News Briefs for October 10, 2025
A Whiteville area man was jailed after he was found naked in a ditch off Seven Creeks Highway Oct. 5. Troy Edward Adkins, 54, was charged with misdemeanor indecent exposure, intoxicated and disruptive, and speeding. He told deputies that snakes were biting him. Adkins was arrested after being evaluated at Columbus Regional.
Joseph Roberts of Tar Heel has been charged as a co-defendant in a child abuse case in Bladen County. Crystal Ann Roberts was charged with felony child abuse in September after she allegedly choked the boy and threw him against a wall, warrants showed. Deputies charged her husband Robert in the same case today. Joseph Roberts is being held under $100,000 secured bond.
United States Senate GOP Candidate Don Brown was in the CCN Broadcast Studio yesterday to sit down with Jefferson Weaver on this Weeks Columbus Connection. They went through a wide range of topics in this extended edition of the program. Be sure to tune in and see why Brown wants to represent North Carolina in Washington. You can listen to the Columbus Connection on Spotify, and on the Columbus County News website here.
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