Press Releases

Statement from Department of Public Safety Secretary Frank L. Perry Regarding Last Week’s Trooper Involved Shooting in Charlotte   “Any loss of life regardless of the circumstances is truly a tragic and sad event for all involved.

Greene County sheriff's deputies captured escaped inmate Waylon Flynn at about 8:30 this morning in the woods just a few miles from Greene Correctional Center.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice will host an open house at the Western Area Multipurpose Juvenile Crisis and Assessment Center in Asheville.

Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking inmate Waylon Flynn #1321919, who escaped tonight from Greene Correctional Center.

A juvenile committed through the juvenile justice system to the custody of the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice and placed at the Edgecombe Youth Development Center has failed to return from an 8-hour leave with his family.   

The potential for a sex offender to contact a child through gaming and social media sites like Xbox, Wii, Kik or Snapchat is as real in rural Halifax County as anywhere in the country. 

The State Highway Patrol responded to a one-vehicle fatal collision on I-40 west near the Jones Sausage Exit.  

Over the past two years, North Carolina has improved 18-spots in Wallet Hub's rankings of the quality of education in all 50 states, breaking through to the top-20 best schools in the country.

Gov. Pat McCrory announced today that financial assistance is available for survivors of the severe storms and floods that struck the Triangle area ten days ago. On July 16, a summer squall swept across the central part of the state dumping two to nine inches of rain within several hours.

Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking inmate Jason Strickland, who escaped this morning by leaving a Department of Transportation highway crew working on Old Salisbury Rd. in Wilkes County.

Escaped inmate Stephen Singleton was captured this evening by New Hanover County sheriff's deputies. Singleton was driving a stolen vehicle and was injured when it crashed.  

The Granville County Sheriff’s Department and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety are seeking inmate Stephen Hicks #0690465, who escaped from custody today.  After a court appearance in Oxford, Hicks escaped while in transit between the courthouse and the Granville County Detentio

WHAT:        The North Carolina Boundary Commission was established to coordinate with partners in South Carolina to minimize jurisdictional conflicts caused by the uncertain location of the joint state

One law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty somewhere in the United States every 61 hours, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund. More than 20,000 U.S. law enforcement officers have made the ultimate sacrifice since 1791.

Corrections and law enforcement officers are seeking inmate Stephen Singleton who escaped from New Hanover Correctional Center this morning.  Singleton was discovered missing after a 5 a.m. count and is believed to have scaled a fence to leave the prison.