Public Safety

The alleged gunman in a Sept. 4 shooting near Whiteville is being held under no bond. Jansean Daryan Freeman, 20, was arrested Monday for attempted first degree murder and failure to appear, detention center records show. The latter charge was from an unrelated Bladen County case. Freeman was held under no bond. Freeman listed a Silver Spoon Road address on arrest documents, but family members said he lived...

The disgraced police chief who faked his suicide to avoid prosecution pled guilty in Columbus Superior Court  today. William Anthony Spivey will serve 138 to 267 months in prison after pleading guilty to 14 felonies and one misdemeanor. He was police chief in Chadbourn until February 2021. District Attorney Jon David said announced in a press release that his office became “increasingly concerned” about missing evidence at the...

A dog was found beaten to death in a field in Nakina Sunday. The sheriff’s office reported that the Sarah’s Avenue resident who owned of the animal let the dog out to go to the bathroom around 6 p.m. Saturday. When the dog did not return, the owner began searching for the dog. It was found apparently beaten to death in a field around 9 a.m. Sunday. Later...