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The suspect jailed for the Nov. 29 ambush killing of a Hope Mills man had “several” firearms, ammunition and narcotics in his Chadbourn home, the sheriff’s office said. Christopher Jermaine Reaves, 22, of 402 E. Institute St., Chadbourn, is being held under no bond on charges of murder, possession with intent to manufacture, sell and deliver cocaine and marijuana, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill,...
Police are searching for an armed robber who got away with cash and noodles Saturday in Tabor City. Tabor City police were called to the Food Lion at Tabor Crossing to investigate a reported armed robbery just after 9 p.m., according to a report. The clerk said a white female entered the store and came to the register with multiple times, but only put one item – a...
An East Bladen High School football player has died 11 days after being shot twice in the back. The victim of a February 10 shooting has died. Lamont Pridgen Jr., 18, was shot in the North Whiteville Food Lion parking lot. Pridgen was in a car that was targeted by at least one gunman in another vehicle at the shopping center, Det. Sgt. Scott Moody of the Whiteville...