WPD Arrests North Carolina Murder Suspect

Warrenton, OR – On July 8, 2016 at 8:05pm a male subject knocked on the back door of the Warrenton Police Station. An officer contacted the man who commented that the police were “looking for me” and that he was “wanted for murder.” The man identified himself at David Isaiah Godwin age 25 from Newport, North Carolina. The officer check with Dispatch and found that Godwin had an arrest warrant out of North Carolina for “Homicide” and was listed as “Armed and Dangerous.”

Godwin was taken into custody without incident and transported to the Clatsop County Jail where he was lodged. A Detective from Morehead City Police Department in North Carolina was contacted and will be starting the process to bring Godwin back to face charges. Godwin faces no local charges and is believed to have possibly taken a bus from North Carolina to Oregon.

More information on Godwin and the incident in North Carolina can be found at:

http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/article_9dd49ba4-436d-11e6...

Prepared by Chief Mathew Workman, 503-861-2235, mworkman@ci.warrenton.or.us