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Durham man jailed after Chadbourn chase

August 28, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Durham man jailed after Chadbourn chase

A police chase in Chadbourn ended in drug charges during the early morning hours of Aug. 22. Davin Jan-Michael Zimmerman, 46, of Durham and New Jersey, was held under $25,000 secured bond, according to jail [Read More]

Drugs, paraphernalia nd this stolen Glock 45 were seized during an arrest Thursday in Whiteville.
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‘Substantial amount’ of narcotics, stolen firearm recovered; three jailed

August 28, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on ‘Substantial amount’ of narcotics, stolen firearm recovered; three jailed

UPDATED 2 p.m. Handgun was stolen in Whiteville store heist last year. Three suspects, a handgun stolen from a local store and a “significant” quantity of drugs were seized by Whiteville Police and Alcohol Law [Read More]

Zachary Dashad Green
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Speeding leads to gun, drug, failure to appear arrest

August 27, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Speeding leads to gun, drug, failure to appear arrest

Two containers of a substance believed to be marijuana and a firearm sent a Tabor City man to jail Wednesday. Zachary Dashad Green, 22, of 120 Jamaica Queen Lane, Tabor City, was jailed under a [Read More]

Agents from Bladen and Columbus counties arrested three suspects in a raid outside Clarkton Thursday morning.
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Joint effort jails three in Clarkton

August 27, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Joint effort jails three in Clarkton

A combined effort by Columbus and Bladen county investigators led to the arrest of three narcotics suspects Thursday (today). Deputies executed a search warrant on two residences on Booker T. Washington Road around 7:30 a.m. [Read More]

Nathaniel Keith McPherson
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One charged with damaging sprinklers at jail

August 27, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on One charged with damaging sprinklers at jail

McPherson was in jail for his role in an assault on a woman and her three-legged dog. A prisoner at the Columbus County detention Center has been charged with two counts of interfering with a [Read More]

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Prison employee arrested for contraband

August 27, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Prison employee arrested for contraband

The routine search of a prison employee heading to work turned up a bag of tobacco Aug. 20, according to the Columbus County sheriff’s office. juJuan Lowell Lambert, 33, was arrested for possession of tobacco [Read More]

Jim Robert Goins
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One charged in East Arcadia murder, body disposal

August 26, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on One charged in East Arcadia murder, body disposal

An apparent roommate of a Durham man found dead in the Cape Fear River has been arrested for the killing. Jim Robert Goins, 41, was arrested in Wake County by U.S. Marshals and Bladen County [Read More]

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Dothan Road home burned; suspect charged

August 26, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Dothan Road home burned; suspect charged

Updated 11:45 a.m. Thursday Betty Smith Bryant, 63, has been charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fire to the home, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. The fire allegedly stemmed from a [Read More]

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Woman claims she was robbed by couple

August 25, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Woman claims she was robbed by couple

Jewelry and cash were taken from a Gilliard Road woman in an alleged robbery Aug. 25. Deputies responded to the home near Chadbourn on a disturbance call. Kayla Todd told the sheriff’s office that a [Read More]

William Shane Rhodes
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ATV chase ends with trip to jail

August 24, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on ATV chase ends with trip to jail

A detective working on another investigation ended up literally chasing down a new case just after midnight Monday morning.  Det. Paul Rockenbach was on Seven Creeks Highway in Nakina when he spotted a four-wheeler erratically [Read More]

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Body from river identified

August 22, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Body from river identified

UPDATE: Monday 2:58 p.m. Bladen County authorities have identified Kenneth Ross Covell, 54, as the body found in the Cape Fear River near Golf Course Road.The body of the suspected murder victim was found roughly [Read More]

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Suspect flees, runs, trips

August 21, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Suspect flees, runs, trips

A Shallotte man found out you can’t outrun the long arm of the law Aug. 18. Skyler Wade Peacock, 20, was charged with child abuse, fleeing to elude arrest, carless and reckless driving heorin possession [Read More]

Kandice Hickman Freeman
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Mom, grandmother charged in Riegelwood drug case

August 19, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Mom, grandmother charged in Riegelwood drug case

DSS takes custody of child from “filthy” home. Two women were arrested on drug charges and a toddler was turned over to Social Services after an Aug. 13 raid on a home described as “filthy”. [Read More]

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Bad driving leads to big trouble for Clarkton man

August 18, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Bad driving leads to big trouble for Clarkton man

Drugs and paraphernalia were allegedly  found in a Clarkton man’s car after he briefly fled from deputies Aug. 14, according to the sheriff’s office. Kameron Blake Quattlebaum, 21, of 69 Sabels Run Trail, Clarkton, was jailed [Read More]

Terrance Omar Shipman and Michael Dewayne Mitchell
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Rico saturation patrols lead to arrests for drugs, firearms

August 18, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Rico saturation patrols lead to arrests for drugs, firearms

Complaints from citizens led Columbus County Deputies to spend some extra time in the Rico community recently, and the effort paid off with two arrests for multiple felony charges. Arrest reports show Terrance Omar Shipman, 32, [Read More]

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Two jailed in Bolton raid

August 18, 2020 Jefferson Weaver Comments Off on Two jailed in Bolton raid

Crystal meth, marijuana and firearms were among the contraband seized during a raid on a home at 6368  Old Lake Road home Aug. 14. Barbara Lynn Sessions, 42, was charged with possession with intent to manufacture, [Read More]

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