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The routine search of a prison employee heading to work turned up a bag of tobacco Aug. 20, according to the Columbus County sheriff’s office. juJuan Lowell Lambert, 33, was arrested for possession of tobacco in a confinement facility, and released on an unsecured bond. The CCSO said that a lieutenant at the Brunswick prison unit was conducting a search prior to Lambert entering the prison for work,...
An apparent roommate of a Durham man found dead in the Cape Fear River has been arrested for the killing. Jim Robert Goins, 41, was arrested in Wake County by U.S. Marshals and Bladen County Sheriff’s deputies, according to BCSO Spokesman Mac Warner. Goins is being held on a charge of first degree murder pending a first appearance in Bladen County today. Goins is alleged to have killed Kenneth...
Updated 11:45 a.m. Thursday Betty Smith Bryant, 63, has been charged with first degree arson after allegedly setting fire to the home, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office. The fire allegedly stemmed from a domestic dispute. Three people escaped a burning home on Dothan Road Tuesday, and officials are searching for the person who allegedly set the fire. Two firefighters called to the blaze were transported to...