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Law enforcement turned out in force for a rainy, muddy manhunt after a suspect allegedly entered an elderly woman’s home Monday. Daniel Graham Hayes, 31, allegedly cut the telephone wires to the woman’s Blackwell Road home and broke in while she was inside Monday, according to the sheriff’s office. He fled the home after about five minutes. The woman was not hurt. A short while later, Hayes was...
Eastern Columbus residents have fought for years for more patrols by the sheriff’s office, and Sheriff Jody Greene said Wednesday (today) that additional coverage is coming. Greene, Chief Deputy Aaron Herring, and County Manager Eddie Madden, along with Commissioners Ricky Bullard, Jerome McMillian and Laverne Coleman, met with residents in the area in June. The lack of coverage was one of the major topics of discussion. Rising crime...
A Lumberton teen became the county’s twelfth highway fatality Monday, and a dump truck driver has been charged in his death. Matthew Sessoms, 18, died when his Toyota Scion was struck by a Department of Transportation dump truck driven by J.C. Soles of Whiteville. Soles did not see the Toyota as he crossed Rough and Ready Road at Cherry Grove around 11:30 a.m., according to Trooper C. Godwin...