Public Safety

Only one of 26 vape and tobacco shops raided in Brunswick County last week had no contraband, according to the BCSO. A multiagency sweep of the businesses turned up hundreds of pounds of drugs, including psychedelic mushrooms, marijuana, THC gummies, and illegal vape products. The investigation started after a child overdosed on THC gummies last summer. Many of the drugs seized in the stores were packaged in a...

Moments before midnight Sunday, shots damaged a home on Sidney Cherry Grove Road. The sheriff’s office said deputies were dispatched to the home in the 3000 block at 11:53 p.m. The residents of the home advised that they were in bed and heard two loud noises like gunshots, and observed a car driving away. A reported boyfriend of a 16-year-old girl in the house as suspected in the...

Assault and false imprisonment charges have been pressed against a man who allegedly shot at two teenagers for parking on the shoulder of the roadway. Waylen J. Cartrette, 74, of 1093 Feed Mill Road, Chadbourn, was released on a $1,000 bond in the incident. He was charged with assault by pointing a gun and false imprisonment. The report said Owen Fowler and a 17-year-old juvenile stopped on the...