Public Safety

Surveillance footage and a bank card led to the arrest of a Delco man on multiple theft charges. Curtis Wayne Cruse, 50, of 5316 Delco Prosper Rd., was charged with three counts each of misdemeanor larceny and felony breaking and entering a motor vehicle, felony breaking and entering of a boat,  injury to property and obtaining property by false pretenses, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. His bond...

No one was injured after a suspect shot at deputies in a domestic violence call this morning. Brandon Nobles was taken into custody around 4 a.m., Chief Deputy Aaron Herring of the Columbus Sheriff’s Office said. He was treated for chemical exposure but was otherwise uninjured. The victim in the incident fled the scene before calling 911. The sheriff’s office armored vehicle was used to get personnel close...

One of Whiteville’s most notorious havens for crime, especially drug sales, will soon be a parking lot. After a year’s worth of work in the courts, demolition crews levelled the home at 205 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Whiteville Wednesday. A contractor knocked down the home with an excavator in a matter of minutes, and the debris was hauled to the county landfill for disposal. The now-vacant...