Press Releases/What’s New

On May 23, 2019, the Portsmouth Police Department arrested the following individual for Aggravated Felonious Sexual Assault:

Carter Kimbrough

DOB 2/28/74

1436 Nocoseka Trl Apt S-7

Anniston, AL

On the evening of May 20, 2019, the Newington Police and Fire Departments responded to the Great Bay shoreline at Fox Point for the report of a deceased body.  Due to the ongoing investigation into the missing Adam Camarato case, the Portsmouth Police Department was notified. The scene was investigated by on scene officers and the State Assistant Deputy Medical Examiner. An autopsy is scheduled for tomorrow morning where the positive identity will be made. 

On the evening of May 20, 2019, the Portsmouth Police department was made aware of a threatening statement made on a juvenile’s Snapchat social media account. A student from the Portsmouth Middle School posted a picture of a Middle School stairway with the caption “who wants to shoot up the school tomorrow?”

Last September, the City implemented new bike lanes on the Middle Street/Lafayette Road corridor to create a safer, on-road bike route along Route 1 between the High School and Downtown. This new design included buffered bike lanes, defined parking spaces and bollards (also known as flex posts) along the marked bike lane. 

There is currently one vacancy within the Police Commission. The deadline to submit an application for the Police Commissioner vacancy is Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office for details regarding the application process at 610-7208.

Seventeen years after the terror attacks on America, we will again pause and remember the world-changing events of September 11, 2001.

Date of Release: August 27, 2018

Reference:   Sobriety Checkpoint Arrests

Date of Release:  August 20th, 2018 

Reference:      Sobriety Checkpoints / DWI Enforcement 

Portsmouth Police Department

Press Release

On today’s date at approximately 7:08 A.M, the Portsmouth Police Department with the assistance of the Seacoast Emergency Response Team (SERT) arrested the following individual: