Dozens of shell casings were recovered outside a smoke shop on South Alston Avenue after late-night gunfire. Forensics marked the scene as Durham police investigate.

Raleigh police are searching after an armed robbery at a Circle K on East Millbrook Road early Sunday; the suspect fled on foot and escaped, and no one was injured.

A Raleigh man was booked March 5 and charged with felony statutory rape after a Wake County Sheriff's Office probe into alleged assaults from 2011 and 2014. These charges have since been dismissed.

A crash just after midnight Sunday on Walter Grissom Road north of Franklinton left one person dead; troopers are investigating and the road reopened early Sunday.

Deputy Kaleb Mitchell died Saturday in an on-duty crash, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said. Officials asked the public to keep his family in their thoughts and prayers.

Durham police closed the 600 block of Ellis Road Saturday as investigators processed an apparent shooting near the train tracks.

A Raleigh man was sentenced to 15 years after firing a shot and holding two tellers at gunpoint during a March bank robbery, prosecutors said.

Orange County deputies are searching for a man accused of fatally stabbing a Hillsborough woman while a Wake County deputy was hospitalized after being hit during an arrest attempt in Garner.

A federal jury found David Mayes guilty of raping a nine‑year‑old at Camp Lejeune; prosecutors say DNA and fingerprint evidence sealed the case.

A Durham man pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the 2023 killing of 19-year-old Semar Barbour; investigators found blood-stained rugs and seized video evidence, and several relatives were later indicted.

Southern Pines police say 27-year-old Jahmel Raemone Kegler was arrested on charges of statutory rape and indecent liberties; he is being held in Moore County and is due in court March 18.

A Durham man was sentenced to 16–20 years after pleading guilty in the 2023 drive‑by that killed a man at a bus stop. Police say surveillance and Instagram videos helped tie suspects to a stolen SUV.

Federal prosecutors say Life Touch billed Medicaid for $12.7M in fake claims, paid patients gift‑card kickbacks and now faces prison terms, forfeiture and a $15M fine. The clinics in Kinston and Goldsboro have been dissolved.