Public Safety

A woman who has been missing since Sunday night is being sought by the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office. Johanna Lee Marshburn, 40, is described as standing 4’11” tall, weighing 110 pounds, with brown hair and hazel eyes. She was last seen in the 10000 block of Stoney Brook Court. Marshburn was wearing jean shorts and a white T-shirt, with a blue hoodie tied around her waist. She was...

Charges are still pending against a Nakina man who allegedly stole a Columbus County Sheriff’s Office vehicle and led a high-speed chase into South Carolina June 26. Michael Terrill Hemingway, 29, is still in the J. Reuben Long Detention Center in Horry County. He faces charges in South Carolina of driving under the influence, littering, having an open container in a vehicle, shoplifting, and possession of a stolen...

  A female suspect has been charged after allegedly allowing a man to molest three girls. Mary Louise Blanton, 52, of Loris, was taken into custody Monday night on three counts of felony child sexual abuse. Detention Center reports show she was held without bond. Warrants show Blanton allegedly allowed Jeromy Blanton, 45, to perform sex acts on three underaged girls over an extended period in 2019. Blanton...