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Multiple charges were filed after deputies investigated a shots fired call on Godwin Trail Saturday. The sheriff’s office reported that deputies went to 110 Godwin Trail around 5 p.m. after a report of shots being fired in the area. A large crowd was in the area at the time, and deputies heard someone fire a shot from a residence as they arrived. Deputies reported that a man pointed...
Updated Jan. 14 at 12:05 p.m. Two Lumberton men were jailed after multiple complaints from citizens led to an illegal gambling operation with a dead raccoon in a store freezer. The sheriff’s office said in a press release that Ali Shoqi Saleh, 35, and Ali Ahmed Hamdi Saleh, 46, were arrested on felonious operation of five or more gambling machines; operating and possessing slot machines and video gaming...
Deputies allegedly found crystal meth and three straws in the pockets of a man on trial at the Columbus County Courthouse Jan. 7. Johnny Dakatto Jacobs, 39, was charged with possession of meth and paraphernalia, and an outstanding charge of failure to appear. He listed his address on court documents as 175 Spring Meadow Rd., Whiteville. His bond was set at $15,000. Jacobs was at the courthouse for...