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UPDATE: Kinston police identify suspects tied to Dollar General theft
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (88+ words) The city of Kinston reported a significant drop in overall crime according to its newly released 2025 annual report, but the data also shows the city is facing a sharp increase in shootings. UPDATE: Kinston police identify suspects tied to Dollar…...
Deputies report officer-involved shooting overnight in Nash County
9+ hour, 55+ min ago (84+ words) NASH COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - An officer-involved shooting was reported overnight, according to the Nash County Sheriff's Office. Around 12:15 a.m., deputies say they were on the scene of a situation that resulted in an officer-involved shooting outside of Nashville. Deputies say there is…...
Officer Involved Nash Shooting
18+ hour, 10+ min ago (70+ words) The city of Kinston reported a significant drop in overall crime according to its newly released 2025 annual report, but the data also shows the city is facing a sharp increase in shootings. Officer Involved Nash Shooting Kinston Police Department releases…...
Grifton man convicted on federal drug and gun charges
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (198+ words) GRIFTON, N.C. (WITN) - A federal jury convicted a Grifton man for conspiracy to sell and selling cocaine and crack and possessing guns as a convicted felon, and while selling crack. Kevin Eure, also known as "Boo Dro," 37, was found guilty of…...
Man wanted in shooting arrested after car chase in Pasquotank County
3+ day, 55+ min ago (194+ words) PASQUOTANK COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Pasquotank County deputies say a man wanted in a shooting last month was arrested after a car chase Sunday night. Around 10:11 p.m., deputies tried to pull over a Jeep near Highways 158 and 17 for speeding and having a fake…...
UPDATE: Washington barricaded suspect is in custody
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (101+ words) WASHINGTON, N.C. (WITN) - A barricaded man was taken into custody Monday afternoon in Washington, the sheriff's office says. The Beaufort County Sheriff's Office says that deputies and officers with Washington police went to a home in the 2000 block of West 5th Street…...
Does Kinston’s mayor have a chief of staff? Apparently not
5+ day, 22+ hour ago (216+ words) KINSTON, N.C. (WITN) - Kinston's new mayor apparently doesn't have a chief of staff afterall. Yesterday, WITN was sent an email from Derrick Middleton, who claimed he was Kareem Moore's chief of staff. The email explained that interim city manager Steve Harrell…...
14-year-old student charged after social media post threatens two Nash County schools
6+ day, 18+ hour ago (68+ words) 14-year-old student charged after social media post threatens two Nash County schools'witn.com 14-year-old student charged after social media post threatens two Nash County schools Aurora man arrested following string of break-ins in Beaufort County Potential measles exposure after child…...
Former Illinois deputy sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing Sonya Massey
1+ week, 1+ hour ago (763+ words) Sean Grayson, who is white, was'convicted in October'of second-degree murder in a police brutality case that prompted protests over systemic racism and led to a U.S. Department of Justice inquiry. Grayson, 31, testified at trial that he feared Massey was about scald…...
WARRANTS: Pitt County man found with several guns, one with automatic switch
1+ week, 3+ hour ago (118+ words) BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A Pitt County man is facing weapon and drug charges after warrants say he was found carrying several guns. Warrants say he was found carrying at least three guns, one of which was equipped with an automatic…...