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Developing story Multiple law enforcement officers were deployed to Hallsboro Artesia School today (Monday) after three children reportedly left the campus. “At approximately 11:18 a.m. today,” Schools spokesman Kelly Jones said in a release, “it was discovered that three students were missing from their physical education class at Hallsboro-Artesia Elementary School. The situation was immediately reported to the school principal at 11:19 a.m. Upon reviewing campus security footage,...
Deputies were forced to defend themselves from a dog that reportedly attacked them while they arrested a woman for blocking traffic Wednesday. Amber Nicole Muse, 48, of 122 Bussy Rd., Hallsboro, was charged with impeding traffic and resisting an officer, according to Detention Center reports. Deputies were called to the 3900 block of Sam Potts Highway to a report of a woman attempting to break into a...
One of two suspects arrested in a March 28 traffic stop was discovered dead in his jail cell Wednesday night. Marcus Robert Sanders, 51, of Ithaca, N.Y., was found unresponsive in his cell during a routine welfare check, the sheriff’s office said. Deputies and detention officers attempted lifesaving treatment while Whiteville Rescue was en route. He was pronounced dead at Columbus Regional. Sheriff Bill Rogers said he...