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Updated 8:45 p.m. A wildfire in Bladen County is causing smoke and ash across Columbus County, and is visible for 50 miles. As of 8 p.m., the fire had expanded to 425acres, with zero containment, according to the N.C. Forest Service. The fire off Rosindale Road is near the Welches’ Creek Gamelands. The fire apparently began near a residential area off Rosindale Road and N.C. 211. The smoke...
Officers tracked a larceny suspect across the county and arrested him for allegedly stealing a gun and a truck Monday. Owen Trent Fowler, 21, of 1502 Chade Fisher Rd., Chadbourn, was held under $20,000 secured bond, charged with larceny of a firearm and larceny of a motor vehicle, according to Detention Center records. The sheriff’s office said Fowler took a Chevrolet truck and Springfield 9mm handgun from Midway...
A narcotics officer sustained minor injuries after deputies fought with a drug suspect who allegedly led them on 100 mile per hour chase March 31. Daniel Dalech Adams, 49, was charged with felony fleeing to elude arrest, felony possession of cocaine, felony maintaining a vehicle for drug activity, and two counts of resist, obstruct or delay an officer. His bond was set at $50,000. Adams listed his address...