Public Safety

Updated 2:40 p.m. Aug. 29   A third suspect faces charges in a car theft that led to a high speed chase, a wreck and two manhunts Sunday. Kenyan Hayes, 18, of Montego Court, Wilmington, was released Saturday on a $1,000 unsecured bond, according to Columbus County Detention Center Reports. He was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle. Two other suspects in the case, David Wayne Henry,...

A handgun and a rifle were confiscated by Whiteville Police early Saturday after a shots fired call in Brookberry Apartments. No one has been charged in the case. Lt. Andrew Jackson said WPD was called to the apartment complex around 2:15 a.m. The made contact with the tenants of an apartment where a suspect was reportedly seen entering after the call. Jackson said there were five juveniles in...

Two carjacking suspects who spent the night in the swamp near Lake Waccamaw are in custody facing multiple charges. One of the suspects was arrested while trying to flag down motorists on U.S. 74. Keko Kenya Somers-Williams, 19,and David Wayne Henry, 19,  face multiple felonies in Columbus and New Hanover counties. Somers-Williams is being held under $176,000 secured bond, charged with two counts of possession of a stolen...