Public Safety

Updated 3:15 p.m. Three deputies were injured after a high speed chase turned into a collision Tuesday in Chadbourn. Sheriff Bill Rogers said the incident is under investigation. The deputies were attempting to make a traffic stop around 8:30 p.m. when Deon Shareef Taplin, 29, allegedly fled along Dessie Road. The deputies were part of the CID team focusing on complaints by residents, Rogers said. Rogers said the...

One woman is dead and two people are seriously injured after a three vehicle crash in North Whiteville Monday morning (today). The wreck occurred on N.C. 410 near Silver Spoon Road, Sgt. K. McVicker of the Highway Patrol said. Trooper J. Faulk of the Patrol reported that Patrick Pendleton, 40, of Bladenboro was heading north on N.C. 410 when he passed another vehicle in a no passing zone....

Fentanyl may have caused the death of a Tabor City area man early Monday. The sheriff’s office said Dep. T. Tyson responded to 4310 Will Inman Road around 3:25 a.m. to a report of a deceased male. A witness told deputies and paramedics that Jeffrey Edward “may have” taken fentanyl and died from an overdose. Paramedics confirmed that Edwards, 61, was deceased. Deputies developed information that Edwards might...