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On Friday, September 20, 2024, at approximately 8:50 pm, Kinston Police Officers responded to the 300 block of S. McDaniels St., Kinston, N.C., for a report of shots fired. Upon arrival, officers located two individuals who were suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
On September 3, 2024 at approximately 11:07 pm, officers responded to a vehicle crash on Highway 258 North. Officers arrived on scene and located Daniel Cooley (49 of La Grange).
On September 4, 2024, at approximately 07:45 am, officers from KPD's A-Squad responded to Frances Place & Independence Street for a report of a motor vehicle crash
On September 3, 2024, Officers on D-Squad were patrolling the area of Jack Rountree Apartments. During this time, officers observed a vehicle parked with the door open. Officers approached the vehicle and made contact with Charles Cox (31 of Deep Run, NC) sitting in the back seat.
On Friday, August 30, 2024, Tyrone Artis (23 of Kinston) was arrested for his involvement in this incident. Artis was placed in the LC Jail under a secured bond
David Newsome, 44, and Tracy Newsome, 49, both of Kinston, were arrested last Thursday after allegedly stealing metal from a Judy Lane residence.
The Kinston Police Department has obtained arrest warrants for Thomas Mason (30) and Davon Williams (24), both of Kinston, in connection with the murder of Anzaryia Cobb on August 25, 2024.
The Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to please review the video and hear the suspect’s voice of the suspect from this video. The video was recorded a day before the robbery when the suspect visited the establishment to stake it out.
On June 20, 2024, KPD officers responded to an assault report at Wells Fargo located at 1903 W Vernon Avenue. Upon arrival, they made contact with the victim, who stated that while she was waiting in line, a bank employee named Lucretia McMurtry (55, of Kinston) began yelling at her. The verbal altercation escalated when McMurtry grabbed the victim by the neck, shook her head uncontrollably, and began strangling her.
Officers on C-Squad conducted a traffic stop with Sincere Teach (25 of Kinston). During the traffic stop officers discovered Teach was wanted for several Orders for Arrest. Teach was placed under arrest and officers conducted a probable cause search of the vehicle.
A 68-year-old Kinston man is in custody after being charged with attempted first degree murder by the Lenoir County Sheriff’s Office.
On May 15th, 2024, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Officers with the Kinston Police Department received a report of a stolen vehicle in the area of Old Snow Hill Rd. Officers began searching the area and located the car parked in the U.S. Mini Mart parking lot, 1404 Old Snow Hill Rd. Kinston, N.C.
A Deep Run man was arrested in Pink Hill Thursday for trafficking methamphetamine.
Governor Roy Cooper announced that the State is offering a reward of up to $25,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the assault of Evernell Pittman, age 72.
RALEIGH, N.C. – A Kinston man was sentenced today to 720 months in prison after shooting a Lenoir County Sheriff’s Deputy and leading law enforcement on a multi-day man hunt before shooting a neighbor and being apprehended with a loaded semi-automatic weapon with the safety set to fire. On October 16, 2023, Robert Lee Strother pled guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, carjacking, and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence
