Public Safety

Two masked men broke into Crossroads Pharmacy, disabled the security system and took a quantity of medication early July 4. Whiteville Police Chief Paul Rockenbach said the men shattered the front windows to gain access to the store in Whiteville Town Centre around 2:37 a.m. The suspects were described as black males wearing dark clothing and face coverings. The pharmacy is taking an inventory of the stolen medications,...

Deputy Devin Mason’s funeral will be held Tuesday at the high school where he is remembered as a model student and friendly, outgoing football player who wanted to be a law enforcement officer. Mason, 27, was killed July when he and a fellow Darlington County, S.C. deputy exchanged gunfire with a wanted felon. The suspect, Cameron Ray Dennett, 25, died in the gunfight.  Dennett’s mother and girlfriend also...

More than 100 rounds were fired into four vehicles and a four apartments during a gun fight early Saturday in Whiteville. Police Chief Paul Rockenbach said an infant was almost hit by the gunfire when a bullet struck less than a foot above the child’s head. Police were called to Brookberry Apartments at 105 MLK Avenue at 3:22 a.m. Saturday, according to the report. Damages to the automobiles...