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A Superior Court judge denied bond for Eric Lamont Martin Jr. this morning (July 6). Martin faces a charge of first degree murder in Columbus County and another in Halifax County. He was arrested Saturday in Wake County during a joint effort by the U.S. Marshals, Wake County Sheriff’s Office and N.C. Dept. of Corrections. Martin was booked into the Columbus County Detention Center Sunday just before 8...
Superior Court Judge Giles Clark, a fixture in courts in Bladen and Columbus for more than a half-century, died July 4 in Wilmington. Clark had been hospitalized while undergoing treatment for cancer at the time, according to his death announcement. Clark, 96, began his career on the staff of the N.C. Attorney General when he was admitted to the bar in 1958. He began private practice in Elizabethtown...
The suspect in three murders was arrested early today (July 4) in Wake County. Eric Lamont Martin, 18, was taken into custody in a joint operation by the Wake Sheriff’s Office, N.C. Dept. of Corrections, and U.S. Marshals, according to a press release from the WCSO. Authorities deployed drones and K9 teams in the hunt for Martin. Deputies learned Martin was in the area of Lamont Drive in...