Public Safety

Updated 1:50 p.m. July 25 A Bolton man is being held under $1.5 million secured bond on dozens of charges of possessing and sharing child pornography. Some of the videos involved infants. Aaron Hunter Thomas Coleman, 25, was processed into the Columbus County Detention Center at 3 a.m. today (Wednesday), according to jail records. A grand jury indictment showed he faces 23 charges of second degree sex offense...

A teenager has been charged in the county’s fourth fatal car crash this year. Nathan Hester, 18, of Whiteville, was charged with misdemeanor death by vehicle after he was released from an area hospital, according to the Highway Patrol. First Sgt. A. Pait said the crash occurred on Red Store Road around 6:09 p.m. Tuesday. Hester was traveling south in a 2006 Toyota SUV when he went off...

Dash cam footage led to two suspects facing charges for allegedly throwing rocks at moving cars, causing thousands of dollars in damages. Cameron Austin Rockwell, 24 and a 17 year old juvenile male allegedly threw rock at multiple vehicles along Strawberry Boulevard, Haynes Lennon highway and U.S. 74 Sunday, a report said. Rockwell is held under $150,000 secured bond on four counts of assault with a deadly weapon...