Public Safety

• No one was injured, but homes and vehicles were damaged. Chadbourn Police are investigating a series of shootings that occurred between 6:30 and 8 p.m. Tuesday. Police Chief Ken Elliot said no one was injured, but two homes and several vehicles sustained damage. The first call came in around 6:15 p.m. from the 300 block of South Wilkes Street, Elliot said. Someone opened fire on a home,...

• Drugs were worth $150,000 on the street Two suspects are in jail and $150,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine is off the street after an investigation by Whiteville Police.Mayer Nunez Olmedo and Ivan Carmona-Rosas, both with Winston-Salem addresses, were arrested Jan. 7 as part of a joint operation by WPD and the State Bureau of Investigation. Nunez-Olmedo posted $85,000 bail and was released Sunday. He is charged with...

Two alleged drug dealers had firearms and body armor in a home near Tabor City. The Columbus County Sheriff’s Office reported that Rico Antonio Smith, 37, and Forest Dean Bielinski, 28, were arrested after citizen complaints launched an investigation at 2434 Peacock Rd., Tabor City. CCSO reported “numerous” tips about suspicious activity at the home. On Jan. 6, the CCSO executed a search warrant on the home and...