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Deputies and Chadbourn Police arrested a mother and son early Wednesday after the pair allegedly ran a family-based drug enterprise. The months-long investigation, which involved the sheriff’s office Special Operations Division and Chadbourn Police, came about due to complaints from citizens about suspected drug activity. Sheriff Bill Rogers and Chadbourn Police Chief Ken Elliot coordinated the investigation and raid. Loretta Brunson, 60, and Gary Fernell Robinson Jr., 23,...
Two masked bandits allegedly robbed an Arn Ward Road family Saturday. The sheriff’s office reported that the victims were confronted by two men with a firearm. One victim was physically restrained and forced to hand over $650 in cash, while another victim was held at gunpoint. The suspects were described as black males dressed in all black with ski masks. They fled the scene on foot. Other individuals...
Barry Darnell White, 63, pled guilty Tuesday to knowingly discharging tert-Butyl alcohol and other pollutants into the Cape Fear River in violation of the federal Clean Water Act. White did so while employed by American Distillation, Inc., a chemical processing company located in Navassa, outside of Wilmington. According to the information presented in court, American Distillation, Inc. (ADI) is a chemical processing company located beside the Cape Fear...