Public Safety

Someone stole a camper trailer from a Home Harrelson Road address Nov. 30. The sheriff’s office reported that the camper was last known secure at 317 Home Harrelson Road on Nov. 29 around 10 p.m. Sarah Gore called to report it missing the next morning at 11:30 a.m. A resident reported a dark four wheel drive truck pulling that camper around 5:30 a.m. The 2022 Hide A Bed...

Whiteville Police have arrested a man for allegedly molesting a child in 2022. Sharmon Marshel Tolson, 71, of 110 Canal Street, Whiteville, was jailed Tuesday on the single charge of taking indecent liberties with a minor. He was released on a $10,000 secured bond. The warrant says Tolson performed a sex act on a minor child under the age of 16 in January 2022. WPD investigated the case.

Deputies found a four-year-old crying and the child’s father unresponsive when they went to serve a warrant on the child’s mother. Matthew Coker, 36, was charged with misdemeanor child abuse, according to warrants and detention center reports. His wife Sarah Coker, 35, was charged with two counts of simple assault after an unrelated incident. Both were released on secured bond. Their address was listed as 4700 Richard Wright...