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Two teachers and several students were assaulted after a brawl at South Columbus High School Tuesday, according to a sheriff’s report. Juvenile petitions are being sought after the morning incident, the report said. Administrators told investigators that a fight outside of the school led to the attack. Several students allegedly entered a classroom and attacked another student, identified as a 16-year-old male. The other students were two males...
Deputies found a bullet hole in the wall of a home where a man allegedly fired a gun while a woman pleaded for help. Christopher McPherson, 41, of 1404 Pinelog Rd., Whiteville, was held without bond. He was charged wit to counts of misdemeanor domestic violence and one of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. On Sept. 19, deputies were called to a home on...
Deputies have charged a Bladen County woman with choking her stepson and throwing him against a wall. Crystal Ann Roberts, 40, of 13652 N.C. 87 Hwy., Tar Heel, was held under $500,000 secured bond in the Bladen Detention Center, charged with one count each of misdemeanor and felony child abuse, according to warrants and a press release from the Bladen Sheriff’s Office. Roberts is alleged to have choked...