Public Safety

Prison officials are reporting that a Tabor Correctional Inmate apparently committed suicide in his cell early Wednesday (today). Malek Moore, 29, was serving an eight year sentence as an habitual felon. Prison records show he was set for release in June 2022. Moore was from Guilford County. Malek was discovered around 4:30 a.m. in his cell. Prison staff performed first aid on Moore for about 20 minutes before...

Excess speed was the primary factor in the Dec. 22 crash that killed a woman and injured several other people at Lake Waccamaw. Victoria Nicole “Tori” Simmons was driving around 60 miles per hour when her 2005 Chevrolet car nearly struck a truck, then collided with a 2016 GMC sport utility driven by Beth Bailey Willis, 33, of Stacy, N.C. Simmons died in the crash. Simmons had three...

A fight between brothers ended with a trip to the hospital for one and jail for the other.  Johnathan Spivey, 30, of Hickory Hill Road, Chadbourn, allegedly stabbed his brother John, 31, in the chest during an argument on Christmas Eve. The fight took place in Sandy Acres mobile home park between Whiteville and Chadbourn. The suspect was held under $75,000 secured bond, charged with assault with a...