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Victims of an alleged timber theft scheme are invited to attend a meeting with representatives of Congressman David Rouzer Sept. 8 in Whiteville. Joel Blake Lee, 55, is out on a secured bond, facing multiple charges of timber theft, exploitation of the elderly, forgery of deeds or wills, and obtaining property by false pretenses. The Clayton man was arrested by the NC. Forest Service in July. Lee, representing...
Norfolk Junior “Fuzzy” Best will spend the rest of his life in prison, after a Bladen County Superior Court Jury upheld his murder conviction Monday (Aug. 31). Best – now 72 — was convicted in 1993 of the stabbing deaths of Leslie and Gertrude Baldwin in their Burkhead Street home on Nov. 30, 1991. Mrs. Baldwin was also raped, and the couple was robbed of a significant amount...
Deputies have arrested a man on charges on firing into an occupied vehicle and assaulting the driver. James Paul Inman, 42, was arrested Saturday, according to detention center reports. He is charged with discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle, simple assault, assault with a deadly weapon, a probation violation, driving while impaired, and crossing the center line. His address was listed in court documents as 869 Miller...