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Gus will soon be back with his family in Nebraska, after being stollen and brought toN Hallsboro.
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Stolen Dog Heading Home to Cornhusker State

August 16, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Stolen Dog Heading Home to Cornhusker State

Detectives searching for stolen property found some furry contraband that will soon be heading to his rightful home. Gus the Yorkie dog was turned over to investigators while they were looking for stolen property at [Read More]

Justin "Waldo" McKvian
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Cocaine Dealer Headed for Prison

August 15, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Cocaine Dealer Headed for Prison

‘Carnivore’ Defendant Found Guilty A latecomer to the narcotics sweep that led to multiple arrests in 2019 has been sentenced to 29 to 53 months in prison. Justin Emmanuel “Waldo” McKvian, 32, was convicted of [Read More]

Timothy Cain, Kwamaine Bellamy, Michael Lance, and Washington (CCSO photos)
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Four Charged in Jail Assault

August 12, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Four Charged in Jail Assault

Update: Two murder suspects part of assault. Two of the four suspects in the Aug. 3 beating of an inmate at the county jail are awaiting trial for murder. Michael Lance, Darius Washington, Kwamaine Bellamy, [Read More]

Chadbourn will soon begin installing 12 Flock safety license plate reading cameras in the town. (Photo courtesy Flock Safety).
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Chadbourn Police Approved for Flock System

August 10, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Chadbourn Police Approved for Flock System

Chadbourn Police have a new tool for finding stolen cars and suspect vehicles. Council approved an $85,600 contract with Flock Safety to install and maintain 12 license plate reader (LPR) cameras in the town. The [Read More]

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SBI Investigating Inmate Beating

August 8, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on SBI Investigating Inmate Beating

Updated 5:29 p.m. State investigators were called in after a Chadbourn man in the county detention center was severely assaulted by other inmates. Chief Deputy Aaron Herring confirmed that the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) [Read More]

A small gun
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Leland Shooting Leaves Local Man Dead, Another Jailed

August 5, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Leland Shooting Leaves Local Man Dead, Another Jailed

A Lake Waccamaw area man died in a Leland shooting Sunday.  Another local man faces charges connected with the case, but is not charged with the death. Leland Police said Kwaze Walker, 22, with addresses [Read More]

Contributed photo of a "no firearms" sign at an area Hills.
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Hills Decision Unpopular with Gunowners

August 3, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Hills Decision Unpopular with Gunowners

• How do you feel about firearms in businesses? Join the discussion on the Columbus County News Facebook page. Gunowners say they are turning their backs on Hills Grocery stores after the announcement that firearms [Read More]

water balloon fight
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National Night Out at Eastern Substation

August 3, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on National Night Out at Eastern Substation

Eastern Columbus residents turned out Tuesday for the first-ever National Night Out observance at the sheriff’s office substation. While temperatures still flirted with 100 at 6 p.m., deputies and kids cooled off with a water [Read More]

Jimmy Allen lowery (Detention Center photo)
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WPD Recovers Truck, Suspect in Minutes

August 2, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on WPD Recovers Truck, Suspect in Minutes

Whiteville Police recovered a stolen truck and trailer – and the alleged thief —  within minutes Tuesday (today). Jimmy Allen Lowery was charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, felony larceny, fleeing to elude arrest, driving [Read More]

Brandon Delane Nobles
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Standoff Ends with One Jailed, No Injuries

August 1, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Standoff Ends with One Jailed, No Injuries

Deputies used the county’s armored vehicle and tear gas to end a standoff on Beaverdam Road with no injuries early Monday. Brandon Nobles, 33, of 3810 Old Cribbtown Rd., Chadbourn, was charged with possession with [Read More]

Curtis Wayne Cruse (CCSO Detention Photo)
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Delco Man Charged in Theft Spree

August 1, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Delco Man Charged in Theft Spree

Surveillance footage and a bank card led to the arrest of a Delco man on multiple theft charges. Curtis Wayne Cruse, 50, of 5316 Delco Prosper Rd., was charged with three counts each of misdemeanor [Read More]

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Domestic Leads to Standoff

August 1, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Domestic Leads to Standoff

No one was injured after a suspect shot at deputies in a domestic violence call this morning. Brandon Nobles was taken into custody around 4 a.m., Chief Deputy Aaron Herring of the Columbus Sheriff’s Office [Read More]

An undated file photo of the property at 205 MLK in Whiteville
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MLK Troublespot Flattened

July 29, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on MLK Troublespot Flattened

One of Whiteville’s most notorious havens for crime, especially drug sales, will soon be a parking lot. After a year’s worth of work in the courts, demolition crews levelled the home at 205 Martin Luther [Read More]

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Firearms Stolen in Multiple Thefts

July 28, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Firearms Stolen in Multiple Thefts

Thieves targeted AR-15 rifles and handguns in multiple thefts being investigated by the sheriff’s office in recent days. Reports show that Ned Wayne Taste Jr. contacted law enforcement just after midnight July 22 after his [Read More]

Walter Bennett Craven, (CCSO Detention Center)
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Lake Resident Charged in Wrightsville Rape

July 28, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Lake Resident Charged in Wrightsville Rape

The suspect in a Wrightsville Beach sexual assault was arrested at Lake Waccamaw Monday. Walter Bennett Craven, 56, of 108 Lakeshore Dr., Lake Waccamaw, was charged with one count each of first degree forced sex [Read More]

CCSO narcotics agents seized 100 oxycodone tablets in the arrest of an 81-year-old suspect. (CCSO photo)
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Senior Citizen Charged with Drug Trafficking

July 27, 2022 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Senior Citizen Charged with Drug Trafficking

The sheriff’s office has arrested a senior citizen from Leland on drug trafficking charges. Freddie Everett Ross, 81, was charged with three counts of trafficking opiates, and sale and delivery of opiates. His bond was [Read More]

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