Public Safety

Deputies are searching for a bandit who couldn’t quite complete a robbery in Brunswick. The sheriff’s office reported that a clerk called 911 after the unidentified male came into the store around 6:30 p.m. and “implied possession of a weapon.” The suspect then attempted to rob the store, the report said. When he was unsuccessful, he grabbed $10 worth of merchandise and fled the scene. No cash was...

Four black males allegedly stole a Kawasaki motorcycle from another man during a robbery in Whiteville Thursday. Whiteville Police reported that the victim was contacted by an alleged buyer for the Kawasaki 450, and agree to meet the buyer in front of Dollar Tree in the Columbus Corners shopping center. In the course of the sale, Tyrone Blaken, 29, was robbed, the report said. The suspects were described...

A Lee County woman has been charged with attempting to bring narcotics into the prison facility at Brunswick. India Leandra Berryman, 30, was charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver K2 Spice and suboxone; possession of drugs at a prison; maintaining a vehicle for drug activities, possession of a firearm on prison grounds, and possession of stolen property. Her bond was set at $10,000. Berryman...