WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — An 18-year-old Wilmington man has been sentenced to more than 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting death of a teenage girl. On ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - An 18-year-old pleaded guilty to the murder of his 17-year-old girlfriend on Tuesday, Dec. 10. Jordan James of Wilmington was 16 when his girlfriend, 17-year-old Makala Gibbs ...

Wilmington police discovered the body of Holly Petteys in an apartment on April 22, 2025. Police identified Petteys' boyfriend, Michael John Lavelle, as a person of interest in her death. Lavelle was ...

One man has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his girlfriend. On April 22, 2025, officers responded for a welfare check at an apartment in the 3000 block of Jean ...