Public Safety

The man charged with the county’s first serious assault of the year had a cigarette box of narcotics between his buttocks, according to the sheriff’s office. James Levi Clewis, 29, of Chadbourn, was held under a $63,500 secured bond on charges of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, inflicting serious injury, possession of a controlled substance in a jail, and possession of tobacco by an...

A man was stabbed repeatedly Friday in broad daylight at the Hallsboro sam’s Pit Stop. James Levi Clewis was arrested Friday night for the attack, Chief Deputy Aaron Herring of the sheriff’s office said,. The victim’s name has not been released.The stabbing occurred around 2:15 p.m., outside the store, according to a witness who described the attack as a “setup.” The victim was rushed to Columbus Regional with...