Public Safety

What is being referred to as a “large scale” lottery theft ring is under investigation by the sheriff’s office. Four books containing approximately $6,000 in tickets were reported missing from the Sam’s Pit Stop in Bolton beginning in March, the report said. The store is located at 1104 Green Swamp Highway. The books were discovered missing during a routine audit. Sammy Black, owner of the store, told detectives...

A Myrtle Beach couple were jailed Thursday after a search of their vehicle turned up fentanyl and a firearm. Anthony Glen Breeden, 36 and Julianne Elizabeth Zevgolis, 36, were arrested just after midnight at N.C. 242 and Princess Ann Road during a checkpoint. Both were charged with trafficking in fentanyl and possession of drug paraphernalia. Breeden was also charged with carrying a concealed firearm and failure to appear....

No injuries were reported after a bet on a soccer game led to a fight and shots being fired at two juveniles in a car Tuesday. The sheriff’s office said deputies were deployed to a 911 call about shots being fired at a moving vehicle on N.C. 130 near the town of Brunswick. Neither the victims nor alleged assailants were at the scene when law enforcement arrived. Deputies...