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.

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.

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 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.

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

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.

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.

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.