• Spivey hid parts in Christmas boxes, report says. The former chief of Chadbourn police has been charged with stealing two catalytic converters from a Tabor City garage. William Anthony Spivey, 36, of Gapway Road, [Read More]
Chadbourn Police arrested a Clarkton man Tuesday after he allegedly stood in the roadway, fought officers and had narcotics in his pocket. Davion Jabias Frink, 21, was charged with two counts of assault on a [Read More]
Deputies were the victims in two recent shooting incidents, but no one was injured in either case. On Jan. 8, according to sheriff’s reports, a deputy reported finding a bullethole in the rear of his [Read More]
A juvenile faces charges in two Chadbourn shooting incidents, according to Chadbourn Police. “It’s been a long night,” Chief Ken Elliot said. “Our department has been working some long hours on this case.” Two people [Read More]
• No one was injured, but homes and vehicles were damaged. Chadbourn Police are investigating a series of shootings that occurred between 6:30 and 8 p.m. Tuesday. Police Chief Ken Elliot said no one was [Read More]
• Drugs were worth $150,000 on the street Two suspects are in jail and $150,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine is off the street after an investigation by Whiteville Police.Mayer Nunez Olmedo and Ivan Carmona-Rosas, both [Read More]
Two alleged drug dealers had firearms and body armor in a home near Tabor City. The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reported that Rico Antonio Smith, 37, and Forest Dean Bielinski, 28, were arrested after citizen [Read More]
One home was struck by gunfire in Whiteville Jan. 8 while Whiteville Police Officers were investigating a possible break-in – after another shots fired call. Lt. Andre Jackson of the WPD said officers were called [Read More]
WPD: Suspect was passed out at gas pump. Using a false name didn’t work out well for a suspect found passed out at a Whiteville convenience store early Sunday. Austin Cross, 26, was charged with [Read More]
The county’s first highway death of the year occurred Wednesday, when a Clarendon man lost control of his car and crashed. Gary Wayne Cartrette, 62, died Thursday from injuries sustained in the single-vehicle wreck. He [Read More]
William James Purdie turned himself in to Bladen authorities Wednesday to face charges of murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Purdie, 37, of Airport Road, Clarkton, was charged with the murder of Ervin Junior [Read More]
Vice-Narcotics detectives have arrested another alleged cocaine, methamphetamine and opiate dealer near Chadbourn. Kelly J. McClure, 38, of 97 McDuffie Lane, Chadbourn, was jailed under $301,000 bond on six counts of felony sale and delivery [Read More]
Pursuit of a fleeing suspect led deputies from Whiteville to Hallsboro and back again just before midnight Wednesday. Brandon Lee Lewis, 39, faces multiple charges including fleeing to elude arrest, driving while impaired, failure to [Read More]
DWI suppression efforts working, sheriff says. Checkpoints in December and January turned up stolen vehicles, drugs, fugitives, and multiple traffic violations, but the sheriff’s office did not arrest a single impaired driver during the Holiday [Read More]
More than $32,000 in cash, a quantity of marijuana and two shotguns were confiscated after a man fleeing from deputies allegedly hit a patrol car, causing it to crash into another vehicle. Rondrell Santana Leach, [Read More]
Three detectives escaped injury after another driver struck their vehicle Thursday night. The Highway Patrol said the investigators were in a Columbus Sheriff’s Office SUV on Strawberry Boulevard in Chadbourn when “an elderly female” driving [Read More]
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