This photo – taken in moving traffic over the back of a flatbed truck – shows JPD Chief Mike Yaniero pulling over a cabbie on Tuesday afternoon: Mike McHugh and I were on the way to the courthouse and couldn’t stop, but I called Yaniero. He said the guy littered right in front of him [...]

In this column I talk a lot about Weldon Ferrell who deserves every accolade he receives. The other deputy who responded with Ferrell and tried to get the kids out of the burning house was Mike Hardison. He is also a good example of the character it takes to be a law enforcement officer everyday. [...]

I’ve made no secret that I’m a Democrat, but if they keep getting me into hot water I’m going to have to start hanging out with a different crowd. Just days after someone accused me of buddying up to the sheriff, a Democrat, I’ve been questioned as to whether I am paying too much attention [...]

This morning’s deadly house fire killed three children and hospitalized five more along with their mother. Read the news. Photos taken at the scene: Still smoldering at 6:40 a.m.: Putting out the last of the flames: U.S. 17 traffic control: Overhauling the house: Long, hot day: Norman Bryson, director of Onslow County Emergency Services, and [...]

Just posted this to my Facebook page: Holy smokes. I can’t take the innuendos anymore. It’s funny how many people think it’s a big deal who I go to the gym with. It’s never been a secret. I’ve seen court officials and cops there several times. I’m not hiding anything. Guess if we were playing [...]

Albert J. Ellis Airport Chief Hans Miller has been named Peace Officer of the Year by the Veterans of Foreign Wars N.C. District 4, which covers much of eastern North Carolina. After receiving the award Miller spoke to family and friends, but stopped just shy of announcing his intention to run for Onslow County Sheriff. [...]

With so much talk about the new Onslow County Jail’s smoke control system lately, it’s disturbing to see what happens when such a system doesn’t work…or is nonexistent… County Manager Jeff Hudson said it was better to be delayed than to rush into the building and then have a tragedy. While not a new building [...]

UPDATED I spoke today with Sheriff’s Sgt. Mark Perrigo, the SRO at White Oak High School. He said he was aware of the incident there and after an investigation determined the male student’s action not to be a sexual assault. He said the boy reached back and his arm hit the girl on the chest. [...]

Judging by the photos on his MySpace account, bank robbery suspect Rodney Milton had just one thing on his mind: Read the news of his arrest. Milton appears to be on parole in Pennsylvania. Not so easy to rob a bank in Jacksonville after all, huh?

- According to reliable sources, John Giltz was home alone with Suzy Zemlick when she was shot. Read latest news. My favorite paragraph from that article? The homicide occurred on Monday. An arrest warrant for Giltz was issued Tuesday. He was arrested Thursday at around 11 a.m. A press conference was held at 3 p.m. SPD Chief [...]

By default, it once again falls to me to perform a little rumor control. Yes, I am aware a deputy resigned from the Onslow County Sheriff’s Office the same day The Daily News published a recent report on the sheriff’s collection from deputies of their private cellphones. Said deputy’s resignation has nothing to do with [...]

It’s rare to see a not guilty verdict handed down at the Onslow County Superior Courthouse. But Brennan Listle left a free man yesterday when a jury of his peers determined he was not negligent in leaving alone his 22-month-old son in a fenced-in backyard with two dogs, one of which mauled the boy. Read [...]