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A man who called 911 after an alleged assault was charged with injuring the emergency workers trying to help him. David Harold Wilson was held under a secured bond on two charges of assaulting emergency personnel, which is a felony. He is alleged to have punched one EMT and pulled another one’s hair while they were attempting to treat him. The sheriff’s office reported that a deputy responded to...
A teenager has been indicted for first degree murder – and was served with a charge of second degree murder on his birthday. Michael Lee Harrell was indicted for second degree murder by a Columbus County Grand Jury, according to the sheriff’s office. He was already in custody for the July 10 stabbing of David Len Ward, 30, at Ward’s Rico Road home. Harrell reportedly drove Ward to...
Two men will be singing “Jailhouse Rock” for a while after they allegedly broke into a Whiteville music studio. Warrants show that Williams Charles Brady, 56, of West Oliver Street, Whiteville, and Kelly Duane Edge of Olive Drive, Whiteville, are being held on a number of charges. Brady faces two counts of failure to appear, one of possession of a firearm by a felon, and breaking, entering and...