On May 13, 2026, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s Response Team (SRT) executed a search warrant in the Aurora/Richlands area and arrested 46-year-old Donald Ramon Moore and 68-year-old Terry Darnell Riggins Sr. on multiple drug charges. This arrest and search warrant stemmed from Investigators from the Drug Unit conducting several controlled purchases of illegal drugs from Moore. Donald Ramon Moore was arrested and held in the Beaufort County Deten

On May 11, 2026, Investigators with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit, along with Detectives from the Washington Police Department, arrested 57-year-old Thaddeus Maurice Wallace and 72-year-old Clarence Earl Pierce of Washington, NC, on multiple drug charges. The Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office and the Washington Police Department executed a search warrant at the residence of Wallace in Washington, NC. As a result of these enforcement actions, Investigators seiz

On April 2, 2026, at approximately 9:19 pm, Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office Deputies, along with Bunyan Fire Department, Pinetown Fire Department, Old Ford Fire Department, Chocowinity Fire Department, Bath Fire Department, and North Carolina Forestry Service, responded to the 500 block of Homeplace Road in Washington, NC, regarding a structure fire. The structure was fully engulfed, with fire spreading into the surrounding area. Fire personnel advised that the building was

On April 29, 2026, at approximately 2:30 am, deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to the Rest Area in Chocowinity regarding a report of an individual being stabbed. Upon arrival, deputies learned the altercation began as a verbal argument between a boyfriend and girlfriend. The argument escalated to a physical altercation. During the altercation, the female retrieved a knife, and the two fought over it, resulting in the female sustaining a laceration t

Pantego man arrested after stealing farm equipment.

A Chocowinity father is jailed without bond after deputies say he tried to kill his 4‑year‑old son, who is now safe with his mother.

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. Deputies with Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Pender County Sheriff’s Office, took Daniels into custody at his residence in Wallace NC. Daniels was transported to Beaufort County and confined in the Beaufort County Detention Center under no bon

On Tuesday, April 7, 2026, Deputies with the Beaufort County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call in a wooded area near Pamlico Plantation in Washington NC. Upon arrival, Deputies located two decedents identified as 80-year-old Gary Dennis Halford and 78-year-old Danee Louise Halford of Washington NC. After a thorough investigation, the deaths have been deemed a murder-suicide. Sheriff Hammonds expresses his condolences to the family and friends involved in this tragic ev