Press Releases

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.

The Rocky Mount Police Department, in collaboration with the United States Marshals Service and the North Carolina Department of Public Safety, will be conducting a media briefing Thursday, June 9 at 11:30 a.m.

Officials with the Department of Public Safety have requested that law enforcement look into the cause of death of an inmate at Caledonia Correctional Institution.

The first class of three assistance dogs trained by inmates through the “At Both Ends of the Leash” (ABEL) program at Franklin Correctional Center graduated today to be placed with people with disabilities.

WHAT: Governor’s Crime Commission Quarterly Meeting WHEN: Thursday, June 2, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Friday, June 3, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The North Carolina State Highway Patrol along with the Division of Law Enforcement Wildlife Resources Commission released the totals for “On the Road, On the Water, Don’t Drink and Drive” campaign for the period of Friday, May 28 through Monday, May 30. 

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.

Death row inmate Bernard Lamp #0946174 died this morning at Rex Hospital of apparent natural causes.    Lamp was convicted and sentenced to death in 2014 for the 2007 murder of Bonnie Lou Irvine in Iredell County.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice reports that a juvenile placed in its custody at the Edgecombe Youth Development Center failed to return to the facility today following an off-campus visit.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Daren Bruce as the new superintendent at Wilkes Correctional Center in North Wilkesboro.

The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Kevin Barnes as the new administrator at Warren Correctional Institution in Manson.

Fifty percent of the people ejected from a vehicle crash are killed, according to the commander of the North Carolina Highway Patrol, Colonel Bill Grey.

Governor Pat McCrory received recommendations from the Governor's Substance Abuse and Underage Drinking Prevention and Treatment Task Force today presented by Task Force co-chairman and ABC Commission Chairman Jim Gardner.

RALEIGH – The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Chandra Ransom as the new superintendent at Randolph Correctional Center in Asheboro.