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A repeat drug offender who was out on bond was returned to jail Wednesday after another drug arrest. Julia Rebecca Jordan, 42, was held under no bond, charged with simple possession of narcotics. She was arrested Aug. 8 for driving while license revoked, and released on a $3,500 unsecured bond, according to detention center reports. Her address was listed as 22 Bradford Lane, Whiteville. County vice-Narcotics officers were...
A Raleigh man got what he apparently wanted when he refused to leave the Columbus County Detention Center Wednesday: more time in jail. Babatunde Okunsokan, 27, of Raleigh, was charged with two counts of second degree trespassing and held without bond, according to detention center reports. Okunsokan was arrested Aug. 8 for trespassing after being told to leave Columbus Regional. He allegedly returned, and was taken into custody...
A star baseball player at East Columbus who was on his way to work died in a single vehicle crash on Canal Cove Road at Lake Waccamaw today. Landyn Jacobs, 17, was en route to work when he wrecked on Canal Cove Road before dawn. He was transported to Columbus Regional by Lake Waccamaw EMS. Jacobs was reportedly heading to meet his fellow workers on a logging crew...