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Bladen County deputies arrested a Clarkton man after he allegedly forced a 14 year old girl to have sex. Willie Carthell Graham Jr., who turns 20 years old Wednesday, was held under no bond in the Bladen county Detention Center. He is charged with first degree sex offense, first degree forcible rape, statutory rape of a child, statutory sex offence, sexual bater, and contributing to the delinquency of...
Columbus County Commissioner Giles “Buddy” Byrd saw his larceny charge dropped in a Bladen County theft case. Court records show that the Bladen County District Attorney’s Office decided to dismiss the single charge of larceny against Byrd. The available evidence, including video footage, was not sufficient for a conviction, the DA’s office said. A second man involved in the case, an employee of Byrd, denied that Byrd knew...
Police have charged a woman with abusing her three-month-old infant after he was discovered to have multiple broken bones. Serenity Isabel Hayes, 24, of 2029 Main St., Apt. 302, Fair Bluff, was arrested Dec. 3 and released on a $120,000 secured bond, according to detention center records. She was charged with a single county of felony child abuse inflicting serious injury. The warrants said that in August, Hayes’...