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Two carjacking suspects who spent the night in the swamp near Lake Waccamaw are in custody facing multiple charges. One of the suspects was arrested while trying to flag down motorists on U.S. 74. Keko Kenya Somers-Williams, 19,and David Wayne Henry, 19, face multiple felonies in Columbus and New Hanover counties. Somers-Williams is being held under $176,000 secured bond, charged with two counts of possession of a stolen...
Two teens are under juvenile petitions for a $10,000 vandalism spree at Whiteville High School July 29. Lt. Andre Jackson of the Whiteville Police said the suspects are 17 and 13 years old. Sgt. A. Gore of the WPD was called to the school on Lee Street around 9:20 a.m. The suspects had forced their way inside a main building, then damaged five security cameras and two Smart...
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina said investigators have seized nearly $5 million worth of a cryptocurrency from a scam known as “pig butchering.” The seized funds were from a legitimate crypto firm called Tether, which is tied to the U.S. dollar. Investigators traced funds to cryptocurrency addresses allegedly associated with the laundering of criminally derived proceeds stolen from victims of crypto investment scams. The...