Public Safety

A Chadbourn man was arrested after allegedly making more than $55,000 in transactions using a stolen identity. Ruther Stevens III, 57, 39 counts total of obtaining property by false pretense, financial card theft, and identity theft, according to detention enter reports. His address was listed as 62 Batten lane, Chadbourn. His bond was set at $18,000 secured/ Stevens is alleged to have used a woman’s identity and CashApp...

A Smyrna Road man has been charged with destroying crops. Gary Keith Powell, 70, was released on a $1,500 unsecured bond, according to Detention Center reports. His address was listed as 702 Union valley Rd., Whiteville. Warrants show that Powell allegedly intentionally damaged $4,800 worth of soybeans belonging to William Rhett Freedman on Fisher drive. The damage was discovered Monday.

Deputies arrested a man on littering charges only of discover he was also wanted in a domestic violence case where he allegedly fired a gun at his wife. Christopher McPherson, 41, of 7142 J.B. White Hwy. South, Whiteville, was held under $25,000 secured bond after the arrest early Tuesday morning. He was charged with littering more than 500 pounds, second degree trespassing, assault with a deadly weapon with...