Press Releases

Pazuzu Algarad, 36, a pre-trial inmate facing murder charges in Forsyth County, was found unresponsive in his Central Prison cell during a regular count shortly after 3 a.m. today.

Highway Patrol ended its Operation Stop Arm campaign on Friday, Oct. 23. The campaign which began on Monday, Oct. 19 was focused on promoting traffic safety around North Carolina schools, school buses and school bus stops.

Inmates at several state prisons across North Carolina raised approximately 16,250 pounds of fresh produce and donated it to local food banks, community pantries and social service organizations this year as part of the Combating Hunger project launched last spring.

Twenty five individuals were arrested for drug violations tonight, after multiple law enforcement personnel executed three search warrants at ABC mixed beverages licensed establishments.

MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT: Harris Nuclear Plant Exercise WHERE: State Emergency Operations Center, Raleigh Wake County Emergency Operations Center, Raleigh

WHAT: The task force created to design a comprehensive strategic plan to improve the successful reintegration of juveniles into the community following their contact with the juvenile justice system is scheduled to meet in Raleigh on Monday.

What: 440th Army Band, NCNG personnel and military vehicles will participate in the parade and military appreciation day festivities.

In support of Operation Stop Arm week the State Highway Patrol will be aggressively enforcing stop arm violations and other traffic violations in and around school zones. The operation will be conducted from 6 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 19 through Fri., Oct. 23.

Attention All News Editors: On Friday, October 16, 2015 at 2:39 p.m. a SUV was traveling north on I-95. The operator of the SUV lost control near the 47 mm, traveled off the roadway to the left, and struck a tree within the median.

TO: News Directors, Editors FROM: Lt. Jeff Gordon, Public Information Officer RE: State Fair Traffic Alert

MEDIA ADVISORY WHAT:                       State Emergency Response Commission Meeting

TO: News Directors, Editors FROM: Sergeant Michael Baker RE: State Highway Patrol and Department of Public Instruction Combine Efforts In Conducting Operation Stop Arm during the Week of October 19th – 23rd

The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded a $1.75 million grant to the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice to enhance transitional services for inmates as they prepare to leave prison.

Governor McCrory today lifted the State of Emergency that was declared October 1 for all 100 counties.

The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, the Mount Gilead Police Department and the Troy Police Department joined resources with the North Carolina Alcohol Law Enforcement Branch to conduct an undercover operation in Montgomery County.  This operation was the result of citizen complaints rega