Man charged with breaking and entering
While responding to a breaking and entering call about 6 p.m. Monday at 2809 Graham St., Wilmington Police Department officers discovered that Jerome Christopher Brown, 22, had broken into a shed...
View ArticleNeighbors nab break-in suspect
A Harlandale Drive man interrupted a car break-in at his home early Monday morning and, with a neighbor’s help, caught the suspect, the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office reported. According to a news...
View ArticleSchool bus in wreck, no injuries
A New Hanover County school bus was involved in a wreck shortly before 8 a.m. Thursday at the intersection of Carolina Beach Road and South College Road. Only one child was on the bus at the time and...
View ArticleBurgaw man charged with sex offense involving a child
A Pender County man is facing canadian pharmacy cipro multiple sex offense charges involving a child, according to the Pender County Sheriff’s Office. Cheyne Martin Potrafka, 29, from Burgaw, was...
View ArticleVictims identified in fatal crash
The two people killed in a wreck Monday along U.S. 421 in Pender County have been identified as Debra Potter, 62, of Salemburg, and her mother-in-law Juanita Potter, 74, of Clinton, according to the...
View ArticleBrunswick man charged with possession of child porn
An Ocean Isle Beach man turned himself into authorities Friday after being charged with six counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor, according to a release from the sheriff’s office....
View ArticleMan found trespassing in Creekwood faces drug charges
A 24-year-old man on the Wilmington Housing Authority’s trespass list was arrested Thursday evening after Wilmington Police Department officers spotted him in the Creekwood public housing neighborhood....
View ArticlePolice dog bites hidden suspect
A 16-year-old burglary suspect who ran from a Wrightsville Avenue store early Friday was bitten in the face by a Wilmington Police Department police dog as he was being apprehended. Guthrie William...
View ArticleBrunswick sheriff's office seeks teen in break-ins, larcenies
Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office investigators have issued warrants and are looking for a 17-year-old in connection with several breaking and entering cases, and larcenies that took place April 23 in...
View ArticleCoverage emphasis shifted away from Yellow Tape blog
In an effort to improve the timeliness of coverage of public safety issues such as crime, the StarNews is shifting that coverage away from the Behind The Yellow Tape blog to a format that allows easier...
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