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Thieves targeted AR-15 rifles and handguns in multiple thefts being investigated by the sheriff’s office in recent days. Reports show that Ned Wayne Taste Jr. contacted law enforcement just after midnight July 22 after his Taurus handgun was taken from a vehicle at the intersection of Orange and Bruce streets in Fair Bluff. The pistol was valued at $200. Someone stole an AR-15 rifle from a Cedar Branch...
The suspect in a Wrightsville Beach sexual assault was arrested at Lake Waccamaw Monday. Walter Bennett Craven, 56, of 108 Lakeshore Dr., Lake Waccamaw, was charged with one count each of first degree forced sex offense and indecent liberties with a child. His bond was set at $35,000. Det. Trevor Greene of the Wrightsville Beach Police said in a press release that authorities were contacted in April about...
The sheriff’s office has arrested a senior citizen from Leland on drug trafficking charges. Freddie Everett Ross, 81, was charged with three counts of trafficking opiates, and sale and delivery of opiates. His bond was set at $85,000. Arrest reports show Ross had address in Leland and at 295 Lena Dale Rd., Delco. The sheriff’s office said in a press release that Vice-Narcotics Investigators were working a case...