Public Safety

Four firearms and drugs were recently confiscated thanks to the sharp nose of a Sheriff’s Office canine. Jeroid Long, 33, of Riegelwood was held under $8,500 secured bond after a traffic stop March 11, the sheriff’s office reported. He was charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine, marijuana and Suboxone; maintaining a vehicle for drug activities; paraphernalia, and carrying a concealed firearm.  The sheriff’s...

One man was jailed after a shootout on Whitehall Road Extension Friday. Karsten Maurice Powell, 52, of 125 Stabley St., Whiteville, was charged with possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver methamphetamine, trafficking in opiates, possession of a firearm by a felon, resisting an officer and drug paraphernalia. His bond was set at $26,000. The sheriff’s office reported that deputies were called to the area of Carver...

Justin Lee Locklear became the county’s eleventh road death Friday when his soft drink truck slammed into the rear of a tanker on U.S. 74-76. First Sgt. Andrew Pait of the Highway Patrol said Locklear died instantly when he was thrown from the Hino truck carrying hundreds of cases of Pepsi, Sun Drop and other drinks. Locklear was not wearing a seatbelt, Pait said. The crash occurred around...