Public Safety

Two containers of a substance believed to be marijuana and a firearm sent a Tabor City man to jail Wednesday. Zachary Dashad Green, 22, of 120 Jamaica Queen Lane, Tabor City, was jailed under a $32,500 secured bond, charged with possession of a firearm by a felon, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana, and paraphernalia, as well as failure to appear, according to jail reports. Green...

A combined effort by Columbus and Bladen county investigators led to the arrest of three narcotics suspects Thursday (today). Deputies executed a search warrant on two residences on Booker T. Washington Road around 7:30 a.m. Heroin and methamphetamines were seized, along with $1,500 cash and a handgun. Arrested were: • Jeremy Octavia Johnson, 25, 456 Booker T. Washington Rd., Clarkton. Johnson was charged with felony possession of methamphetamine, possession...