Public Safety

  Two Whiteville men face charges  after a shootout on Ward Street Friday. Shyreak William Belton, 34, of 429 Ward Street, was held without bond on a single count of firing into an occupied vehicle, according to warrants and detention center reports. Arthur Dale Jackson, 19, of 106 City Dr., is also held without bond, on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, discharging...

Corrections Officers stopped a woman form smuggling opiates into Columbus Correctional Wednesday. Pamela Miller Blackwell, 57, of 442 Pine Acres Dr., Chadbourn, is being held under $100,000 secured bond. She is charged with three counts of trafficking opiates, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver opiates, possession of drugs in a prison, providing contraband to an inmate, and exposing a child to controlled substances, according to warrants...

The Highway Patrol charged a woman with child abuse and other counts after an Aug. 6 crash on U.S. 76. Crystal Gayle Strickland, 46, was released on a $500 secured bond, according to detention center reports. She was charged with driving while impaired, misdemeanor child abuse, reckless driving, a lane violation, and speeding. Court records show addresses of 5999 Princess Ann Rd., Evergreen, and Marion, S.C. Warrants show...