Public Safety

The chase for a stolen car ended after a teen suspect allegedly rammed a patrol car in Whiteville Saturday. The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reported that a 17-year-old suspect allegedly took a Nissan Altima at gunpoint Saturday in Elizabethtown just before 3 p.m. Elizabetown Police pursued the suspect into Columbus County and the city limits of Whiteville, heading down Warrior Trail. Near Jones Place, the driver allegedly slowed...

Christopher Wilson was not Tased, struck or hit with any lethal or non-lethal weapon when he ran from narcotics officers last week, according to the sheriff’s office.  The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office released more information about Wilson’s death today. Wilson died in a South Carolina hospital after his arrest. On June 27, narcotics officers with the county were responding to complaints about drug activity in the Baldwin Circle...