Public Safety

Drugs, cash and two firearms were found in a convicted felon’s vehicle after he allegedly fled from a traffic stop Aug. 30. Alton Terrell Smith, 37, with addresses in Bolton and Hallsboro, was held under $455,000 secured bond. He was charged with two counts each of trafficking heroin and cocaine, possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine and marijuana, maintaining a vehicle for drug activities, two counts...

Four malnourished bulldogs and one dead dog were found by a probation officer at a Fair Bluff home. The sheriff’s office reported that the bulldog-mix dogs were tethered with heavy chains at 41 Phillips Street. There was no indication of food or clean water, according to the report. One dog had recently died when Animal Protective Services and the sheriff’s office responded, the report shows. The dogs had...

A blue heeler dog was seriously injured after a Ten Mile Road man attacked the dog with a machete. Christopher Dale Gore, 36, was held under a $3,500 secured bond on a charge of felony cruelty to animals. His address was listed as 3320 Ten Mile Rd., Tabor City, according to detention center reports. The sheriff’s office reported that Gore is alleged to have used a machete to...