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The victim of a shooting near Whiteville Saturday called 911 after she was assaulted. The woman later died at Columbus Regional. Frederick Smith, 71, was charged with murder and jailed just after midnight Sunday morning, Sheriff Bill Rogers said. The victim, identified as Brandi Alexis Scott, called 911 after a reported argument with Smith in the Elizabeth Street home they shared. Elizabeth Street is located off Crepe Myrtle...
The Highway Patrol is seeking any information about a hit and run early Saturday that resulted in a fatality in Fair Bluff. Troopers were called to the scene of that incident a short time before a head-on collision killed one man and seriously injured a woman in North Whiteville. The wrecks were unrelated. Sgt. K. McVicker of the Highway Patrol said Jarell McMillian, 36, of Fair Bluff was...
An investigation is underway after a local man serving time for drug charges died Wednesday while incarcerated at Albemarle Correctional Facility. Curtis Levi Moore, 38, died at a hospital near the prison early Wednesday. A spokesman for the Department of Adult Corrections said Moore was transported to the hospital Saturday around 8 p.m. for undisclosed reasons. He was brought back to the prison around 2 a.m. EMS returned...