The suspect in a home invasion also faces narcotics charges, according to warrants. Sheldon Glen Patrick, 59, was arrested Aug. 20 on charges of discharging a firearm in a home to incite fear; to coun...
Multiple charges were filed after a Cherry Grove man allegedly choked a woman unconscious with an extension cord. Jonathan Grooms, 27, of 562 Cheery Grove Rd., Cerro Gordo, faces charges of assault by...
Heavy winds damaged Galloway Farms Maze Craze Friday, toppled trees at Lake Waccamaw and elsewhere, and dropped from three to seven inches of rain across the county. An event venue at Galloway Farms w...
Investigators have arrested a fourth suspect in $100,000 theft ring that spanned three counties. Matthew Wayne Hurst, John Michael McDonald, Shayna Logue, and Joseph Reinhart all face multiple felonie...
Developing story Several trees are reported down at Lake Waccamaw, and a shed has collapsed at Galloway Farms Maze Craze due to the current storm. The storm is producing frequent and dangerous ...
Vice-Narcotics detectives arrested a man on drug charges after an Aug. 11 traffic stop. Roger Dale Reaves, 59, of 3288 Gore Trailer Rd., Whiteville, was held under $3,500 secured bond, according to de...
Arson is thought to be the cause of a wildfire that destroyed a truck and some woodland Aug. 13. The sheriff’s office said deputies were called to 291 Laura’s Lane on the Game Lands. A truck was also ...
A longterm investigation into suspected illegal narcotics sales resulted in the arrest of an Elizabethtown man, according to officials. Justin “Jay” Romales Williams, 46, of 802 Fox St., Elizabethtown...
Matthew Mercer pleaded guilty today (Aug. 17) in the shooting death of his son Brady Lee Mercer. District Attorney Jon David said Mercer pleaded guilty to second degree murder, and received a sentence...
The last two men wanted in Friday’s shooting in Whiteville have joined three other suspects in jail. Zyon Willis and Dale Freeman were arrested Monday afternoon, Whiteville Police said. Willis and Fre...
A resident of a local RV park has been charged with molesting a girl.Patrick Anthony Keese, 69, whose address was listed as the Lake Waccamaw RV park, is being held under no bond on the single charge ...
Two Whiteville men face charges after a shootout on Ward Street Friday. Shyreak William Belton, 34, of 429 Ward Street, was held without bond on a single count of firing into an occupied vehic...
Corrections Officers stopped a woman form smuggling opiates into Columbus Correctional Wednesday. Pamela Miller Blackwell, 57, of 442 Pine Acres Dr., Chadbourn, is being held under $100,000 secured bo...
A runaway turkey has a new home after being taken into custody by Bladenboro Police. BPD said in a social media post that a citizen called after seeing the turkey escape from a poultry carrier in the ...
A boy called 911 after the woman he was riding with passed out behind the wheel Aug. 7, and the Virginia woman now faces charges of DWI. child abuse, marijuana and possession of a stolen gun. Natoya C...
The reported victim of a shooting found himself going to jail, rather than the hospital, after another visit to an ex-girlfriend’s home. James Stucarter Best, 48, of 1204 Rico Rd., Clarkton, was held ...