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Pitt County man behind bars, charged with raping a child
PITT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A Pitt County man is behind bars after being charged with child sex crimes stemming from 2023. The Pitt County jail records show 34-year-old Matthew Mills, of Grimesland, was arrested Sunday by the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office for a crime on December 1st, 2023.
Man wanted after woman, child assaulted in North Carolina, officials say
WASHINGTON, N.C. (WNCT) — Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office are looking for a suspect after responding to a domestic assault call Friday in Washington. Law enforcement responded to a home in Cherry Road Estates and found a female and child younger than 12 years old had been assaulted with weapons. The suspect, 31-year-old […]
Pedestrian killed in Beaufort County crash, law enforcement investigating
BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — North Carolina State Highway Patrol Troopers responded to a fatal hit-and-run vehicle crash involving a pedestrian Friday night on U.S. Highway 17 in Beaufort County. It happened around 6:30 a.m. at the intersection of Possum Track Road, according to the N.C. State Highway Patrol. The pedestrian was pronounced dead and […]
Cyber outage causes chaos, passengers delayed at OAJ
Hours-long delays out of Charlotte and Atlanta due to the cyber outage have trickled down to impact some of the smaller airports of Eastern North Carolina. OAJ was not hit with any technical issues, which means it's 'business as usual' for the employees. It's a little bit of a different...
DWI Roundup: Ayden woman charged with hitting parked car
Ayden police charged a woman with driving while impaired after a wreck near her residence, reports said. Officers responded to the wreck about 3:30 p.m. on June 23 at the intersection of Magellan Court and Snow Hill Street. Almissa Renee Phillips, 39, of 4468 Magellan Court, Ayden, was identified as the driver of a car that crashed into a parked vehicle. When Ayden Police Department officers responded to the scene,...
Law enforcement seeks help to locate missing man, last seen in Grimesland
PITT COUNTY, NC — Have you seen Jimmy Ray Dixon Jr?. Pitt County officials are seeking the public's help in locating a missing man who was last seen on Sunday, July 14 in the Grimesland area. Dixon Jr. is described as a 50-year-old bald male with brown eyes. He...
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