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Tips from citizens led to a major roundup of narcotics suspects in recent days, according to the sheriff’s office. Columbus County Sheriff Jody Greene said in a press release that 12 individuals were arrested on 53 separate charges in a string of raids across the county. The roundup, called Operation Submit A Tip, came as the result of multiple complaints by citizens, Green said. Narcotics and stolen firearms...
Columbus County’s most recognizable landmark could once again be home to court proceedings. On a 5-2 vote Monday, commissioners approved a plan that would use some of the proceeds from the sale of the Georgia Pacific property – not a tax increase – to fund the repairs. Commission chair Rickey Bullard presented the proposal. He said he feels sufficient repairs can be made to the hundred-year-old courthouse to...
Poor driving and poor choice of words led to a narcotics and a disorderly conduct arrest in Whiteville Jan. 14. Christopher Scott Deans, 25, of 543 Old Farm Rd., Whiteville, was held under a $50,500 secured bond on charges of possession with intent to sell and deliver crack cocaine, maintaining a vehicle for drug activities, paraphernalia and driving while license revoked. The sheriff’s office reported that deputies were...