Public Safety

  Authorities captured a wanted man in Bolton Wednesday after a brief foot chase that left one detective with a dog bite. Seth Logan Fowler, 24, is being held under no bond in the Bladen County Detention Center. He is charged with two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, and misdemeanor resisting and officer in Columbus County. Bladen deputies charged Fowler with possession of meth...

A former teacher jailed for allegedly coercing a teen girl into performing a sex act has been indicted by a Columbus County grand jury on 12 charges. Jody Watts, 49, is being held under $750,000 secured bond on charges of first and third degree sexual exploitation of a minor, indecent liberties with a student, and indecent liberties with a minor student. The victim in the case is 17...