Public Safety

Jury selection is underway in the retrial of Leroy Moore for the 2021 shooting of Tony Baker at a Whiteville apartment complex. Moore allegedly shot Baker on Oct. 25, 2021, as the District Attorney’s office and city officials were taking nuisance abatement action against the management of the complex. Baker was the fourth person killed at the complex in two years. Whiteville Police investigated the killing. Several weeks...

Updated 2:40 p.m. Aug. 29   A third suspect faces charges in a car theft that led to a high speed chase, a wreck and two manhunts Sunday. Kenyan Hayes, 18, of Montego Court, Wilmington, was released Saturday on a $1,000 unsecured bond, according to Columbus County Detention Center Reports. He was charged with possession of a stolen vehicle. Two other suspects in the case, David Wayne Henry,...

A handgun and a rifle were confiscated by Whiteville Police early Saturday after a shots fired call in Brookberry Apartments. No one has been charged in the case. Lt. Andrew Jackson said WPD was called to the apartment complex around 2:15 a.m. The made contact with the tenants of an apartment where a suspect was reportedly seen entering after the call. Jackson said there were five juveniles in...