Public Safety

A Whiteville woman is recovering after she was allegedly stabbed multiple times during a fight with another woman. Shaquana Lynee Willis, 32, was held under no bond. She is charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, and assault with a. deadly weapon with intent to kill. Her address was listed as 400 Lewis St., Whiteville in court documents. Whiteville Police responded to a call about...

Whiteville Police investigating a trespassing report Thursday arrested a man with two handguns, one of which had been illegally converted to a full-automatic weapon. Jesus G. Rojas, 23, of 52 Caswell Sellers Dr., Whiteville, was held under $75,000 secured bond, according to detention center reports. He is charged with two counts of carrying a concealed weapon, possession of a weapon of mass destruction, resisting an officer and unauthorized...

In less than an hour Friday, Brandon Wayne Mincey was found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Mincey, 44, was on trial for nearly three weeks in the death of Alissa Lee. Lee’s body was found in the water under Heartbeat Bridge in Nakina in April 2023. It was estimated she had been in the water for more than a...