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An alleged burglary led to a fight with machetes Friday near Chadbourn. Arias Onezimo, 36, of 51 Birchwood Trail, was held under $100,000 secured bond. He is charged with two counts of assault with a deadly weapon and first degree burglary. Onezimo was allegedly fleeing from law enforcement when he broke into the home of Claudia Garcia at 67 Birchwood Trail around 10:30 p.m., the sheriff’s office reported....
Almost 5,000 boaters got to meet Wildlife officers during the week of Operation Dry Water. The Wildlife Resources Commission’s (WRC) annual effort targets impaired and unsafe boaters on all state waterways, and is held in conjunction with Operation Firecracker on land. Statewide, Wildlife officers charged 37 boaters, including two in Columbus County, with boating while impaired, issued 436 citations for everything from equipment violations to a lack of...
A fully-automatic pistol and a rifle stolen during Hurricane Matthew were among the firearms seized when Fair Bluff Police arrested a shooting suspect Sunday. Kyle Bannon Tucker, 41, of 636 Strawberry Blvd., Chadbourn, was held under no bond. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, possession of a weapon of mass destruction, and four counts of possession of a stolen firearm, according...