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A Southport man caught attempting to have sex with a child will spend 30 years in prison, the district attorney’s office said. Clayton Eagle entered a guilty plea today (Nov. 12) to ten counts of statutory rape of a child under 12 years of age. Eagle was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Tiffany Powers in a Brunswick County courtroom. Eagle was arrested after a witness walked in on...
Former Sheriff Lewis Hatcher and his family escaped injury Thursday after someone fired multiple rounds at his home. Hatcher, his wife and nephew were inside the home at Pridgen Acres near Clarkton when an individual opened fire on the home around 6:40 p.m. The structure was struck multiple times, according to the report. Damages were estimated at $10,000. Investigators found a number of shell casings in the area...
The driver who left the scene of an early morning fatality in Fair Bluff will not be charged. Entrell Moore, 20, of Tabor City thought he had struck an animal in the roadway at Elm and Academy streets during the early morning hours of Oct. 26. Jarrell McMillan, 36, of Fair Bluff was run over by at least three vehicles, McVicker said. Moore was driving a 2016 Dodge...