Public Safety

A resident of a local RV park has been charged with molesting a girl.Patrick Anthony Keese, 69, whose address was listed as the Lake Waccamaw RV park, is being held under no bond on the single charge of taking indecent liberties with a minor, according to detention center reports and warrants.On a warrant drawn by Leland Police, Keene is accused of “lewd and lascivious” acts with a girl...

  Two Whiteville men face charges  after a shootout on Ward Street Friday. Shyreak William Belton, 34, of 429 Ward Street, was held without bond on a single count of firing into an occupied vehicle, according to warrants and detention center reports. Arthur Dale Jackson, 19, of 106 City Dr., is also held without bond, on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, discharging...

Corrections Officers stopped a woman form smuggling opiates into Columbus Correctional Wednesday. Pamela Miller Blackwell, 57, of 442 Pine Acres Dr., Chadbourn, is being held under $100,000 secured bond. She is charged with three counts of trafficking opiates, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver opiates, possession of drugs in a prison, providing contraband to an inmate, and exposing a child to controlled substances, according to warrants...