FRANKLINTON -- Authorities located an inmate on Tuesday morning after he walked away from a work detail the day before. Samuel A. Johnson, 52, was assigned to work at the county's animal control shelter as part of the jail's trustee program -- which allows non-violent offenders to perform various duties in and around the jail and animal control with limited oversight. Johnson was supposed to be helping two other inmates clean out kennels and perform other duties at the shelter, but shelter staff realized he was missing just after 8 a.m. on Monday and called the sheriff's office.
FRANKLINTON -- Wilbert Williams, 62, died Sunday, May 8, 2016, at Hock Family Pavilion in Durham. A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 17, at New Beginning Church in Franklinton. Interment will follow in the Popes Chapel United Church of Christ cemetery.
