Public Safety

• Felicia Porter was raped, then beaten to death with a shovel by her nephew, Riley Conner, in 2016. The state’s highest court has overturned what was effectively a life sentence for a man who raped and murdered his aunt with a shovel. Riley Conner, 21, was 15 years and six months old when he lured Felicia Porter outside her home on Savannah Road near Tabor City. Porter’s...

• Stevan Trent Boone has extended criminal history. The owner of a well-known “hot spot” in Hallsboro has been sentenced to prison. Stevan Trent “Boonie” Boone, 34, was arrested during a narcotics raid on his Valley Lane residence June 1, according to a press release from the sheriff’s office. The home has been hit multiple times in recent years. In the June 1 raid on Valley Lane, Boone...

The sheriff’s office is seeking the identity of the men who allegedly broke into a Nakina gunshop June 1. Deputies responded to an alarm call at MAT Gun Garage on Seven Creeks Highway just before 11 p.m., according to report. The owner of the business advised deputies that he could see four suspects inside the building via a remote camera system. Deputies cleared the building, finding a damaged...