{"id":274134,"date":"2026-08-28T19:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/274134\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T19:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T19:08:10","slug":"warrant-issued-in-craven-fraud-case-suspect-tied-to-crimes-from-florida-to-pennsylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/274134\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrant issued in Craven fraud case; suspect tied to crimes from Florida to Pennsylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Craven County Sheriff\u2019s Office has identified a suspect in a fraud investigation after previously asking for the public\u2019s help.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said they asked for assistance Aug. 12 in identifying a man wanted for questioning in a fraud case. At the time, the sheriff\u2019s office said the man was operating a black Cadillac Escalade with a fictitious registration.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said an investigation by its Criminal Investigation Bureau identified 27-year-old Jeancarlos Castellanos of New York, New York, as the suspect.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies said a warrant has been issued for Castellanos on charges of:<\/p>\n<p>Felony identity theftFelony financial card theftFelony obtaining property by false pretenseFelony conspiracy<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said Castellanos is also suspected of similar crimes spanning from Florida to Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information on Castellanos\u2019 location is asked to contact the Craven County Sheriff\u2019s Office at 252-636-6620, Craven County Communications at 252-633-2357 or their local law enforcement agency. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through the Craven County Crime Stoppers app or online at p3tips.com\/986.<\/p>\n<p>The charges are allegations, and Castellanos is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Craven County Sheriff\u2019s Office has identified a suspect in a fraud investigation after previously asking for the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":274135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-274134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=274134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/274134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/274135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=274134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=274134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=274134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}