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A man narrowly escaped injury after he was robbed at gunpoint and reportedly shot at Wednesday. The victim, Kelly Delane Mills, said a man he knows assaulted him and took $695 from Mills on Pine Circle Road, Tabor City. Mills called 911 around 1 p.m., according to a report by Dep. C. Wilson. Mills told investigators the suspect took his money and shot at him with a rifle...
Four people suspects face charges after an attempt to supply prisoners at the county jail with contraband. Curtis Demetrius Gowans, 36; Christopher Jerome Taylor, 47; Latonya Willis, 40; and Savannah Willis, 38, face charges of conspiracy, possession with intent to manufacture sell, and deliver narcotics and marijuana; providing contraband to an inmate; possession of contraband at a jail; and contributiing to the delinquency of a minor. The sheriff’s...
The sheriff’s office has completed its sixth and last – for now – hurricane relief trip to the North Carolina mountains. Sheriff Bill Rogers said two tractor-trailer loads of local contributions were delivered to Riverside Baptist Church in Burnsville and a distribution center in Bakersfield. He said that he was amazed at the outpouring from Columbus County’s donors. “The generosity we’ve seen from Columbus County has been overwhelming,”...