Public Safety

Sheriff Jody Greene was driving one of the vehicles involved in a chase Thursday that crossed the state line and ended in a crash that sent a suspect to the hospital.Amos Earl Strickland, 62, of Pine Circle Drive, Tabor City, faces charges of felony fleeing to elude arrest, according to the sheriff’s office. He could face additional charges in South Carolina. Strickland is in stable condition in a...

Nearly a year to the day after he allegedly shot and killed an elderly man’s dog in Brunswick, the suspect faces additional charges after he failed to appear on a charge of cruelty to animals. Rajjennah Devale Powell, 33, of 329 Mt. Moriah Church Rd., Whiteville, was placed under a $27,000 secured bond. He was arrested Oct. 6, by the sheriff’s office. Powell allegedly shot Ronnie Faulk’s Labrador...