Brunswick County District Attorney

Boiling Spring Lakes Mayor Richard White turned himself in this morning after a woman took out warrants against him for three counts of sexual battery and one count of assault on a female. Full story...

Documents included with DA Jon David's appeal of Judge Jerry Jolly's injuction against traffic court and the StreetSmart program show Judge Ola Lewis was also involved, to the point of calling a chief deputy off of a murder investigation to serve David the order papers. Full story...

District Attorney Rex Gore was unwilling to change his initial determination or rule the cause of death as undetermined. Unfortunately, this action on Mr. Gore’s part lead many to conclude that he was not acting in a fair and impartial manner. Regardless of the truth of this assertion, such a perception is damaging to the Office of the District Attorney. Full story...

More than a decade after the death of Bald Head Island Police Officer, Davina Buff Jones, the case has been reopened. District Attorney Jon David decided today that there was more to the story. Full story...

Court documents say it all. Apparently Brunswick County assistant district attorney Erin Holden was not prepared to prosecute a case involving John Richard Smilowski. The Oak Island resident was charged with strangling an on-and-off again girlfriend. Smilowski pleaded not guilty on August 16, 2010. Full story...

The Brunswick County District Attorney's Office promised a victim her alleged attacker would be arrested the same day he was indicted. Eleven days later, the Sheriff's Office has had no luck finding him. Full story...

Seems like those pesky problems with the prosecution just won't go away. Yet another mistake by the District Attorney Rox Gore's Office has the trial of an accused rapist on hold. Full story...