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This is a developing story and will be updated as required. Updated 5:18 p.m. Feb. 19 with comments from Danny Clewis Chadbourn Mayor Pro Tem Tony Jordan has called for an emergency meeting to discuss personnel in executive session Saturday, without consulting Mayor Phillip Britt or Town Manager Jason Robinson about a possible agenda. Britt and Robinson said they do not know why Jordan requested the meeting. A...
A Pembroke man is now in custody after he allegedly stole a Bladenboro Police truck Monday, only to be yanked out of second vehicle by a private citizen Tuesday. Katrale Sampson, 32, of Pembroke is being held under no bond, according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. He is charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, larceny by employee, and resisting a public officer by the Bladen sheriff’s...
• Suspect also held in Tabor City area thefts. A married couple was arrested on Valentines Day after an alleged larceny that led to cocaine charges and other felonies. Kenneth Garrett Bowen, 47, and Valerie Pittman Bowen, 42, both of 6615 Haynes Lennon Rd., Evergreen, were each charged with felony larceny, felony possession of cocaine, drug paraphernalia and second degree trespassing, according to detention center reports. Mrs. Bowen...