Public Safety

Five devices used to modify firearms into fully-automatic weapons were among the contraband seized during a raid in Whiteville today (June 2). Whiteville Police Chief Paul Rockenbach said in a press release that the WPD Investigation and Narcotics Division, along with the sheriff’s office, executed a search warrant on a home at 107 Smith Alley. Community complaints about suspected drug activity led to the investigation and subsequent search...

Leland Police have arrested the suspect in Thursday’s drive-by shooting in Whiteville. Javion Delton Evans, 22, was arrested Sunday in Leland. He was held without bond pending transfer to Columbus County. Warrants show Evans was charged with seven counts of property damage, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, discharging a firearm inside city limits, discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling or...

Deputies arrested two men in separate felony cases during proactive patrols in the Boardman area. The sheriff’s office said Damian Kelly Thompson, 38, of Wilmington was spotted near the Sun-Dew in Boardman during the overnight hours of May 23. A deputy performing a security check saw Thompson’s vehicle. The car had a Vermont license plate that was not registered to any vehicle, according to a press release from...