Public Safety

Chemicals, inkpens, a magazine and other items were among the merchandise a Tabor City woman allegedly shoplifted from Walmart March 12. Sheila Deanna Bullock, 23, was arrested April 4 and released on a secured bond April 7, jail reports show. Bullock was charged with a single count of larceny from a merchant by using an emergency door. Her address was listed as 8424 Old Stake Rd., Tabor City....

Two alleged narcotics distribution operations were raided Thursday, resulting in the confiscation of cocaine, fentanyl, and marijuana, along with firearms and cash. Sheriff W.A. “Bill” Rogers said in a oppress release that Daheem Kevin Durante and Cazia Treion Jones were arrested after an extensive investigation into the “Southside Boys” and the “130 Crew.” The first raid on Thursday (April 4) hit a home at 99 Mount Moriah Church...

Almost exactly four years after Joshua Blake Teder’s death, Nigel Tasheem Bracey was sentenced to prison for second degree murder today (April 5). Bracey, 35, pleaded guilty to second degree murder, possession of a firearm by a felon, and habitual felon in Columbus County Superior Court before Judge C. Ashley Gore. He was sentenced to 29 to 36 years in prison. Tedder was found in his wrecked car...