Hertford County

The GEO Group has signed a five-year contract to establish a new federal immigration detention center in Hertford County. The facility will serve as an ICE processing center under the agreement.

Charlotte locals held a vigil mourning two men killed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in July. Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot during a traffic stop in Texas, and Johan Sebastian Guerrero died during an ICE operation in Maine. Activists criticized ICE and opposed plans for a new immigration detention center in North Carolina.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) plans to open an immigration detention center in northeastern North Carolina by the end of 2026 at the former Rivers Correctional Institution, a shuttered private prison. The facility, owned by GEO Group, could hold up to 1,400 detainees and faces opposition from North Carolina Governor Josh Stein and local activists. The site has a history of violence and misconduct, and its reopening aligns with ICE's efforts to expand detention capacity.

PETA has released new details about an animal cruelty case in Hertford County, North Carolina. Ricky McCoy Cooper Jr. faces 10 counts of misdemeanor cruelty to animals after PETA fieldworkers found seven emaciated dogs and the decomposing remains of three dogs on his property.

A man faces animal cruelty charges in Hertford County, North Carolina, after three dogs died due to poor living conditions. Law enforcement and animal control responded to complaints on April 30 at a residence on Spiers Road in Como.