Press Releases
FEMA and the state of North Carolina are announcing nearly $1.3 million to reimburse Brunswick County for public safety activities following Hurricane Florence.
FEMA previously approved more than $12.5 million for Brunswick County Hurricane Florence-related expenses. This funding brings the total to more than $13.8 million.
The State Highway Patrol will be on the roadways this holiday season looking to stop dangerous driving before potentially life changing collisions take place. The SHP joins roadway users across North Carolina in hopes of a safe and happy time for giving thanks with family and friends.
Offender Joshua A. Biby (#0636287) died this morning at Neuse Correctional Institution in an apparent suicide.
He was found unresponsive in his cell around 6:10 a.m. Local EMS responded and prison medical staff worked to resuscitate the offender, who was pronounced dead at the facility at 6:37 a.m.
Local law enforcement was notified and is conducting an investigation. The Department of Public Safety is cooperating fully in the investigation.
Escaped inmate Robert Terrell (#0579121) was arrested at about 2:20 a.m. Tuesday by Durham Police, assisted by correctional officers from the NC Department of Public Safety. He was stopped at Cornwallis Road and South Roxboro Street in Durham, driving a car stolen from his mother.
Terrell had left from his work release assignment in Durham Monday evening. He will face escape charges for escape and larceny of a vehicle.
The Department of Public Safety honored its most dedicated and outstanding employees on Nov. 19 during the department’s annual Badge of Excellence Awards Ceremony.
The State Highway Patrol honored the actions of several sworn and civilian members today during an awards ceremony held at the National Guard Joint Force Headquarters in Raleigh.
The venue began with an invocation provided by SHP Chaplain Phillip Bland. Following the invocation, Colonel Glenn M. McNeill, Jr., addressed the award recipients, praising their heroic efforts while ensuring public safety.
Corrections and law enforcement officers are looking for Robert Terrell (#0579121) a minimum-security inmate from Orange Correctional Center who left from a work release assignment in Durham this evening
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kenneth Diggs as the new warden of the Albemarle Correctional Institution in Badin.
He had been the associate warden for custody/operations at the prison since 2016.
The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved more than $3.1 million to reimburse the City of Fayetteville for debris removal costs following Hurricane Florence.
More than 176,000 cubic yards of vegetation—enough to fill more than 12,500 dump trucks—and 36 tons of other storm-related debris were collected throughout the city. Funds for this project cover work completed from Sept. 13, 2018 through Feb. 15, 2019.