Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Missing: Carolina Beach boater last seen Monday

CAROLINA BEACH — A 44-year-old Carolina Beach boater was reported missing on Saturday, Nov. 27.

A friend reported Joseph Matthew Johnson missing after arriving in town for a preplanned fishing trip. Johnson was last seen on Monday, Nov. 22, 11 a.m., leaving the Federal Point Yacht Club marina on his 19-foot Seacraft center console fishing boat.

A white male, 6’2”, 220 pounds with strawberry blonde hair, Johnson often fishes offshore and in the area of Frying Pan Shoals.

The Carolina Beach Police Department asks the public to contact 911 or the department at 910-458-2540 with any information. 


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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