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On April 17, 2026 Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff Office received information that 37-year-old Clinton Alexander Daniel of Chocowinity NC had strangled his 4-year-old son.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2026 @ 8:41 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Monday, April 13, 2026, the Beaufort County Grand Jury returned a True Bill of Indictment against 24-year-old Brady O’Neil Daniels of Wallace, NC, charging him with the murder of Billy Joe Bell in 2023.
Published: Thursday, April 23rd, 2026 @ 8:37 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On December 12, 2025, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested 27-year-old Nikkopenia Terra Echevarria of Washington, NC on multiple felony drug charges.
Published: Thursday, January 29th, 2026 @ 1:10 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On December 5, 2025, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested 39-year-old, Arnold Gerard Whitney of Belhaven, NC on multiple drug and weapon charges.
Published: Friday, December 12th, 2025 @ 8:48 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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During the past month, members from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit, Patrol Division and K9 Unit have charged seven people in the county on felony drug charges.
Published: Saturday, November 1st, 2025 @ 9:35 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On April 25, 2024, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jaleza Aneice Alexander on multiple drug charges.
Published: Tuesday, October 28th, 2025 @ 7:21 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received reports of multiple vehicle break-ins between December 6 th and December 9 th in the areas of Turkey Trot Rd., South Asbury Church Rd. and Magnolia School Rd. in Washington.
Published: Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025 @ 9:32 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Saturday, October 11th, 2025, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence at 739 Cherry Rd, Washington NC for a 911 call reporting a male subject being shot.
Published: Friday, October 17th, 2025 @ 10:50 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On December 16 th the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Response Team along with officers from the Washington Police Department joined forces to arrest a subject wanted in Beaufort and Pitt County for ten outstanding warrants that included multiple felony charges.
Published: Monday, September 22nd, 2025 @ 3:32 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Like many communities across our nation, Beaufort County has felt the harmful impacts of fentanyl and other dangerous drugs that have resulted in numerous overdoses and unfortunately, overdose deaths.
Published: Saturday, September 20th, 2025 @ 8:54 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Friday January 3, 2025, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 27-year- old Carlos Lugo-Garcia and executed a search warrant on his home in Beaufort County.
Published: Friday, September 19th, 2025 @ 8:05 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Sunday, September 7th, 2025, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence on Highway 102, Chocowinity NC for a 911 call reporting a male subject being shot.
Published: Monday, September 8th, 2025 @ 9:38 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Tuesday February 18, 2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Raleigh, North Carolina executed a search warrant at a residence on Old Saw Mill Rd in Blounts Creek, NC.
Published: Saturday, September 6th, 2025 @ 10:20 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Friday August 30, 2025, members from the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit, Patrol Division, and K9 Unit conducted a traffic stop on Andrew Slade of Washington, NC.
Published: Friday, September 5th, 2025 @ 10:20 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On March 6, 2025, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit along with Probation and Parole Officers from the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction arrested Robert Earl Blount III and Ryakeem Devon Blount at a residence in Aurora, NC.
Published: Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025 @ 11:48 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On March 30,2025 at 7:03 am Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Handy Mart located at 5385 River Road, Washington after receiving a 911 call reporting an armed robbery had just occurred.
Published: Sunday, August 31st, 2025 @ 10:05 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On December 11, 2023, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in the Richlands Township in reference to CPR in progress.
Published: Sunday, August 31st, 2025 @ 12:19 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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This week the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit executed three (3) search warrants in the Chocowinity and Aurora areas and assisted the Pitt County Sheriff’s Office with a search warrant in Pitt County.
Published: Wednesday, July 30th, 2025 @ 5:17 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On June 6, 2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit arrested Akeim Raquon McCray of Angier, NC on multiple felony drug and gun charges.
Published: Saturday, July 19th, 2025 @ 8:24 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On July 8, 2025, at approximately 10:00 am, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office executed search warrants on 11 Tobacco and Vape stores located in Washington, Chocowinity, Aurora, and Belhaven NC.
Published: Monday, July 14th, 2025 @ 9:31 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Monday, 04/13/2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a residence in Chocowinity NC, in reference to a stolen motor vehicle. Deputies patrolled the surrounding area to locate the vehicle but were unsuccessful.
Published: Saturday, June 28th, 2025 @ 10:53 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On June 4, 2025, the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit executed a search warrant on a residence in southeast Beaufort County after an investigation that spanned several months.
Published: Wednesday, June 11th, 2025 @ 1:05 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On June 4, 2025, at approximately 10:41am the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an individual being robbed by two armed men outside of Hilda’s Family Country Store located on Cherry Run Road in Washington.
Published: Friday, June 6th, 2025 @ 2:47 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On April 10th 2025 the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office received a report from Beaufort County School Administrators of two students being assaulted by a teacher at Bath Elementary School.
Published: Thursday, May 29th, 2025 @ 3:06 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On March 14, 2025, Detectives with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office obtained a warrant, charging 35-year-old Robert Earl Blount III of Aurora NC with one Felony count of Burning of Jails or Prisons.
Published: Thursday, March 20th, 2025 @ 7:22 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On March 12, 2025, at approximately 6:35 p.m. the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center received a report of a fire in the Beaufort County Detention Center.
Published: Monday, March 17th, 2025 @ 5:56 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Friday, January 24, 2025, at approximately 4:07 a.m. Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Family Dollar/Dollar Tree, located on North Boyd Rd. at NC 32 North in Pinetown in reference to a vehicle that was involved in a breaking and entering at a nearby residence.
Published: Saturday, February 22nd, 2025 @ 10:00 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On March 25, 2024, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office along with K-9 Tinnus arrested Todd Victor Bond on multiple drugs charges.
Published: Sunday, February 2nd, 2025 @ 9:05 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On March 01, 2024, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office arrested Terrence Lamont Moore on several drug charges.
Published: Tuesday, March 26th, 2024 @ 8:43 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On February 20, 2024, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office arrested James Earl Rodgers, Jessica Virgina Coffman, and Caitlyn Marie Wyatt on multiple drug charges.
Published: Tuesday, February 27th, 2024 @ 3:56 pm
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office has received nineteen reports of Breaking and Entering of Motor Vehicles in the Washington area along the River Road corridor and US 264 West corridor since December 1, 2023.
Published: Thursday, February 22nd, 2024 @ 10:09 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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Father and Son Arrested for Stealing from Railroad Property
Published: Sunday, February 18th, 2024 @ 7:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 Mykal Coleman was arrested and confined to the Beaufort County Detention Center under a $75,000.00 secure bond.
Published: Thursday, February 15th, 2024 @ 11:12 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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On October 9, 2023, Ashun Anthony, age 24 of Washington, NC was indicted by a Beaufort County Grand Jury for the crime of Death by Distribution in connection with the April 29, 2022 death of 31 year old Quintin Freeman
Published: Friday, February 9th, 2024 @ 4:59 am
By: Eastern NC NOW Staff
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