Public Safety

Mushrooms, marijuana, methamphetamine, and moonshine were among the contraband seized after a Whiteville traffic stop June 17. Wiley Bramble Memory, 62, of 408 Franklin St., Whiteville, was held under $25,000 secured bond, according to detention center reports. He faces charges of possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver marijuana and methamphetamine, manufacturing liquor without a permit, possession and sale of non-tax-paid alcohol, drug paraphernalia, and sale of...

A South Carolina woman with a cognitive disorder was found safe Wednesday before a Silver Alert could be issued. The sheriff’s office said a 911 caller reported the elderly woman was parked in the roadway in the 20000 block of Seven Creeks Highway around 9:30 p.m. The woman, who is 81, “appeared disoriented,” the report said. Deputies discovered that the woman had left her home in South Carolina...