Thomas Honeycutt Breaking News

10/12/2025

Delayed Stedman (Cumberland County)

At 5:53pm, Stedman Fire Rescue, Vander Fire Rescue, Cumberland County EMS and NCSHP were dispatched to the address of 6540 Clinton Road (NC Highway 24) for a vehicle crash.

Units arrived on scene to find a single vehicle crash into a power pole. The power pole was snapped in multiple pieces and power lines were across both directions of the highway.

The traffic was stopped in both directions.

The driver was removed from the vehicle in critical condition.

The driver was transported to Cape Fear Valley Hospital for treatment.

NCSHP is the investigating.

Preliminary investigation is the driver left the roadway at/ near the intersection of Clinton Road and Fred Hall Road and traveled 750+ feet off road before striking a driveway culvert and then continuing and additional 130+ feet before striking the power pole. The roof of the Nissan Pathfinder was crushed around the power pole.

The power line has been removed from the roadway and all lanes have reopened at 7:55pm.

This is still a developing story and as I receive additional information, I will send it in.

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Update 1

Driver still not identified. Currently listed in critical but stable condition at Cape Fear Valley Hospital

Driver is charged with:
DWI
Driving with no operator's license
Careless and Reckless Driving
Exceeding safe speed for weather conditions
Failure to Maintain Lane Control

10/10/2025

https://abc11.com/post/ee-smith-high-community-fayetteville-reeling-3-students-killed-car-crash/17973577/

A Fayetteville school community is mourning the loss of three E.E. Smith student-athletes who died Wednesday in a single-car crash.

10/10/2025

Delayed, Dunn (Harnett County)

Early this morning Dunn Emergency Services and Erwin Medic 5 was dispatched to the 1700 block of Arrowhead Road for a vehicle crash.

Units arrived to find a red passenger car in a field with damage. The vehicle/engine compartment was cold to the touch, the driver was not at the scene.

Medics were able to locate the reported driver at a nearby residence who refused medical care.

The driver reported the crash happened near midnight last night and went home.

NCSHP arrived to conduct the investigation.

The vehicle was traveling south on Arrowhead Road from Arrowhead/ Dorman Rd intersection. At the first curve the vehicle continued straight when the road turned left. The vehicle entered the ditch to the right and then coming to rest in the middle of the field.

10/09/2025

Serious Crash in Fayetteville results in 3 fatalities and 1 in critical condition.

Rosehill Road is currently blocked from Walstone Drive to Country Club Drive.

Please say a prayer for those lost tonight.

This is a breaking story and will be updated as information becomes available.

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Update 1

Single Vehicle Crash Results in Three Fatalities

(Fayetteville, NC) – On October 8, 2025, at approximately 7:22 p.m., officers with the Fayetteville Police Department were dispatched to the 2700 block of Rosehill Road for a report of a single motor vehicle crash.

Officers and Emergency Medical Personnel responded to the 2700 block of Rosehill Road located a single vehicle occupied by four individuals, that had run off the road and struck a telephone pole.

Three occupants succumbed to their injuries on scene and one occupant was air lifted to UNC Chapel Hill in critical condition.

Members of the Fayetteville Police Department’s Traffic Unit are currently investigating the incident.

Additional information will be provided as it becomes available.
Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Officer C. Lewis at (910) 818-1872.

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Update 2

Update to Single Vehicle Crash Results in Three Fatalities

(Fayetteville, NC) – On October 8, 2025, at approximately 7:22 p.m., officers with the Fayetteville Police Department were dispatched to the 2700 block of Rosehill Road for a report of a single motor vehicle crash.

The preliminary investigation revealed that a gray 2024 Honda Civic was traveling North on Rosehill Road. The vehicle ran off the road to the right and collided with a utility pole. The vehicle continued down the sidewalk and collided with a tree.

The driver of the vehicle was identified as Dymond N. Monroe (Black female, 21 years of age) of Fayetteville, N.C. She was life-flighted to UNC Medical Center in Critical condition.

The passengers of the vehicle were identified as Jai’Hyon Lamont Elliot (Black male, 18 years of age) of Fayetteville, N.C. and two seventeen-year-old black male juveniles of Fayetteville, N.C.

The three passengers all succumbed to their injuries on scene. Their next of kin have been notified. All the passengers were students in the Cumberland County School System.

The investigation is still ongoing.

Anyone with information regarding this investigation is asked to contact Officer C. Lewis at (910) 818-1872.

10/08/2025

ON DUTY
Firefighter Stuart Stevens
Jason Volunteer Fire Department
La Grange, North Carolina
EOW October 3, 2025

Firefighter Stevens was involved in an accident while delivering supplies for hurricane relief.

10/08/2025

3:36pm Cotton Fire Rescue, Cumberland County EMS and NCSHP dispatched to the intersection of Business 95 and Tom Starling Road for a vehicle crash involving a Cumberland County Public School Bus and a Honda Civic.

Crews arrived on scene to find Bus 851 and the car in the intersection.

NCSHP Trooper's preliminary investigation revealed the Honda was traveling south on Business 95 and failed to stop for the stoplight. The vehicle entered the intersection and struck the bus who had a green light while turning from Southern BLVD onto northbound Business 95. The car hit the bus in the driver side in a T-bone crash. The driver of the car was not injured. The bus had 1 driver and 3 students on board all were not injured.

The vehicles were backed off the side of the road to reopen Business 95.

At this time all vehicles involved have driven away under their own power.

10/07/2025

At approx 11:30pm, Cumberland County Deputies, Cotton Fire Rescue, and Cumberland County EMS was dispatched to the 500 block of Sandy Pines Court is southern Cumberland County for a shooting with injury.

Cumberland 911 reported that during the numerous calls for service that the dispatcher was hearing additional gunshots in the background of the calls.

CCSO units arrived and located a 19 year old suffering from a gunshot wound.

Cumberland County EMS transported the victim to Cape Fear Valley Hospital as a Trauma Red.
(Scanner Traffic: 19 year old with a gunshot to their back/ upper torso)

Deputies taped off the cul-de-sac where at least 50 spent shell casing were located.

The home located at 576 Sandy Pines Court had at least 2 bullet holes in the exterior wall facing the roadway.

Also per scanner traffic this is a reported drive-by shooting.

10/06/2025

At about 6:30am, Vander Fire Rescue and Eastover Fire Rescue was dispatched to vehicle crash at the 53-mile marker of Interstate 95 North.

The Vander Fire Chief was first to arrive to find a 3-vehicle crash with one person laying on the emergency lane of the interstate.

The person that was on the breakdown lane was pronounced deceased at the scene.

The female driver of the roll-off truck that was involved was pinned inside the cab of the truck and was extricated. Extrication took at least 15 minutes to free the driver. She was transported to Cape Fear Valley Hospital as a trauma patient.

Th semi-truck driver was not injured and is cooperating with the Troopers.

Preliminary investigation is the service truck was parked on the breakdown lane of the road that was there to assist the roll-off truck that was disabled and also in the breakdown lane. A fully loaded semi-truck came upon the vehicles and sideswiped the service truck hitting the pedestrian and then colliding with the dump truck from behind.

The driver of the semi is currently being charged with failure to maintain lanes and Misd. Death by Motor Vehicle. Additional Charges are possible as the investigation continues.

10/05/2025

Angier Black River Fire Department was dispatched to the 4000 block of Neill's Creek Road for an iPhone crash notification.

Medic 9 arrived on scene first and advised one vehicle off the roadway overturned in a ditch. The occupant was outside the vehicle.

Firefighters arrived and began assisting the EMS crew with treatment.

Due to the combativeness of driver Harnett County Deputies were dispatched to assist until NCSHP could arrive.

The driver refused medical care and was released to the deputies.

Once the trooper arrived the driver was given a field sobriety test and a breathalyzer in which the driver failed both. The driver was arrested and transported to Harnett County Detention Center for booking.

Preliminary investigation is the vehicle was traveling north on Neill's Creek Road and crossed the center line. The vehicle then left the roadway on the left side of the road entered a ditch. The vehicle traveled the length of the ditch and struck a driveway culvert for Scotts Lane. The vehicle then flipped into the next ditch.

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Update 1

Lindell Calder (36) of Cary was arrested and charged with
Misd-DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED (0.24) three times legal limit
Misd-RECKLESS DRIVING TO ENDANGER M
Misd-DWLR NOT IMPAIRED REV
Misd- LITTERING BEER/WINE CONTAINER
Inf-DRIVE LEFT OF CENTER

Also was arrested for warrants out of Wake County
Felony Possession of stolen firearm

And has a Failure to appear from charges due to a traffic stop earlier this year also out of Wake County for 2024 Traffic stop for speeding and another 2025 traffic stop for no operator's license and unsafe movement.

10/05/2025

https://www.wral.com/news/local/fatal-crash-turnbull-rd-cumberland-co-oct-2025/

North Carolina State Highway Patrol said the crash happened on Turnbull Raod near Cedar Creek Road. One person was reported dead on the scene.

10/04/2025

Death Investigation

On October 4th, 2025, at 1:47 p.m., the Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call for a death investigation at the 500 Block of Plymouth Street, Fayetteville, NC. Upon deputies' arrival, they located human remains. The identity of the individual is unknown at this time. The investigation is still ongoing.

I spoke with the 2 individuals that located the body/remains.

I was given that the 2 were fishing in tributary of Locks Creek and as the people were relocating they located what appeared to be skeletal remains (deceased individual) down an embankment. 911 was called and Cumberland County Sheriff's Deputies along with Vander Fire Rescue and Cumberland Couty EMS responded.

The responders arrived to find the deceased down an embankment of at least 30 feet down. A confirmation of death was immediately declared and the responders backed out until CCSO could arrive.

The investigation is still on going.

10/04/2025

Cedar Creek Fire Rescue, Vander Fire Rescue, Eastover Fire Rescue was dispatched to the intersection of Cedar Creek Road and Turnbull Road in the rural Cedar Creek community of Cumberland County for a vehicle crash.

Units arrived on scene to find a 1969 Chevrolet Camero with heavy front end damage from where it collided with a tree. The driver was pronounced deceased at the scene.

Forensic Techs from the Cumberland County Sheriff's Department and the NC State Medical Examiners office assisted the troopers in the investigation.

Trooper Wilkins is the primary investigator.

The vehicle was traveling east on Cedar Creek Road and continued onto Turnbull Road and just after the change over the driver lost control in the curve and the vehicle traveled off the roadway to the left. The vehicle hit a tree head-on and the driver was killed instantly. Firefighter had to extricate the driver after the investigation.

Turnbull Road was closed in both directions for almost 2 hours.