Public Safety

The second suspect in a child abuse case that left an infant in UNC Hospital has been arrested. Wayne Joseph Keinzle, 31, of 95 Lake Park Dr., Chadbourn, was taken into custody Aug. 8. He faces one count each of felony negligent child abuse inflicting serious injury and intentional child abuse, inflicting serious injury. His bond was set at $503,500 according to court records. The 11-month-old girl was...

Bladen narcotics investigators arrested a man for selling a variety of illegal drugs and possessing an illegal shotgun  Aug. 7. Jeremy Stephen Harrelson, 49, was charged with six counts of possessionwith intent to manufacture, sell and deliver Methamphetamine, marijuana, psilocybin mushrooms, and benzodiazepines; maintaining a dwelling for drug activities, and possession of a weapon of mass destruction. His address was listed as 214 Rosindale Road, Clarkton on court...

A woman was jailed Sunday after allegedly attacking a deputy with her shoe. Karen Sabrina Buffkin, 37, of 5329 Swamp Fox Hwy., Tabor City, was charged with a single count of assault on a government official and held on $2,500 secured bond, according to detention center records. Deputies were called to a home on Fairfield Drive West just before 10 a.m. to a suspicious person report, the sheriff’s...