Public Safety

The woman facing dozens of animal cruelty charges has been arrested on additional warrants for abusing and neglecting rabbits. Deborah Ross Dohl, 70, of 364 Pone Hill Rd., Hallsboro, was taken into custody a second time July 1 on 14 additional counts of cruelty to animals. She was ordered held without bond, according to court documents. Dahl was arrested in June on 80 counts of cruelty to animals...

A Southern Pines man arrested in a storage closet in Tabor city allegedly threatened to kill law enforcement officers. Michael Allen Cole, 56, of Southern Pines, was arrested Sunday on Labon Street in Tabor City, according to TCPD reports. He was charged with communicating threats and first degree burglary, and held under $1,000 secured bond. The report said that officers were called to 100 Labon Street around 7:30...

The deputy shot to death in Darlington County, S.C. early this morning was a Columbus County native. Devin Mason, 27, graduated from West Columbus High School. He was originally from Evergreen.  Darlington County  Sheriff Michael August said in a press release that Mason began his law enforcement career with DCSO in 2024, and graduated from the S.C. Criminal Justice Academy in March. “He successfully completed his field training...