New Hanover & Pender County District Attorney
Jason W. Smith
 

WECT: New Hanover County sexual assault case among 24 convictions upheld by NC courts

Port City Daily: Two plead guilty in Halloween home invasion

WECT: Wilmington woman sentenced to up to 4 years in prison for downtown stabbing

WWAY: Wilmington teen pleads guilty after E-bike crash injures 5-year-old at Smith Creek Park

Port City Daily: Teen suspect in Landfall assault makes bond

WECT: Teen to stand trial as adult in Landfall Country Club brawl case

Port City Daily: Not guilty: Former Anderson Elementary teacher cleared of assaulting autistic student

WHQR: Wilmington event commemorates the death of Allison Jackson Foy

WWAY: Wilmington man sentenced to up to 37 years for statutory sex offenses involving minors

Port City Daily: Wilmington man to serve up to 9 years after armed standoff, drug convictions

WWAY: Wilmington woman pleads guilty to second-degree murder in 2023 fatal shooting

WECT: Man pleads guilty to rape, kidnapping at Wilmington vape shop

WHQR: New Hanover County DA's youth program wraps with another successful mock trial

WWAY: District Attorney’s Leadership Academy gives local students hands-on courtroom experience

WECT: DA: No criminal charges filed in March shooting death of Edilberto Espinoza-Sierra

WHQR: Sunday Edition: The Map Is Not the Territory

StarNews: Two men found guilty in TRU Colors double homicide trial

WWAY: Venezuelan man convicted of first-degree murder in New Hanover County

WHQR: District Attorney’s office drops all remaining charges against Cape Fear Escorts case defendants

Port City Daily: The prosecution rests: Tru Colors trial hears last witnesses, ties up arguments

StarNews: Wilmington man pleads guilty in death of his cousin

WWAY: Man convicted of double murder in Pender County, sentenced to life in prison

WWAY: Murder trial begins for two connected to Tru Colors shooting

Port City Daily: Pender County man sentenced to life for stepfather’s murder

WECT: No charges for fired NHCSO detective

StarNews: Man pleads guilty in crash that caused Wilmington building explosion

WWAY: Pender County jury convicts Rocky Point man of multiple child sex crimes

StarNews: Wilmington man charged in fatal shooting faces additional charges

Port City Daily: Former NHC detective indicted for 2025 police brutality incident

WECT: Second man sentenced in Eastwood Road hotel robbery

WWAY: New Hanover DA announces sentences in multiple Wilmington cases

Port City Daily: 2 narcotics cases, 1 rape case resolved by NHC and Pender District Attorney

WECT: Rocky Point man sentenced to 13 years for statutory rape of 14-year-old neighbor

WECT: Man arrested twice for drug trafficking sentenced to nearly 19 years in prison

WECT: Wilmington man pleads guilty to drug trafficking, firearm charges

Port City Daily: Wilmington man sentenced to 10 years following 7-Eleven robbery, drug arrests

WWAY: Wilmington habitual felon sentenced to prison in firearm, break-in case

WECT: Wilmington man sentenced to nearly 20 years for 2023 stabbing

Port City Daily: Wilmington man sentenced for 16 counts of larceny

WWAY: Leland man sentenced to prison for firearm and theft convictions

WECT: Kinston man sentenced to life in prison for 2021 Wilmington murder

StarNews: Man pleads guilty following hit-and-run death of Wilmington teen

WWAY: Hit-and-run victim meets with New Hanover DA, speaks out for public safety

WTAP: New charges filed against man accused of putting pills in teenagers’ Dairy Queen ice cream

2026 Peter S. Gilchrist III Award Recipient Connie Jordan, Retired Assistant District Attorney

Port City Daily: Driver who struck Alec Chambers charged with second-degree murder

WECT: Two New Hanover Co. men plead guilty in separate child sex abuse investigations

WWAY: Registered sex offender sentenced to prison after posing as 13-year-old on TikTok

WECT: Man sentenced for fentanyl death in New Hanover County

Port City Daily: Man charged with involuntary manslaughter after Pepys Lane shooting

WECT: Wilmington kidnapping suspect denied bond as officials consider Iryna’s Law role

WECT: New Hanover County man sentenced for deadly fentanyl overdose

Port City Daily: Teenage shooter pleads guilty to attempted robbery of THC cartridge

StarNews: Wilmington man suspected of fatally shooting wife arrested

WWAY: Wilmington man sentenced for breaking into the same home twice

WWAY: Man pleads guilty to drunk driving crash injuring three teenagers

StarNews: Man found guilty in 2021 stabbing death in New Hanover

WECT: Teen pleads guilty to 2023 murder of girlfriend in Wilmington

StarNews: Man pleads guilty to 2022 triple homicide in Wilmington

WWAY: New Hanover County officials warn seniors of rising holiday online scams

The Wilmington Standard Podcast: Episode 2

WWAY: 18-year-old sentenced to prison after shooting and attempted robbery of THC cartridge

WWAY: Felon on probation pleads guilty to shooting from vehicle

WHQR: A conversation with District Attorney Jason Smith after year one in office

WECT: Pender County man pleads guilty to first-degree statutory rape

WECT: 18-year-old pleads guilty to shooting charges

StarNews: Wilmington man pleads guilty to child sex charges

WECT: Wilmington man pleads guilty to two 2024 robberies

WECT: Man pleads guilty to firing into home with children inside

WWAY: Wilmington hotel robbery suspect pleads guilty

StarNews: Wilmington man pleads guilty to murder charge connected with 2023 homicide

Port City Daily: Former BOE chairman charged with felony child abuse faces more legal trouble

WECT: Trial date set for two men charged in double murder at home of Tru Colors COO

WWAY: Judge sentences New Hanover County trafficker to 7 years in prison

WECT: Leland man pleads guilty to death by distribution

WWAY: Man pleads to Involuntary Manslaughter in Rocky Point overdose death

Port City Daily: Community Justice Center: Data elusive, though partners cite success as Endowment grant deadline looms

StarNews: Wilmington man sentenced in 2021 fatal hit-and-run

WWAY: 32 arrested in major drug trafficking investigation in New Hanover County