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State and federal agents, working alongside the sheriff’s office, arrested an alleged child sex offender today (Monday). The State Bureau of Investigation said Dusty Paul Matthews is being held under no bond, facing five counts of second degree sexual exploitation of a minor. His address was listed as Mill Branch Church Road, Tabor city, according to a statement from the SBI. The SBI, Sheriff’s Office and Homeland Security...
Deputies arrested a man Saturday after he allegedly went the wrong way on a busy highway, then refused to cooperate with law enforcement. Shannon Worrell, 52, of 719 Whitehall Rd., Whiteville, was released on $500 unsecured bond on a single charge of resisting an officer, according to Detention Center records. The report said a deputy saw Worrell traveling north in the southbound lane of North Powell Boulevard Saturday....
A convicted felon who robbed three Whiteville retailers in 2014 and fled to Florida is back home, awaiting trial. Andre Alexander Freeman, 36, was released by Florida authorities into custody of Whiteville Police Aug. 7, and returned to Coumbus County, according to Whiteville Police. He has been charged with armed robbery, one of common law robbery, possession of a firearm by a felon, assault on a female, second...