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A Tabor City area man is in jail after he allegedly had a suppressed handgun converted to fully automatic as well as a marijuana growing operation in his home. Dustin Randall Duncan, 34, of 7922 Old Stake Rd., is being held under $225,000 secured bond on three counts of possession of a weapon of mass destruction, being a felon in possession of a firearm, maintaining a home for...
The victim of a shooting near Whiteville Saturday called 911 after she was assaulted. The woman later died at Columbus Regional. Frederick Smith, 71, was charged with murder and jailed just after midnight Sunday morning, Sheriff Bill Rogers said. The victim, identified as Brandi Alexis Scott, called 911 after a reported argument with Smith in the Elizabeth Street home they shared. Elizabeth Street is located off Crepe Myrtle...
The Highway Patrol is seeking any information about a hit and run early Saturday that resulted in a fatality in Fair Bluff. Troopers were called to the scene of that incident a short time before a head-on collision killed one man and seriously injured a woman in North Whiteville. The wrecks were unrelated. Sgt. K. McVicker of the Highway Patrol said Jarell McMillian, 36, of Fair Bluff was...