Public Safety

Deputies had to use a Taser on an impaired man who was allegedly knocking on windows along Rough and Ready Road June 30. Dustin Rawls, 33, of 1327 Midway Rd., Whiteville, was charged with intoxicated and disruptive, assault on a government employee, property damage, and resisting an officer, detention center reports show. His bond was set at $25,000. The sheriff’s office was called to a Rough and Ready...

The woman who claimed an infant had been raped is facing felony charges after the accusation was disproven. Tonia Nicole Godwin, 40, of 167 Page’s Mill Rd., Cerro Gordo, was held under $5,000 secured bond under a single charge of filing a felony false report involving a child victim, according to detention center reports. Godwin allegedly contacted the sheriff’s office June 28 and said that her five month...

Two masked men broke into Crossroads Pharmacy, disabled the security system and took a quantity of medication early July 4. Whiteville Police Chief Paul Rockenbach said the men shattered the front windows to gain access to the store in Whiteville Town Centre around 2:37 a.m. The suspects were described as black males wearing dark clothing and face coverings. The pharmacy is taking an inventory of the stolen medications,...