Updated 5 p.m. Seven people were jailed Tuesday after county drug agents raided a home less than a block from the Whiteville city hall complex. The raid Tuesday evening turned up cocaine, crack, marij...
Deputies arrested a Red Store Road woman April 9 after she allegedly charged them while completely naked. Elisha Shamae Colson, 37, was charged with assault on a government official, property da...
A mechanic was killed Friday at his home in Old Dock, and his fiancé has been charged with second degree murder. Jennifer Crafford Scurdato, 38, is being held under no bond in the Columbus Detention C...
A man wanted in Arizona is being held under $1.2 million bond after a raid near Clarkton. Wade Anthony Garcia, also known as Donovan Davis, is being held on three counts of possession of a firearm by ...
The sheriff’s office is on the scene of a reported shooting death on Snake Island Road in the Old Dock community. Chief Deputy Aaron Herring said the shooting occurred this morning. Investigators are ...
A former doctor who operated a “pill mill” in Columbus County was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for unlawfully distributing Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Methadone, and Marijuana. John Whan Kim, 75...
After two years of false starts due to budgets and the pandemic, the long-awaited Eastern Division station for the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office opened Wednesday. “The residents of the eastern part...
Woman charged in Friday Bladen fatality. Two people died in unrelated crashes within 24 hours in Columbus, and a Clarkton man died in a Bladen crash Friday afternoon. Charges have been filed in the Bl...
The man who beat his uncle to death in a Clarkton home has been found guilty. Gabriel James McDowell, 21, was a teenager when he assaulted Leon Leach in a home off Ida’s Lane in Clarkton. He was found...
Suspect had more drugs hidden in underwear at jail, CCSO says. Two stolen guns, methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana were confiscated after a traffic stop involving a Leland woman Monday. Taleesha A...
A traffic stop turned into a water rescue for a Whiteville man March 21. Christopher Scott Deans, 26, was charged with resisting an officer, misdemeanor child abuse, possession of cocaine and drug par...
More than 185,000 North Carolina drivers with revoked licenses could see their privileges restored over the next two months. The Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said in a press release Monday that dr...
A Columbus County narcotics officer is recovering after a suspect allegedly used his vehicle as a weapon. Duane Henderson Manning, 55, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a government off...
Four firearms and drugs were recently confiscated thanks to the sharp nose of a Sheriff’s Office canine. Jeroid Long, 33, of Riegelwood was held under $8,500 secured bond after a traffic stop March 11...
One man was jailed after a shootout on Whitehall Road Extension Friday. Karsten Maurice Powell, 52, of 125 Stabley St., Whiteville, was charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell and del...
Justin Lee Locklear became the county’s eleventh road death Friday when his soft drink truck slammed into the rear of a tanker on U.S. 74-76. First Sgt. Andrew Pait of the Highway Patrol said Locklear...