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Fair Bluff Police and the sheriff’s office arrested a man on assault and other charges Thursday after officers forced entry on his home. Warrants show Demonte Shamaur Player, 22, of 128 Bruce St., Fair Bluff, was charged with assault on a female and resisting an officer. He was held under a secured bond. Deputies were called to Player’s home around 9:34 a.m. after neighbors told 911 that Player...
A second Tabor Correctional inmate has been found dead of an apparent suicide. The N.C. Dept. of Public Safety said in a press release that Robert B. Walker was found unresponsive in his cell at 6:06 p.m. Wednesday (Jan. 26.) Walker was discovered when guards were checking in for the next shift. First responders attempted treatment, and local paramedics attempted to revive Walker, but he was pronounced dead...
• Spivey hid parts in Christmas boxes, report says. The former chief of Chadbourn police has been charged with stealing two catalytic converters from a Tabor City garage. William Anthony Spivey, 36, of Gapway Road, Fair Bluff, was arrested on a warrant drawn by C.G. Hilburn of the Tabor City Police. Spivey was charged with theft by employee and given a secured bond. Spivey was working for M...