Public Safety

Deputies caught a break-in suspect damaging a St. James area home July 17, according to reports. Percy Williams Pickett III, 47, was placed under $15,000 secured bond, charged with attempted breaking and entering and a parole violation. Since he was already out on bond on an unrelated charge, however, he was ordered held. His address was listed as 741 Old Wilmington Road, the same location as the incident....

A midnight break-in attempt led to the arrest of a Whiteville man near Clarkton. James Best, 48, was held under $5,000 secured bond, charged with second degree trespass and possession of drug paraphernalia. His address was listed as 1204 Rico Rd., Whiteville. The sheriff’s office reported that deputies went to the home on Mt. Calvary Road after a 911 call about an attempted break-in in progress. A resident...

A man was transported for a mental evaluation after reports that he was standing by an area road with a machete July 18. Deputies were initially called to the 20000 block of Peacock Road to a disturbance. They made contact with a man fitting the description of an individual walking beside the road with a machete. The man was not carrying the tool at the time deputies found...