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A lost bumper and using the name of a suspect already in jail led to a drug arrest and multiple charges in Chadbourn Sept. 2. Austin Daniel Cross II, 25, of Lumberton, was arrested on charges of cocaine possession, maintaining a vehicle for drug activities, drug paraphernalia, fictitious information, and multiple traffic charges, according to jail reports. He was also held on outstanding charges of assault on a...
Trial was scheduled when pandemic hit The alleged killer of a beloved local music teacher likely won’t go on trial this year. Carol Greer was stabbed to death in the yard of her Whiteville home on Aug. 30, 2016. James Edward McKamey, 55, of Shallotte, was arrested several days later on Sept. 1. He and a female companion were allegedly driving Greer’s Subaru automobile when they were captured....
Drugs, stolen firearms, five suspects picked up in second drug raid on home. Five suspects were arrested after the second investigation into alleged drug activity on Northwood Drive. The sheriff’s office reported that the investigation into 234 Northwood Drive began June 10 after an undercover buy there. Vice Narcotics investigators seized methamphetamine, heroin, marijuana, needles, scales and hypodermic needles. One of the three suspects arrested in the June raid,...