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After complaints about open air drug sales at Lake Waccamaw, Columbus County Vice-Narcotics agents arrested an alleged customer and dealer July 14. Conrad Demetrius Powell, 51, and Ernest Jerome Bland, 46, were spotted completing an alleged drug deal in the Hills Shopping Center parking lot, according to the Sheriff’s Office. Vice-Narcotics agents were investigating complaints about drug deals in the Lake Waccamaw area when they observed what appeared...
An investigation into fentanyl trafficking sent two men to jail July 7 at the Whiteville Econo Lodge. The sheriff’s office said Lamarquise Pollard, 23 and James Edward Campbell, 30, were arrested in the raid. Pollard was charged with trafficking fentanyl, possession of a firearm by a felon, possession with intent to sell and deliver opiates and marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $621,000. Detention Center...
• The case is the first documented rabid animal this year in Columbus. The county’s first documented case of rabies for the year was found in Evergreen Wednesday. In a press release, Animal Protective Services said the fox was found in the 10000 block of Old 74. APS personnel responded after the animal was seen behaving in an unusual manner. The fox was euthanized and sent for testing....