Public Safety

Leland Police have arrested the suspect in Thursday’s drive-by shooting in Whiteville. Javion Delton Evans, 22, was arrested Sunday in Leland. He was held without bond pending transfer to Columbus County. Warrants show Evans was charged with seven counts of property damage, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, discharging a firearm inside city limits, discharging a weapon into an occupied dwelling or...

Deputies arrested two men in separate felony cases during proactive patrols in the Boardman area. The sheriff’s office said Damian Kelly Thompson, 38, of Wilmington was spotted near the Sun-Dew in Boardman during the overnight hours of May 23. A deputy performing a security check saw Thompson’s vehicle. The car had a Vermont license plate that was not registered to any vehicle, according to a press release from...

Authorities on both sides of the state line are searching for a woman reported missing from Horry County. Her husband is in jail in New Hanover County on unrelated charges. Cyrena Anderson, 48, is a white female with blonde hair and brown eyes. She stands 5’3” and weighs around 160 pounds. She was last in contact with family on May 12, according to Horry County Police, and did...