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Deputies confiscated a handgun after a juvenile was removed from a home Monday. A resident of the home on Maple Lane near Chadbourn called 911 after finding the Glock 43 Monday evening. The sheriff’s report said a 17-year-old male had been removed from the home by DSS earlier that day.
A man is recovering after accidentally shooting himself in the same home where his father was killed in 2022. Normal Foggan called 911 just before 4 a.m. Monday, according to a sheriff’s report. Foggan told deputies he was cleaning his Glock handgun when the pistol fired, striking him in the hand. Foggan was transported by EMS to Seacoast Medical Center for treatment. The shooting occurred at the Snake...
Deputies charged a woman with misdemeanor child abuse after her daughter was found walking down a roadside Sunday, crying and barefoot. Dusty Brooke Earp, 28, of 9542 Andrew Jackson Hwy., Cerro Gordo, was charged with a single count of misdemeanor child abuse, and held under a $5,000 secured bond, according to detention center reports. Deputies were dispatched to Conway Road near Fair Bluff after a 911 call about...