Public Safety

The Whiteville woman charged with felony hit and run in a Shallotte death was herself a shooting victim earlier in December. Tabitha Ann Reaves, 21, was arrested by authorities in Whiteville. She is being held under $50,000 secured bond, charged with felony hit and run. Mitchell Wayne Griffith was struck and killed while riding a bicycle on U.S. 17 near Shallotte, according to officials. He was apparently trying...

Customers scrambled for safety after a shootout at the Food Lion in North Whiteville injured one man Wednesday. Lamonte Pridgen, 18, was struck twice in the back, Det. S. Moody of the Whiteville Police said. He is in stable condition in an area hospital. Police were called to the shopping center at 5:48 p.m., Moody said. Witnesses saw a dark colored vehicle and a white car leaving the...

Cocaine, methamphetamines, and firearms added up to 117 months in federal prison for a Hallsboro man. Jamal Devon “Maul” Bryant, 35, was arrested in a joint law enforcement operation in July 2019. Bryant was sentenced in federal court Tuesday, according to the U.S. District Attorney’s Office. Bryant was arrested after a raid on his Red Bug Road home in Hallsboro. A press release at the time of the...