Public Safety

Prospective jurors reported for duty this morning (Monday) at the Columbus County Courthouse for the first degree murder trial of Jamal Green. Timothy Cain of Chadbourn and Green were arrested in March 2021 after the kidnapping and execution-style slaying of Jacqueline Landreth of Clarkton. The woman’s body was found beside a road near Chadbourn weeks after she was reported missing on Feb. 8, 2021. She had been shot...

A multi-agency sweep led by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office resulted in multiple arrests and changes last week. Sheriff W.A. “Bill” Rogers said in a press release that the CCSO, N.C. Community Supervision, U.S. Homeland Security, ATF and U.S. Marshals hit a total of 59 residences on March 18-19. Four absconders were captured, 28 offenders were caught at home, and seven firearms seized. Agents and deputies also made...

Jeffrey Fowler is being held under no bond for the Thursday night shooting of his daughter, Kaylee. Columbus County Detention Center reports show Fowler, 53, was booked at 4:16 p.m. He was arrested after being released from New Hanover Regional. Fowler was airlifted to the hospital Thursday after he was shot five times. Deputies were called to Wagon Wheel Drive near Evergreen just after 9 p.m. They were...