Crime

A scorned woman in Riegelwood allegedly stole a handgun, burned a home, a Jeep and shot at two people Oct. 21, according to the sheriff’s office. Monica Renee Simpson, 33, is under $161,000 secured bond [Read More]

Local, state and federal authorities worked together to arrest a Riegelwood man accused of sending nude photographs to an eight year old girl. Alberto Leon, 29, is being held under a $50,000 cash bond on [Read More]

A high speed chase started in Whiteville and ended with a manhunt in the Mount Olive community Sunday.  Stewart Thomas Luck, 46, is being held under more than $1 million secured bond on charges ranging [Read More]

Candy, cigarettes, laundry detergent, even laundry hampers were among the things allegedly stolen by a Bladenboro man during a string of break-ins at area stores, according to the sheriff’s office. Coleman Dean Johnson, 41, of [Read More]

Deputies arrested an Horry County woman and recovered two handguns, brass knuckles and an ATV after a chase back and forth across the state line Tuesday. Samantha Elizabeth Kirsch faces charges of felony fleeing to [Read More]

Technology helped defeat a statue thief who hit the same home twice, but the yard decorations are now back where they belong, thanks to a detective. Frank M. Phillips of 2421 Willoughby Rd., Tabor City, [Read More]

The sheriff’s office has identified David Kadeem Hemingway, 28, as the man killed in the Oct. 5 shooting near Tabor City. Hemingway and two other men were shot on Memory Lane just after 11 p.m., [Read More]