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Facing felony charges for secret peeping and incident liberties with a minor, the police chief of Newton Grove, North Carolina, resigned, the town said Tuesday.
The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation arrested the police chief, Greg Warren, and accused him of taking secret pictures of a minor while she was sleeping. The SBI arrested Warren Jan. 7.
“Effective immediately, Chief Warren is no longer an employee of the Town of Newton Grove,” officials said in a brief statement Tuesday.
“Town officials have met and have taken all necessary steps to ensure there is no lapse in law enforcement services,” the town said. “Police operations will continue without interruption, and public safety services remain fully operational.”
The Sampson County Sheriff’s Office asked the SBI to investigate the accusations against the police chief.
Warren is charged with felony indecent liberties with a child and six counts of felony secret peeping, court records show.
Newton Grove is a small town with a population of about 600, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It’s about 45 miles southeast of Raleigh in a mostly agricultural part of the state.
Warren is being held without bond. His case is subject to an Iryna’s Law bond review with a hearing set for Thursday.
The law is named for Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, who was killed on Charlotte’s lightrail back in August. It went into effect December 2025 and changes the way courtrooms across the state operate, overhauling several key areas of the criminal justice system. It changes how the state categorizes violent offenses and conditions for pretrial release, allowing judges more power to deny bond. It also brings back the death penalty by firing squad.
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Charles Duncan
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