Public Safety

Roy Anthony Potter of Kelly has pleaded guilty to eight felony counts of intentionally setting fire to grass, brushlands and woodlands in Bladen and Columbus counties. A press release said that between May 17, 2021, and Aug. 9, 2021, the N.C. Forest Service (NCFS) Law Enforcement Branch investigated 25 wildfires in Bladen and Columbus counties that occurred in the Kelly and Riegelwood communities. The cause of the fires...

A federal jury convicted Quillan Inman, 33, this week on charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Inman is a previous felon and validated gang member from Lumberton. According to court records and evidence presented at trial, members of the narcotics unit with the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office were conducting surveillance near Perritt’s Grocery in Lumberton on Nov. 14, 2020 when they saw a vehicle cross the...

An argument between a tenant at a motel and a clerk led to a charge of destroying mail Tuesday. Jamaine Thompson, 34, who listed a Fayetteville address on court documents, was charge with a single count of unauthorized opening, reading, or publishing sealed letters. He was released on a $1,500 unsecured bond. Deputies were called to the Holiday Motel in North Whiteville just after 1 p.m. Tuesday, according...