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Three murder suspects at the county detention center have been charged with beating another inmate. Inmates Kenneth Wooten, Tallis Vereen and Julius Stephens all face charges of assault inflicting serious injury. Bond was set at $50,000 and each was returned to custody. The three allegedly assaulted Thomas Hammonds, 58, Wednesday morning (today), the sheriff’s office reported. He was treated for minor injuries by medical staff at the detention...
Deputies arrested a woman after she allegedly violated a restraining order and tried to bring narcotics into the county detention center. Jessica Akins, 36, of 111 Barbcrest Dr., Whiteville, was charged with possession of heroin and methamphetamine, possession of narcotics at a jail, drug paraphernalia, and violating a domestic violence protection order. Her bond was set at $70,000 secured, according to jail records. Akins was found at the...
Child abuse charges have been filed against a woman who allegedly beat her son with a belt. Gina Ann Soles, 35, of 4846 Old Stake Rd., Chadbourn, was arrested early today (Oct. 29) on two charges of misdemeanor child abuse. She was held under $5,000 secured bond, according to Detention Center records. Warrants show that Soles is accused of beating the youth with a belt on Oct. 29,...