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CCSO sergeant saves Lake resident during Isaias Sgt. John Cobbs is known for being a modest man – so much so, he didn’t tell his supervisor about saving an 86-year-old man’s life during Hurricane Isaias. “It wasn’t a big deal,” Sgt. Cobbs said. “It was just the right thing to do.” The sheriff’s office reported that Cobbs was on patrol at Lake Waccamaw looking for hurricane damage and...
One man is in jail and another recovering after a shooting near Tabor City Thursday. Ronnie Junior Dixon, 44, is being held under $32,500 secured bond, charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury resisting an officer and drug charges. Deputies were called to 117 Pine Circle Drive around 8:37 p.m. Thursday after a man had been shot. Deputies found Robert Thomas Barnes, 34, of Tabor...
Lucy Jane Shipman charged with resisting, endangering child. A mother and son from Delco were arrested Aug. 4 after the teen son was stopped for allegedly speeding while intoxicated. Lucy Jane Shipman, 39, and Lawrence Bailey Sellers, 18, were arrested on a laundry list of charges. Sellers was charged with underage driving while impaired and driving while license revoked, as well as failure to appear. He was held...