Public Safety

Crack cocaine was seized and multiple felonies filed against a Whiteville area man afer an investigation into narcotics sales in and around Whiteville. Tammy Tabor, 65, was held under $4,500 secured bond on charges of possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver crack cocaine, conspiracy to sell and deliver cocaine, obtain controlled substances by fraud, destroying evidence, obtaining property by false pretenses, and maintaining a place for...

James  Patrick “Pat” McCormick will serve a minimum of 60 years in prison for raping a child in 2019. Jury selection began yesterday in Columbus County Superior Court, and McCormick entered a guilty plea today (July 30), according to a press release from District Attorney Jon David. McCormick was arrested in 2020 after his victim was taken to Columbus Regional for treatment. The girl, who was 11 at...

A woman who allegedly brandished a handgun at a group of people has been arrested. Ernestine Victoria Jackson, 61, of 107 Mill Stream Apartments, Brunswick, was released on a $20,000 unsecured bond. She faces a single charge of going armed to the terror of the public. Deputies were called to the Mill Stream apartments to a report of a disturbance when they were informed that a woman had...