Jacksonville Teen Missing After Getting Caught in Rip Current at North Topsail Beach
17-Year-Old Jacksonville Teen Missing Officials are searching for a missing 17-year-old Jacksonville teen identified as Joshua Gabriel after he was caught in a dangerous rip current on Wednesday afternoon. According to a post made by one of his family members, Gabriel has been identified as the missing teen. Emergency crews were called to 484 New […]
Jacksonville Man Arrested After Allegedly Caught CREEPIN’ With Two Knives
An 18-year-old man in Jacksonville, North Carolina, found himself in handcuffs after police say he was caught slippin’ on surveillance footage wielding not one—but TWO knives in a residential neighborhood. According to the Jacksonville Police Department, reports started coming in between July 11 and July 15, 2025, from residents in the Savannah Drive area. People […]
Masked Man with Knives Caught on Camera in Carolina Forest Neighborhood
Carolina Forest Neighborhood Spots Knife Wielding Man A North Carolina neighborhood is on high-alert after a chilling late-night incident involving a masked man creeping through yards with two knives in hand — and the entire thing was caught on camera. The scare went down early Saturday morning in the Carolina Forest Community inJacksonville, where multiple […]
North Carolina Marine Charged with Killing Wife by Reversing Car into Her
New River Marine Corporal Sage Simmons charged Corporal Sage Simmons, a Marine stationed at New River, has been charged with second-degree murder after allegedly running over his wife, Jaide Simmons, on Thursday, March 6. Authorities issued warrants for the 25-year-old Marine on Tuesday, March 11, adding charges of careless and reckless driving. According to […]
North Carolina Man and Woman Arrested for Allegedly Setting House Fire That Killed Sneads Ferry Man
The Jacksonville Police Department in Jacksonville, North Carolina has arrested two suspects in connection with a deadly house fire that claimed the life of 28-year-old Torrence Michael Thomas from Sneads Ferry. Anthony Daniel Dasha McKinney, 29, and Kennedy Shamika Rowe, 27, have been charged with first-degree felony arson and felony conspiracy, according to a press release. […]
BUSTED! North Carolina Jeweler and gay best friend caught in bed together, shot in Charlotte
This is the case of ‘Lovers & Friends’ Word On The Curb…a mall jeweler from Jacksonville, North Carolina, seems to have stirred up a lot of trouble for himself in the Tar Heel state, particularly in Charlotte and Raleigh. Rumor has it that this jeweler known as ‘Mondo The Jeweler’ in the streets but Armand […]
Mother upset after her daughter was charged with assaulting a white man who assaulted her first in a North Carolina mall
23-year-old Beyonce Jones of Duplin County, North Carolina, was defending her mother against another woman inside the Jacksonville Mall, when the woman’s husband allegedly punched Jones in the face. Jones was the only person charged in the fight. A mother in North Carolina is outraged after her daughter was charged with assaulting a white man […]
Owner of Jacksonville restaurant faces backlash over her husband’s indecent liberties convictions
Do you have a story the public should know about? If so, send it to gjackson@thencbeat.com Follow me on Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram A Jacksonville, North Carolina restaurant owner is facing criticism on social media for a crime that has nothing to do with her other than the defendant being her husband. Liliana Rios, […]
Onslow County registered sex offender ‘Peeping Tom’ out on bond
Send me your story to gjackson@thencbeat.com Follow me on Twitter @GeraldJBlessed A serial peeping Tom is out of jail on bond after he was recently arrested for peeping into residential windows in the Brynn Marr area of Jacksonville. 28-year-old Phoenix Pena-Kamp, 28, of Eastview Court in Jacksonville, was charged Tuesday with three counts of first-degree […]
