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Officials with the Department of Public Safety have requested that law enforcement look into the cause of death of an inmate at Alexander Correctional Institution.Prison officials and law enforcement investigate inmate death at Alexander Correctional

  MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: 9th Annual North Carolina Division of Emergency Management – Department of Defense Disaster Preparedness Summit

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol responded to a fatal collision this morning involving a Columbus County Deputy just outside the town of Chadbourn, N.C.  

Eight state police and highway patrol agencies spent Friday, June 10, 2016, through Sunday, June 12, 2016, enforcing Operation Border to Border along approximately 791 miles of U.S. Route 15 in an effort to prevent traffic crashes along the heavily-traveled corridor.

A two-day initiative named “Operation Safe Summer,” focusing on offenders with outstanding warrants , gang and drug violations, and the compliance of high-risk offenders on probation and parole supervision, resulted in the arrest of 69 individuals, the service of more than 144 warrants, and 296 c

Local, state and federal law enforcement and corrections personnel joined forces this week in a two-day joint operation in Alamance County called Operation Summer Slam that resulted in seven arrests and numerous charges.   During the operation, 45 officers and inves

At approximately 3 a.m., on Monday, June 20, 2016, the State Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle collision one-mile north of Rolesville.  

When Korean War veteran Pete Meletis learned U.S. military veterans living under bridges in Statesville and Mooresville with no food and no hope, he was so appalled that he resolved to rectify the situation.

State and local law enforcement officials have apprehended a juvenile who on May 29 failed to return to secure custody at the Edgecombe Youth Development Center, following an off-campus visit. Officials with the Rocky Mount Police Department took the juvenile identifi

The North Carolina state prison system is ending the use of solitary confinement for its youngest inmates and introducing a new youthful offender program to focus on the needs of young people serving sentences in the adult prison system.

The Department of Public Safety and Windsor Police Department are investigating the death of an inmate following a fight Friday night at Bertie Correctional Institution.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named LaQreshia A. Bates-Harley as Chief Court Counselor in Judicial District 1, comprised of Camden, Chowan, Currituck, Dare, Gates, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties. Bates-Harley assumed this post in May.

A two-day initiative named Operation Big Show focusing on the compliance of high-risk offenders on probation and parole supervision resulted in the arrest of 54 individuals and the service of more than 100 warrants. 

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Sonynia L. Leonard as Chief Court Counselor in Judicial District 6, comprised of Halifax, Northampton, Bertie and Hertford counties. Leonard assumed this post earlier this year.

Just as the summer vacation begins for thousands of students and families up and down the east coast, state troopers from North Carolina, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Virginia will once again engage in Operation Border to Border.