Public Safety

Two wrongs don’t make a right, as a Tabor City man found out after a big paycheck turned into big trouble Tuesday. Jaqun Rico Miller, 18, was held under $10,000 secured bond, charged with felony larceny and possession of a firearm on educational property, detention center records show. His address was listed as 306 N. Lewis St. Tabor City. Law enforcement was contacted by the Chief Interrogation Officer...

  A Gaston Sellers Road woman died Monday when her vehicle was struck by an SUV that failed to slow down for a stop sign. Betty Nance Stevens, 74, was pronounced dead on the scene, according to First Sgt. A. Pait of the Highway Patrol. The report by Trooper C. Hernandez said Stevens was waiting for traffic so she could make a left turn onto Gaston Sellers Road...

Whiteville Police are investigating the second city homicide in three days. Chief Paul Rockenbach said a woman was foundshot to death in an apartment at Covey Run Tuesday afternoon. Investigators were on the scene until 3:30 a.m. The victim’s name has not been released. This is a developing story.