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Case Update During the investigation, the suspect was identified as Tyghjheri Jones, 20, of Goldsboro. On April 5, 2024, members of the Kinston Police Department, the Wayne County Sheriff's Office, and State Bureau of Investigation devised a plan to apprehend Jones.
A former teacher assistant at Southwood Elementary School has been charged with embezzlement. Jennifer West, 43, of Kinston, who served as the Parent Teacher Association (PTA) Treasurer for the school, has been charged with four counts of embezzlement stemming from an investigation into the PTA at the school. The investigation revealed nearly $16,000 of PTA funds were misapplied in the span of two months.
On April 2, 2024, at approximately 5:00 pm, members of the Kinston Police Department responded to a report of a shooting that had taken place near the 2100 block of Viking Dr. Kinston, N.C. Officers made contact with the victims, and through further investigation with witnesses in the area, it was determined that there was a large fight in the area involving both males and females.
On April 2, 2024, at approximately 5:00 pm, members of the Kinston Police Department responded to a report of a shooting that had taken place near the 2100 block of Viking Dr. Kinston, N.C. Officers made contact with the victims, and through further investigation with witnesses in the area, it was determined that there was a large fight in the area involving both males and females.
On March 4, 2024, at approximately 3:00 pm, members of the Kinston Police Department responded to a report of a shooting that had taken place near the 900 block of E. King St. Kinston, N.C. Officers made contact with seven young adults and juveniles, who advised that they were walking in the area, and they were approached by a group of males that initiated an altercation.
Lenoir County Sheriff Jackie Rogers and Deputy Christopher Little held a press conference Friday at the county commissioner's chamber to address an incident that occurred at the Lenoir County Learning Academy.
A Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office deputy received 18 staples in his head after breaking up a fight between students on a school bus this morning.
Juvenile students from Kinston High School will have charges pressed against them for making a threatening call to North Lenoir High School. Sheriff Jackie Rogers and the LCSO would like to thank the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation and the Wayne County Sheriff’s Office for their assistance in the quick identification of the source of the threat.
On Friday, the LCSO served an arrest warrant on James Wiggins for two counts of communicating threats. The incident stemmed from a verbal altercation with a teacher at North Lenoir; during the altercation, Wiggins threatened to kill the teacher.
On January 31, 2024, Officers from the Kinston Police Department responded to The Red Carpet Inn (208 E New Bern Road, Kinston) in reference to a welfare check. Officers were advised that children living at the address were being neglected and possibly sexually abused.
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey announced today the arrest of Sherrod Suggs, 58, of 710 Joyner Drive, Kinston, NC. Suggs was charged with one count of insurance fraud and attempting to obtain property by false pretense, both felonies.
A few minutes before 11 a.m. on Sunday, Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a Gilbert School Road residence for a report of a gunshot wound. When they arrived at the residence, they found Victoria Haynes, 30, with a gunshot wound to the right leg.
KPD"s Violent Crime Action Team and KPD's SWAT Team served a narcotics search warrant for a residence on Dr. MLK JR Blvd. The search warrant concluded a seven month investigation into the distribution of crack cocaine by Rodney Meadows.
Snow Hill Police Department is asking for the public's assistance in identifying the individual below in reference to a felony larceny case.
A La Grange Elementary School teacher has been charged with assaulting a child at her school.
