Public Safety

The man who killed his roommate and dumped his body off the N.C. 11 bridge in 2020 has been found guilty of murder. James Robert Goins was found guilty of first degree murder and armed robbery today (July 31) in Bladen County Superior Court. Goins was sentenced to life without parole with an additional 100 months for the armed robbery charge. The jury was out for less than...

Updated 5 p.m. July 31 Authorities are searching for a girl and boy who ran away from the Boys and Girls Home on Saturday. Bree Alexandria Phillips, 15, has dark hair and is a white female. She was wearing a black hoody and black shorts when she disappeared. Miss Phillips is thought to be with Norton Owens, also 15. He is described as a black male, 5’10”, wearing...

Crack cocaine was seized and multiple felonies filed against a Whiteville area man afer an investigation into narcotics sales in and around Whiteville. Tammy Tabor, 65, was held under $4,500 secured bond on charges of possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver crack cocaine, conspiracy to sell and deliver cocaine, obtain controlled substances by fraud, destroying evidence, obtaining property by false pretenses, and maintaining a place for...