The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a man wanted for criminal contempt of court and other outstanding warrants across multiple jurisdictions. Benjamin F.

A crowd gathered in Lyons to honor the man who led Wayne County’s Sheriff’s Office for nearly three decades. The county renamed its Public Safety Building after Richard Pisciotti, who served as ...

Wayne County fired two top leaders at its juvenile jail, with an official saying the terminations were caused by their job performance. Meanwhile, in what county officials say is an unrelated incident ...

A jury on Tuesday, June 17, found a former staffer at the Wayne County juvenile jail guilty of sexually assaulting two teens at the facility in a back room last year. Both youths, ages 16 and 17 at ...

After temporarily closing applications due to overwhelming response, the Sheriff’s Office is now actively seeking new candidates to join the January 2026 academy class. The department offers a ...

The Wayne County Sheriff’s Office has announced special holiday visiting hours for Thursday and Friday, to allow the families ...

WILSON, N.C. (WITN) - A Wayne County man is facing an attempted murder charge after warrants say he shot into an occupied ...