Wilmington Police Department

During their Tuesday night meeting, Wilmington City Council unanimously approved $31,488 to pay for 48 new laptop computers and more than $267,000 for new patrol vehicles for the Wilmington Police Department. Full story...

Wilmington Police have reopened Cinema Drive after a bomb threat was called into the corporate headquarters of Carmike Cinemas. Full story...

Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin today announced the arrests of Alfonzo Bethea, 39, Wilmington; Antonette Denise Waters, 29, of 621 N. 10th St., Wilmington; and Crystal Paige Waters, 30, of 1003 S. 14th St., Wilmington. Each has been charged with two counts of insurance fraud, two counts of attempting to obtain property by false pretense, and one count of filing a false police report. Full story...

Wilmington Police say two of the Port City's busiest criminals are back behind bars. Full story...

Wilmington Police have arrested 14 people in connection to an illegal gambling operation. Police executed a search warrant last night at 501 N. 25th Street. Full story...

Investigators say a fire yesterday where a man was found dead was intentionally set. They also say the victim, George West Paylor, killed himself. Full story...

A Wilmington Fire Department spokesman says there are "unusual circumstances" surrounding a house fire where a man was found dead today. Full story...

A man and woman are in jail after Wilmington Police say they stole a car and license plate. Full story...

Wilmington Police have charged a man with drunk driving and drug possession after they say he hit a power pole last night. It happened around 7:20 p.m. in the 300 block of North College Road near Corning. Full story...

A drug dealer involved in the chase that led to the death of a Wilmington Police officer will spend 20 years in federal prison. Full story...

Wilmington Police have released the name of a man they say threatened to jump into the Cape Fear River yesterday after a chase. Jaqun Orlando Copeland, 20, is charged with possession of a stolen vehicle, resisting arrest and three felony counts of probation violations. Full story...

Her remains were found on the side of Carolina Beach Road two years after her disappearance and her killer is still on the streets. Monday marks six years to the day when Allison Jackson Foy went missing. Full story...

Police have a man in custody after they say he threatened to jump into the Cape Fear River in downtown Wilmington after a foot chase. Full story...

A man was found dead inside his home this morning after a shooting at a Wilmington housing project. Wilmington Police say an officer found Brian Grant, 32, inside his Creekwood apartment four years to the day since another murder in the area. Full story...

Wilmington Police have identified the man whose body was found early Sunday morning on N. Kerr Avenue. Full story...