Public Safety

Multiple felonies have been levelled against three suspects in a property theft case. Sheriff Bill Rogers credited technology and tips in assisting in the investigation. Thomas Bradley Blackwell, 56; Jessica Nichole Pace, 35; and Anthony Soles, 48, face charges after a stolen four wheeler was recovered and returned to the owner, the sheriff’s office said. Blackwell gave his address on jail documents as 2499 Old Pine Log Rd.,...

Updated 11 a.m. Nov. 21 A teacher at Thomas Academy is being held under no bond on child sex charges. Jody Watts, 49, was arrested today (Wednesday) and booked into the county detention center at 10:54 a.m. He is charged with first degree sexual exploitation of a minor and taking indecent liberties with a student. Watts was also charged with possession of cocaine and drug paraphernalia when he...

Attempted murder and maiming charges have been filed against a Bladen County woman who allegedly stabbed a man with a screwdriver, and chewed off part of his nose. Sandra Lynette Davis, 53, of Fayetteville, ius being held under no bond. She was charged with attempted murder, felony assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, felony maiming, and other charges. She is being held...