Public Safety

Deputies stopping a BMW automobile for alleged stolen plates ended up with two arrests and a quantity of marijuana Friday. Marvin Goodman, 57, and Gerald Lamont Hemingway. 52, were arrested after a brief chase and foot pursuit on Georgia Pacific Road, according to sheriff’s reports. Goodman gave his address as 33 Phillips St., Fair Bluff. He was charged with resisting an officer and served with a warrant for...

Deputies and Tabor City Police worked together to stop an admitted truck thief early Monday. Camden Luke Caraballo, 18, was held under $10,000 secured bond. He was charged with fleeing to elude arrest, larceny of a motor vehicle, breaking and entering a vehicle, reckless driving, driving without a license and multiple traffic violations. His address was listed as 3940 Haynes Lennon Hwy., Chadbourn. The report said that deputies...

A former employee of the Evergreen post office has pleaded guilty to misappropriation of postal funds and to making false entries and reports in U.S. Government records. Robert Raquan Patterson, 29, served as a sales and services distribution associate for the U.S. Postal Service at Evergreen, according to court documents. Patterson was responsible for the office’s finances and had access to its financial systems and records. From Nov. 1,...