Public Safety

Opiates, marijuana and a firearm were seized when county vice-narcotics officers arrested a man Monday. Anthony Lee “Bootsie” Vereen, 49, was held under no bond, charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, maintaining a vehicle for drug activities, possession of drugs in a detention center, three counts trafficking opiates, resisting an officer, and possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver oxycodone, alprazolam, and marijuana. He...

Multiple child rape charges have been filed against a Clarkton man, according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. Jahmar Marquise Richardson, 40, of Clarkton was arrested Wednesday. He faces charges of statutory sex offense, sex acts by a substitute parent, indecent liberties with a child, and misdemeanor sexual battery. He also aces breaking and entering charges in Cumberland County. He is being held without bond, according to the...