Public Safety

Investigators are awaiting final autopsy results in the February death of a Tabor City area man. Irvin Hakeem Johnson, 25, disappeared from his Bermuda Bay home in the early morning hours of Feb. 13, according to the sheriff’s office. He left home without his telephone or wallet around 3 a.m. A family member reported him missing Feb. 17, and investigators combed the area around Bermuda Bay searching for...

Developing story A man was shot to death in Sandyfield Tuesday evening after an argument at a Browntown Road home. Sheriff Bill Rogers said the victim and another man argued and the disagreement escalated into a killing. The victim was transported by private vehicle away from the scene and picked up by an ambulance. He reportedly died en route to the hospital. The sheriff’s office and State Bureau...

A shoplifter took $122 worth of very specific merchandise from the Whiteville Walgreen’s Saturday morning. Whiteville Police reported that the thief allegedly took a male fertility test, deodorant, Sudafed and lubricant. The theft was reported at 9:52 a.m. The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 5’8” tall, weighing 170 pounds.