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Following is a weekly feature of Columbuscountynews.com. All records and information are obtained through arrest reports and warrants. While the focus is primarily to draw attention to driving while impaired (DWI) cases, other charges are included where available and applicable. All suspects are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law. An arrest is not a conviction of driving while impaired or any other crime, but...
Detectives are investigating two separate shooting incidents that were reported at neighboring addresses Saturday. Deputies were called to the 12000 block of Old Lake Road just before 2 p.m. after residents found their home had been struck by a single bullet. Gunfire had been reported at a gathering spot across the road from the home, the report said. The owner of a vehicle at a nearby property also...
Updated 4 p.m. Oct. 29 The suspect in a double homicide in Hoke County killed himself at the Boys and Girls Home Chapel at Lake Waccamaw late Monday. The victims in the case have been identified by Red Springs Police as Ted and Joann Chavis. They were stabbed to death, according to investigators. Law enforcement confirmed that they had served as the suspect’s foster parents. Sheriff Bill Rogers...