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The sheriff’s office is on the scene of a reported shooting death on Snake Island Road in the Old Dock community. Chief Deputy Aaron Herring said the shooting occurred this morning. Investigators are currently at the location, Herring said, and one person is in custody, Herring said. The homicide is the second reported in the county for 2022. This is a developing story. Check back with Columbuscountynews.com for...
A former doctor who operated a “pill mill” in Columbus County was sentenced today to 78 months in prison for unlawfully distributing Oxycodone, Hydrocodone, Methadone, and Marijuana. John Whan Kim, 75, and co-defendant Tammy Thompson, were charged in 2017 with violating federal drug trafficking laws in a Second Superseding Indictment, the U.S. Attorney’s office said today. Thompson pled guilty to multiple counts and is scheduled to be sentenced...
After two years of false starts due to budgets and the pandemic, the long-awaited Eastern Division station for the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office opened Wednesday. “The residents of the eastern part of Columbus County deserve just as much service and protection as the rest of the county,” Sheriff Jody Greene said Tuesday, before the event. The station is located in the former Acme Delco Middle School field house....