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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...
UPDATE 1 p.m. 10.7.20 In 2017, while he was county attorney, County Manager Mike Stephens told two detectives that “he did not believe” allegations that Joey Prince’s replacement at Animal Control was mishandling money, so detectives “did not need to investigate her,” according to statements. County Manager Mike Stephens instructed former Sheriff Lewis Hatcher and two detectives not to pursue additional investigations into Columbus County Animal Control in...