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Jimmy John Brinkley pleaded guilty to three embezzlement counts involving state withholding taxes. NCDOR reports suspended prison terms, probation, four days in custody and $311,701 still to repay.
The company admitted illegal discharges. Its sentence emphasizes probation and a compliance plan; the public still needs evidence that the safeguards work.
The SBI has completed its investigation into Pitt County K-9 Chilli’s hot-car death. An outside district attorney must now decide what the evidence supports.
North Carolina punishes drivers who leave serious crashes. But when a suspect disappears long enough for impairment evidence to fade, prosecutors can lose the more serious impaired-driving case.
A late provision in a North Carolina local law left Jacksonville officers unable to make physical arrests in several familiar parts of town without an Onslow County deputy present.
A Hyde County family says a 65-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s was injured during a March detention. The sheriff’s office says she resisted, confirms it uses no body cameras and has not disclosed whether the complaint produced an internal review.
A newsroom investigation found DUI arrests involving sober drivers in 22 states. Tennessee counted 2,547 arrests followed by clean toxicology, while North Carolina publishes no comparable statewide tally.
Severe storms on Sept. 5 damaged Sneads Ferry RV Park, left one camper unlivable and brought down trees and power-line branches in coastal Onslow County.
Two Arrested After Onslow County Probation Search Turns Up Fentanyl and Guns A probation search at an Onslow County home turned into a larger drug investigation after officers…