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Update 12:05 p.m. – Mayor Phillip Britt said the fourth suspect is in custody. Three suspects are in jail after allegedly running out of gas while running from the law. Casandra Lee Laclaire, Christopher Laclaire, and Chasity Kaye Locklear were arrested after a manhunt involving Chadbourn Police and the sheriff’s office. Casandra LaClaire, 44, was held under $3,500 secured bond on two counts of misdemeanor larceny, according to...
Patrols near Green Acres and Tabor City turned up four firearms and multiple illegal drugs Friday in two separate cases. Deputies on patrol in the Green Acres community saw a Chrysler automobile fail to stop at a stop sign, and activated their lights, a report said. Marcus Shawn Lowery, 45, of Fairmont was operating the vehicle, and told deputies he did not have a license, but did have...
Five deputies have been restored to patrol duty as an investigation into a shooting continues. Henry Allen Zartman, 66, of South Carolina, died in the 10:45 p.m. incident, according to the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Zartman was shot multiple times in a gunfight with deputies responding to a domestic disturbance on Seven Creeks Highway. Deputies Alex Meeks, Timmy Inman, Zachary Moody, Taylor Hammonds and part-time deputy Franklin...