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Chadbourn Chief of Police Anthony Spivey was placed on paid administrative lead Friday. Mayor Phillip Britt said the town is conducting an internal investigation into “leadership issues. “It’s early, very early,” Britt said. “We’re trying to determine right now what, if anything, needs to be done.” Lt. Ken Elliot is the interim chief, and Britt said operations will not be affected. Spivey has not been arrested, charged with...
Two additional suspects have been jailed in the county’s first murder of the year. Jamaal Green has been charged with murder and Amanda Williamson as accessory after the fact in the February killing and armed robbery of Jacqueline Elaine “Lynn” Landreth of Clarkton. Jail reports and warrants show the two were arrested Wednesday. Green, who listed no address other than the city of Lumberton, is charged with murder, robbery...
Detectives found four children with easy access to a sawed-off shotgun and narcotics in a Jan. 26 investigation, and have since arrested the children’s mother. Victoria Noyola, 27, with addresses on Hallsboro Road South and Happy Home Road, was taken into custody Feb. 26 in a traffic stop, according to the sheriff’s office. She was charged with four counts of misdemeanor child abuse, misdemeanor failure to store firearm to...