Public Safety

The man charged in two separate murders – one committed while he was out on bond – was assaulted by two other inmates in the county detention center June 22. Natrell McKinnis, 26, was transported to Columbus Regional after the 11 a.m. attack, according to the sheriff’s office. A detention officer was called to the pod where McKinnis was held after two men allegedly struck McKinnis on the...

Police are investigating a homicide in Whiteville. Major William Hinz of the Whiteville Police said the call went out around 2:30 Saturday afternoon. A white male was reported shot on Ward Street, off Martin Luther King Avenue. He was transported by Whiteville Rescue to Columbus Regional,  where he was pronounced dead. An incident bulletin from the Whiteville Police Monday morning identified the dead man as Michael Scott Jordan,...

Three juvenile males are being sought by the sheriff’s office after two homes were burglarized and multiple firearms stolen Monday. One of the houses was heavily vandalized as well as robbed, according to the sheriff’s office. In the first reported break-in Larry Tedder’s home at 357 Wooded Acres Drive was entered through a window. Deputies were contacted about a crime in progress just before 7:30 a.m., the report...