MEDIA ADVISORY

Contact:  Angie Grube

               SBI Public Information Director

               (980) 781-3049

               agrube@ncsbi.gov

December 31, 2019

SBI SPECIAL AGENTS ARREST LOCAL CITY COMMISSIONER, CHARGE WITH 12 COUNTS OF SECOND DEGREE SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF A MINOR

On December 27, 2019, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s Computer Crimes Unit was requested by the Havelock Police Department to investigate Peter “Pete” Devlin VanVliet, a city commissioner.  After a joint investigation, VanVliet was arrested at his home without incident shortly after midnight on Tuesday, December 31, 2019, by special agents and charged with 12 counts of second degree sexual exploitation of a minor.  He was issued a $100,000 bond by a Craven County magistrate and was released upon posting bail.  No additional information is available at this time as this is an ongoing investigation.