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Two men were arrested and narcotics seized after a raid on a Green Acres community home June 14. Michael Jermaine Strickland, 41, was held under a $10,000 secured bond on charges of trafficking in cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine, marijuana and opiates, and drug paraphernalia. Detention records show he lives at 325 Bright Leaf Rd. Loris. The sheriff’s office vice-narcotics Detectives and special...
Developing story A Conway man and two women have been charged in a human trafficking, methamphetamine, cocaine and conspiracy case in Columbus County. Hector Luis Mercado, 31; Julie Mae Aguilar, 42; and Carlie Alexis Turner, 31, were arrested Tuesday, according to detention center records. Turner was charged with possession of meth; conspiracy to sell and deliver cocaine and sale and delivery; conspiracy to commit armed robbery; felony conspiracy;...
Samantha Watts will serve 45 years in prison, and one of her sons will serve 35, for the 2023 beating death of Corey Adam Soles of Chadbourn. Samantha Watts, 42 and her son Payton, both of Green Sea, S.C. entered guilty pleas Monday in a Conway courtroom. Both pleaded guilty to murder. Amber Watts, 23, pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact, and Jonathan Watts, 21,...