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The second home invasion suspect who assaulted a woman and her three-legged dog with a baseball bat – only to be chased away by the woman’s fire extinguisher-wielding husband – will serve 58 to 82 months in prison. The District Attorney’s office announced Friday afternoon that Nathaniel Keith McPherson was found guilty of assault, violating probation and cruelty to animals. He also received 36 months of supervised probation...
Laura Marie Mace was found dead in her City Drive home Wednesday, according to Whiteville Police.Mace, 51, was the subject of a missing persons report, Lt. Andre Jackson said. Her cause of death is undetermined, according to a release from WPD.Earlier this week, family members posted on social media that they had not had contacted with Mace for around five days, and they were concerned about her welfare....
This story is part of continuing coverage. We are currently awaiting fulfillment of several public records requests from the county and from a state agency. A public records request for all calls of alleged crimes at Columbus County Animal Control to the sheriff’s office shows that money and other property were reported missing at least five times at the Animal Shelter since 2014. Charges were filed on only...