Public Safety

A puppet show that helps children avoid inappropriate behavior led to the arrest of a Whiteville man on charges that he raped his own child. TreQuail Javonne Rose, 24, of Nolan Avenue, is being held under $850,000 secured bond. He is charged with incest with a child under 13, first degree statutory rape, felony child sexual abuse, statutory sex offence against a child by an adult, and a...

Multiple child sex abuse charges have been filed against a Bladen County school bus driver. David Earl Denkens, 63, of Tar heel, was arrested Tuesday on two counts each of indecent liberties with a minor and indecent liberties by school personnel (all felonies) and to misdemeanor counts each of sexual battery and child abuse. His bond as set at $1 million. Denkens was suspended last week after allegations...

The vehicle driven by a Robeson County murder suspect was discovered this morning (Tuesday) in a remote wooded area. Robeson County Sheriff Burnis Wilkins said Scotti Dewayne Tyler, 38, of Rowland, is wanted for first degree murder and nine counts of discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. Tyler is 38. RCSO said in a press release that deputies were called to 1509 Levi Road just before 6...