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A teenager has been arrested in the September video of a dog that was beaten to death. Nicholas Demarion McGirt, 18 was arrested on a single charge of animal cruelty and released on an unsecured bond of $5,000. His address was listed as Yam Lane, Tabor City on detention records. He was taken into custody and released Friday afternoon after processing. McGirt is alleged to have beaten a...
Two juveniles have been charged in separate bomb threats at area schools Wednesday. The sheriff’s office said that a teen at Whiteville High School has been named in a juvenile petition, as has one from West Columbus High School. The West Columbus student was identified with the assistance of the State Bureau of Investigation, Sheriff Bill Rogers said in a new release. That particular threat led to classes...
Five people escaped injury after a Bolton man barricaded himself in a house Thursday. Jesse James Arp, 39, is being held under no bond on charges of second degree kidnapping and assault on a female. His address was listed on detention center records as 968 Jacobs Loop Rd., Bolton. The sheriff’s office reported that Arp went to a home on Pocosin Road Thursday and assaulted a woman just...