Two teens are under juvenile petitions for a $10,000 vandalism spree at Whiteville High School July 29. Lt. Andre Jackson of the Whiteville Police said the suspects are 17 and 13 years old. Sgt. A. [Read More]
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina said investigators have seized nearly $5 million worth of a cryptocurrency from a scam known as “pig butchering.” The seized funds were from a legitimate crypto [Read More]
An armed Lumberton fentanyl trafficker was sentenced Wednesday (today) to 150 months in prison. The U.S. District Attorney’s Office said Charlton Townsend, 29, pled guilty on May 22 to one count of conspiracy with intent [Read More]
No one was injured when a home in Sandyfield was damaged by gunfire Monday. Deputies were called to 1043 Browntown Road, near the county line, at 4:30 p.m. Teresa Carter told deputies that two unidentified [Read More]
Two suspects in a Loris murder were arrested in Chadbourn with the help of the town’s Flock licenses plate reader cameras (LPR). Zarius Oshea Vereen, 31, and Ebony Shanell Vereen, 32, were arrested at 147 [Read More]
Mushrooms, LSD and around four pounds of marijuana were confiscated after a traffic stop Aug. 13. Randy Dakota Jacobs, 26, of Titus Road, Lumberton, was held under $125,000 secured bond on charges of possession with [Read More]
911 systems statewide are down, emergency officials said. Local calls are being routed to Robeson County and dispatched. Bladen, Brunswick, and Pender counties are reporting similar problems. Columbus County residents who cannot get through on [Read More]
The suspect in a drug investigation near Chadbourn is no stranger to law enforcement. Malik “Hatch” Billings, 26, has been arrested multiple times for narcotics and weapons charges. He is currently being held under $75,000 [Read More]
More than 20 catalytic converters have been stolen from the Border Belt Research Station in since June. The sheriff’s office is searching for a suspect vehicle in the case. The red full-size SUV, possibly a [Read More]
Valerie Ann Sinclair of Fayetteville has pleaded guilty to 21 counts of obtaining property by false pretenses in Moore County Superior Court. Judge Regina M. Joe ordered Sinclair to surrender her clinical mental health counselor [Read More]
No charges will be filed after a toddler was struck and killed near Clarkton Monday. Sgt. K. McVicker of the Highway Patrol said the two-year-old ran into traffic on Mercer Mill Road around 2:53 p.m. [Read More]
Failure to pay child support led to more charges for a Delco man after he allegedly fled from a deputy on Monday. Jeremy Lynn Inman, 27, of 38 North Creek Drive, was held under $1,962 [Read More]
A South Carolina murder suspect is in custody after narcotics detectives on storm duty spotted her vehicle in tabor city. Feleshia Ann Goodman, 24, was allegedly involved in a shooting incident in Loris early Wednesday, [Read More]
A South Carolina man is in the hospital after nearly losing his hand in a boating accident on Lake Tabor Sunday. Lt. Forrest Orr of the Wildlife Resources Commission said Allen Michael Ward, 30, was [Read More]
One person drowned Saturday after driving around a barricade and into a flooded road near the Columbus County line, according to Robeson County EMS. The drowning occurred on a section of Old Whiteville Road, which [Read More]
Flooded roads as of 11:35 p.m. Aug. 7, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. •7000 block Lebanon Church Rd •835 Walter Ward Rd •Ward Town x Seven Creeks •14B East Calhoun St •E Lewis [Read More]
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