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The Elizabethtown man charged in the county’s first murder of 2022 was arrested the same day after a high speed chase in Clinton. Lawrence Thomas, 69, of Jones Street, Elizabethtown, is being held under no bond on a charge of first degree murder according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. In a press release, the CCSO said deputies were called to a home on McMillian Road near Whiteville...
A midnight quest for a cigarette ended badly for an Ash man Tuesday morning. Ivan Yanez, 21, was arrested and charged with assault on a government official, resisting an officer, indecent exposure and simple assault, according to Columbus County Detention Center reports. Yanez has been released on a $10,000 secured bond. His address was listed on jail records as 3438 Dew Branch Ct., Ash. Sgt. Scott Moody said Whiteville...
A local couple with four children could soon be reunited – in court. Heliodoro Noyola Jr., 34, was returned to Columbus County Wednesday after he was arrested in Conway Feb. 6. Noyola faces charges of trafficking in cocaine, maintaining a dwelling for drug activities, failure to secure a firearm, four counts of misdemeanor child abuse, felony possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver marijuana, failure to appear,...