new correctional cadet program that leads to a career path with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety is launching in Bertie County Schools, developed jointly by the school system, community leaders, the Governor’s Office and the Department of Public Safety.