Press Releases
UPDATE:
Attention All News Directors and Editors:
The State Highway Patrol has charged the tour bus driver, Eric Jimmerson, 23, of New York, N.Y. with the following charges:
Update:
Attention All News Directors & Editors:
The State Highway Patrol has charged the driver,
Kanak Singh, 28, of Raleigh, N.C.,
with the following charges as a result of the fatal collision that occurred on Monday, August 3, 2015 on I-540 near the Wake/Durham county line:
On Sunday August 2 at approximately 4:20 a.m., the State Highway Patrol responded to a collision on I-95 near mile marker 82. A tour bus operated by by Eric Jimmerson, 23, New York, NY, was traveling south on I-95. Mr. Jimmerson traveled off onto the right shoulder and struck a guard rail. The bus then crossed both southbound lanes into the median, traveling south in the north bound travel lanes where the driver of the bus was ejected.
Update: Escaped offender Jamie Parrish is back in custody. He was arrested at about 7:15 this morning by deputies from the Robeson County Sheriffs Office at a WalMart store in Pembroke.
Corrections and law enforcement officers are searching for Jamie Parrish who escaped from the Robeson CRV Center tonight. He was discovered missing shortly after 10 p.m.
Parrish, 40, was serving a 90-day period of confinement in response to a violation of his post-release supervision.
What:
National Guard and Active Duty exercise focused on air to ground integration.
When:
Saturday, August 1, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Where:
Multiple sites on Fort Bragg, meet up at Stryker Golf Course, Bldg. K-1219 Bragg Blvd. (between Knox Street & Gruber Road).
Media Contact on Site:
Lt. Col Robert Bumgardner, Cell: (919) 612-9712
School officials, emergency managers and first responders at the state and county level are partnering to safeguard North Carolina’s public schools from all types of threats ranging from floods to tornadoes, fire, chemical spills or an even an active assailant.
School and safety officials have spent the past year developing detailed schematics of every public school facility in the state to provide emergency workers with the necessary information to respond to emergencies at any school.
The North Carolina National Guard celebrated the service and sacrifices made by the veterans of the 30th Infantry Division “Old Hickory” during a Veteran Recognition Day, at the Joint Force Headquarters July 24.
More than 20 WWII 30th Infantry Division veterans from across the country celebrated the service of the soldiers and the sacrifices of their families during WWII. The unit exemplified the dedication and patriotism of the Citizen-Soldier during WWII.
North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement special agents arrested a man this morning on alcohol and weapon violations following an early Sunday morning raid at an illegal nightclub in Bladenboro.
ALE agents and deputies from the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office raided The Honey Hole, 88 Spivey and Currie Drive, Bladenboro, after receiving numerous citizen complaints.
Following a 12-month investigation, North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement special agents arrested six people today in Bladen County on drug trafficking and alcohol violations.
Special agents raided a home at 1966 Tar Heel Ferry Road, White Oak, and seized 16.4 grams of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, $111 in U.S. currency and non-tax paid alcoholic beverages.
In addition, during the year-long investigation, ALE agents seized 202 dosage units of opiates and 24 dosage units of schedule IV, controlled substances, including diazepam and various amounts of illicit liquor.
A state probation officer is free on bond after her arrest on drug charges in Waynesville on Thursday.
Jill Rebecca Suddreth, 42, of Candler, was charged after she purchased what was represented to be 60 oxycodone tablets from an undercover officer. She was arrested by the State Bureau of Investigation Diversion and Environmental Crimes Unit and the DEA Tactical Diversion Unit.
Suddreth faces prosecution for conspiracy to commit a felony, solicitation to commit a felony, felonious possession of Adderal, simple possession of Soma and maintaining a vehicle.