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The inmate who was left with brain damage and permanent injuries after an assault in the county detention center is suing former Sheriff Jody Greene and the county. Joshua Cornelius Johnson, 34, listed a Chadbourn address when he was arrested for assault on a female and failure to appear on July 29, 2022. Several days later, he was in intensive care with life threatening injuries. Michael Lance, Darius...
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...