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An armed Lumberton fentanyl trafficker was sentenced Wednesday (today) to 150 months in prison. The U.S. District Attorney’s Office said Charlton Townsend, 29, pled guilty on May 22 to one count of conspiracy with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and a quantity of cocaine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. According to court documents and...
No one was injured when a home in Sandyfield was damaged by gunfire Monday. Deputies were called to 1043 Browntown Road, near the county line, at 4:30 p.m. Teresa Carter told deputies that two unidentified black males drove past the home and opened fire. Carter and four other people, including a nine-year-old, were inside at the time. Dep. J. Lennon reported finding “multiple shell casings and rounds” in...
Two suspects in a Loris murder were arrested in Chadbourn with the help of the town’s Flock licenses plate reader cameras (LPR). Zarius Oshea Vereen, 31, and Ebony Shanell Vereen, 32, were arrested at 147 McDuffie Lane, the sheriff’s office said. Both were wanted for a shooting in South Carolina. They were held without bond pending transportation to South Carolina. Chadbourn Police called for backup after the LPR...