Police News
During its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 21, the Wake Forest Board of Commissioners voted to approve an amendment to the Town’s Curfew Ordinance (Sec. 20-131) effectively establishing an 8 p.m. curfew during Friday Night on White for unsupervised minors under the age of 18.
Before...Read more
A crash involving a dump truck has closed Burlington Mills Road in the vicinity of Ligon Mill Road.
The road closure is causing significant delays, so motorists may wish to avoid the area and use an alternate route.
There are no serious injuries reported.Read more
On Tuesday, May 14, from 9-11 a.m., Raleigh Water will reduce to one lane approximately 100 feet of northbound Ligon Mill Road just before South Main Street/US 1A. The lane reduction is necessary to allow crews to replace a sanitary sewer ring and cover along the 10300 block of Ligon Mill Road....Read more
Work on an NCDOT Bridge Preservation Project will continue to require overnight closures along Dr. Calvin Jones Highway/NC 98 Bypass through October. American Contracting & Services, Inc., a private contractor working on behalf of NCDOT, is alternately closing all lanes along eastbound and...Read more
The Wake Forest Police Department (WFPD) is again urging residents to guard against becoming the victim of fraud following several recently reported phone scams involving Venmo and Apple Pay.
Over the past few days, several residents involved in different traffic accidents have reported...Read more
***UPDATE - All lanes along Ligon Mill Road have reopened. No serious injuries were reported.
The information below was distributed at 4:33 p.m.
A two-vehicle crash has closed all lanes along Ligon Mill Road near Merritt Capital Drive.
The road closure...Read more
***UPDATE - Parents have been located and reunited with child.
Wake Forest Police are asking for the public’s help locating the parents or guardians of a five-year-old black female (see attached photo) who was found wandering off Wahl Road in the Richland Hills subdivision....Read more
***UPDATE - All lanes along southbound Capital Boulevard/US 1 have reopened.
The information below was distributed at 1:46 p.m.
Southbound Capital Boulevard/US 1 in the vicinity of Burlington Mills Road is reduced to...Read more
On Monday and Tuesday, April 29-30, from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. each day, Wake Electric will close the right turn lane of westbound Rogers Road just before Marshall Farm Street. The turn lane closure is necessary to allow crews to repair an underground power line at the Rogers Road/Marshall Farm...Read more