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Anthony Sumpter will serve 240 to 300 months in prison for the 2025 murder of a woman in her Whiteville apartment. Sumpter pleaded guilty to second degree murder in Columbus County Superior Court today (Sept.14) according to court documents. Terry Lashay Thompson was found shot to death in her Covey Run apartment after failing to pick up her children from school on April 15, 2025. Whiteville Police said...
Deputies arrested a woman early Sunday after she allegedly allowed a minor to get drunk. Angela Michelle Guin, 53, of 462 Ward Town Road North, was released on $1,500 secured bond. She was arrested just before 4 a.m. Sunday on a single charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, according to warrants. Warrants show she allowed a 14-year-old boy access to vodka, and the youth got...
The second time wasn’t the charm for two scrap metal theft suspects. Both have been charged with damaging and stealing a Bladen County School, with losses amounting to $200,000. Brandon Johnson Inman, 37, and Forrest Ray Kelly, 28, were each charged with breaking, entering and larceny at East Arcadia School on Sept. 1 according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. Inman was held under $200,000 bond, and Kelly...