Public Safety

The suspect in three murders was arrested early today (July 4) in Wake County. Eric Lamont Martin, 18, was taken into custody in a joint operation by the Wake Sheriff’s Office, N.C. Dept. of Corrections, and U.S. Marshals, according to a press release from the WCSO. Authorities deployed drones and K9 teams in the hunt for Martin. Deputies learned Martin was in the area of Lamont Drive in...

The family of a Columbus County man killed in the line of duty in South Carolina has a mortgage free home. Devin Mason was a deputy with the Florence County sheriff’s Office when he was killed during a shootout with a felony suspect on July 1, 2025. He left behind his fiance’ Madison Church and their infant son, Brooks James Mason, along with his mother Shannon and stepfather...

Eric Martin – already wanted for the June 11 shooting of Raphael Gowans in Brunswick – is now wanted for the murder of two local youth who were with Martin’s alleged accomplice when they were slain. The driver in that case, Isaiah Cooper, 18, has also been charged with two additional counts of being an accessory to murder after the fact and obstruction of justice. He was already...