Public Safety

No one was injured when a Peacock Road home was destroyed by fire Tuesday. The sheriff’s office reported that fire units were called to 15575 Peacock Road at 7:09 a.m.  Cpl. Z. Moody of the sheriff’s office reported that a resident told investigators that the fire started due to an electric heater that ignited a resident’s bed. Damages were estimated at $50,000. The fire is under investigation by...

Checkpoints led to drug charges in two separate cases Monday. James Walter Dicicco, 57, was released on a $50,000 secured bond after he was charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver marijuana, possession of opiates, stolen goods, and maintaining a vehicle for drug activities. His address was listed as 813 Village St., Bladenboro on detention center records. Larry James Lewis III, 25,...

A Tabor City area man is in jail after he allegedly had a suppressed handgun converted to fully automatic as well as a marijuana growing operation in his home. Dustin Randall Duncan, 34, of 7922 Old Stake Rd., is being held under $225,000 secured bond on three counts of possession of a weapon of mass destruction, being a felon in possession of a firearm, maintaining a home for...