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Brunswick Rapist Pleads Guilty

November 12, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Brunswick Rapist Pleads Guilty

A Southport man caught attempting to have sex with a child will spend 30 years in prison, the district attorney’s office said. Clayton Eagle entered a guilty plea today (Nov. 12) to ten counts of [Read More]

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Former Sheriff’s Home Struck by Gunfire

November 12, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Former Sheriff’s Home Struck by Gunfire

Former Sheriff Lewis Hatcher and his family escaped injury Thursday after someone fired multiple rounds at his home. Hatcher, his wife and nephew were inside the home at Pridgen Acres near Clarkton when an individual [Read More]

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Driver Won’t Be Charged in Pedestrian Death

November 11, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Driver Won’t Be Charged in Pedestrian Death

The driver who left the scene of an early morning fatality in Fair Bluff will not be charged. Entrell Moore, 20, of Tabor City thought he had struck an animal in the roadway at Elm [Read More]

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Two Dead in Saturday Wrecks–UPDATE

November 11, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Two Dead in Saturday Wrecks–UPDATE

For the second time in less than a month, two people died in separate auto crashes a short time apart in Columbus County this weekend. The wrecks happened Saturday evening. Jacqueline Strickland died on Franklin [Read More]

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Stolen Rifle, Drugs Send Felon to Jail

November 7, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Stolen Rifle, Drugs Send Felon to Jail

A convicted felon arrested with a rifle and narcotics is being held under $250,000 secured bond after an arrest early Saturday morning. Houston Edward Scott, 27, was arrested by the sheriff’s office on charges of [Read More]

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NCFS Urges Free Safety as Drought Looms

November 6, 2024 Jeff Allen Jones Comments Off on NCFS Urges Free Safety as Drought Looms

Courtesy N.C. Forest Service Those who have felt the warmth of a fire and enjoyed its friendly glow understand that fire is not always a devastating blaze. Our ancestors considered fire to be a basic [Read More]

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Early Morning Four-Wheeler Chase Sends on to Hospital

November 5, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Early Morning Four-Wheeler Chase Sends on to Hospital

An argument turned into a car chase involving a four wheeler this morning, and one man was shot. Sheriff Bill Rogers said the incident happened near Boardman around 2 a.m. A disagreement between two men [Read More]

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Child Hit by Gunfire in Cerro Gordo

November 5, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Child Hit by Gunfire in Cerro Gordo

A four year old boy is in stable condition at UNC Hospital after he was struck in the neck by gunfire in Cerro Gordo Monday. The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office and State Bureau of Investigation [Read More]

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Bladen Man Gets 28 Years for Murder

November 4, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Bladen Man Gets 28 Years for Murder

The man who killed a Bladenboro resident in a drive-by shooting will serve up to 28 years in prison. Daniel Autry pleaded guilty today (Nov. 4) in front of Chief Superior Court Judge Ashley Gore [Read More]

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Seatbelt Leads to Felony Drug Charges

November 4, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Seatbelt Leads to Felony Drug Charges

An Elizabethtown man is out on bond on felony drug charges because he failed to wear a seatbelt. James Warner Littrell, 19, of David Street, Elizabethtown, was charged with possession of psychedelic mushrooms, drug paraphernalia [Read More]

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Bandit Sought in Armed Robbery

November 4, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Bandit Sought in Armed Robbery

A man narrowly escaped injury after he was robbed at gunpoint and reportedly shot at Wednesday. The victim, Kelly Delane Mills, said a man he knows assaulted him and took $695 from Mills on Pine [Read More]

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Four Arrested In Jail Scheme

October 31, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Four Arrested In Jail Scheme

Four people suspects face charges after an attempt to supply prisoners at the county jail with contraband. Curtis Demetrius Gowans, 36; Christopher Jerome Taylor, 47; Latonya Willis, 40; and Savannah Willis, 38, face charges of [Read More]

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CCSO Makes Sixth Trip to Help Storm Victims

October 30, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on CCSO Makes Sixth Trip to Help Storm Victims

The sheriff’s office has completed its sixth and last – for now –  hurricane relief trip to the North Carolina mountains. Sheriff Bill Rogers said two tractor-trailer loads of local contributions were delivered to Riverside [Read More]

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Home Fire Under Investigation

October 30, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Home Fire Under Investigation

No one was injured when a Peacock Road home was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The sheriff’s office reported that fire units were called to 15575 Peacock Road at 7:09 a.m.  Cpl. Z. Moody of the [Read More]

James Walter Dicicco (CCSO)
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Checkpoints Lead to Drug Arrests

October 29, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Checkpoints Lead to Drug Arrests

Checkpoints led to drug charges in two separate cases Monday. James Walter Dicicco, 57, was released on a $50,000 secured bond after he was charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell [Read More]

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Pot Plants, Automatic Pistol Seized From Felon

October 29, 2024 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Pot Plants, Automatic Pistol Seized From Felon

A Tabor City area man is in jail after he allegedly had a suppressed handgun converted to fully automatic as well as a marijuana growing operation in his home. Dustin Randall Duncan, 34, of 7922 [Read More]

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