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The Daily News
Deputies have put another alleged sex offender behind bars after a report came in about a Richlands man sexually abusing a child.
On Jan. 14 the Onslow County Sheriff s Office first received the report and began their investigation with their Special Victims Unit. On Feb. 3 deputies concluded their investigation after learning 24-year-old Caleb Michael Lee Sydes was allegedly sexually abusing a minor female.
Sydes and the victim are reported to have known each other as he is also accused of sending inappropriate pictures of himself to the girl.
Deputies arrested Sydes without incident. He resides on Gregory Fork Road in Richlands and is charged with two counts of felony statutory sex offense with a child 15 years or younger, felony incident liberties, felony solicit child by computer, and felony disseminating obscene material to a minor under the age of 16.
The Daily News
The following closures, postponements and changes have been announced due to COVID-19. If you have an announcement to add to the list, please email localdesk@jdnews.com.
Announcements for Wednesday, Jan. 27:
Onslow County has received new positive cases of COVID-19 as of Jan. 25. Positive cases now total 12,965 with 104 deaths and 11,491 cleared. Onslow County is at 11.9% positive, while the state is at 10.2% positive.
Until more is known about future allocations of vaccine for Onslow County, the Onslow Citizens Phone Bank will be unable to continue scheduling vaccine appointments for persons aged 65 and above. Citizens may continue calling to put their name on the list of those awaiting appointments. Contact the Citizens Phone Bank for appointments at 910-989-5027.
Due to the rising cases of COVID-19, the Onslow County District Court will remain closed until the end of January.
Chief District Court judge Sarah C. Seaton made the announced effective on January 12 for Duplin, Sampson and Jones County District Courts as well.
Seaton s administrative order coincides with that of Governor Roy Cooper and Former Chief Justice Cheri Beasley. Cooper extended North Carolina s stay at home order on Jan. 6 while Beasley released an emergency directive on Dec. 14 where all non-essential in person court proceedings were postponed.
All district courts in those counties are scheduled to remain closed through Jan. 29.
All four counties have shown increased positive coronavirus cases and increased fatalities during the month of January. With the backlog of court cases from full closure of the courthouses during the pandemic, the heavy dockets require a large number of people inside the court rooms working closely together.
The Onslow County Sheriff s Office have made an arrest from a bar shooting two days after Christmas.
On Dec. 27, deputies responded to the GoodFellas Bar on Highway 258 in Jacksonville after receiving a 9-1-1 call that a person had been shot.
During the initial investigation, deputies found that the person who was shot was trying to diffuse an argument when a gun shot was fired. The victim was hit in the abdomen and taken to a local hospital by a friend, according to a release from the OCSO.
Eyewitness statements were taken and a description of the alleged shooter was identified as Seqwill Entrell Hauser, 26, of York Street in Jacksonville.