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Highway Patrol stopped a Holly Ridge woman for a traffic ticket Oct. 13, and found large quantities of drugs, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. Amanda Marie Hawksworth, 39, was stopped at the intersection of N.C. 214 and U.S. 74 by a Trooper, the press release said. During the investigation, North Carolina Highway Patrol located various amounts of methamphetamine and numerous items of paraphernalia. County...
A New Hanover County judge has sentenced a Riegelwood man to 23-40 months in prison after a drug arrest in Wilmington. George Devon McNair, 51, pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school, according to a release from the New Hanover County District Attorney’s Office. In May 2025, Wilmington Police performed a traffic stop on McNair’s Chevrolet Tahoe. From prior contacts the officers knew he...
Investigators are still running down leads in the September disappearance of a Whiteville-area man. Williams “Barry” Freedman, 62, was last seen Sept. 23 in the 1200 block of Jordan Road. The sheriff’s office issued a press release earlier this week asking for the public’s assistance in the case. Sources said Freedman occasionally disappears for several days at a time, but rarely stays gone for very long. A records...