Johnston County Arrest Records

Johnston County arrest records are created by the law enforcement officer or agency that made the arrest. After a person has been arrested by law enforcement in Johnston County, they are taken to the police department or the Sheriff’s Office and booked into custody.

The booking process is a documentation process that involves taking a record of the arrestee’s identification information (name, age, sex), physical description (height, weight, hair and eye colour), photograph, fingerprints, date and time of the arrest and booking, name of the arresting officer, description of the charge, as well as an incident report. This document is what is known as an arrest record.

Arrest records are public documents; however, arrests involving minors are not. Juvenile records are exempt from public disclosure. While arrest logs are often accessible online or through the Johnston County Sheriff’s Office, personal information about the offender and eyewitness reports may not be available through search terminals. Anyone can search recent arrest records online using the Sheriff’s Office Arrest Search website.