Public Safety

A Bolton woman was not seriously injured after a trespassing suspect shoved her to th ground June 16. The Gum Street residence called 911 after the incident. She told deputies she was checking her property after her dogs began barking, and encountered an unknown male between 18-25 years of age. When she confronted the man, the report said, he pushed her down and fled the scene. The incident...

Multiple charges were filed against a suspect who allegedly stopped running from the law when he pulled into the driveway of random residence. Billy Jay Wright, 40, of 414 Country Village Rd., Whiteville, was held under $30,000 secured bond. The sheriff’s office said he was charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest, felony possession of cocaine, maintaining a vehicle for drug activities, misdemeanor marijuana, trespassing, resisting an officer...

Updated with corrections Deborah Tyson still waits for her daughter Amanda Grace Little to call, four years after the Whiteville-area woman disappeared in Duplin County. “She always called me, just to talk,” Tyson said. “She said she was going to call me later, but she didn’t. That’s when I knew something was wrong.” At the time of her disappearance, Little was 32. She was in a custody dispute...