The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office is the principal law enforcement agency of New Hanover County, providing service to over 230,000 people within 199 square miles.
The inmate, Joseph Santoro, who was incarcerated with Gombert in Connecticut, claimed that Gombert made incriminating admissions. According to Santoro’s affidavit, Gombert told him that Putnam County authorities were “trying to get him for the killing of two girls,...