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Two students at East Columbus Junior Senior High face felony assault charges after allegedly slamming another student against a table. The sheriff’s office said the School Resource Officer was called to a fight in the cafeteria Thursday, and found a large group of students watching the altercation. Staff and the deputy separated the students. One of the boys had a “severe laceration to the corner of the upper...
Damage was minimal and no one was injured when a home was struck by gunfire Sunday in Delco. The Sheriff’s Office reported that Maria de Los Angeles called 911 after the home in the 4800 block of Delco Prosper was struck by gunfire. Residents told deputies they heard two shots, and discovered two bullet holes in the siding of the mobile home. Damage was estimated at $200. The...
A former Williams Township firefighter who had also been a part-time Whiteville firefighter has been charged with arson. Tanner Reed Sykes, 19, of 4756 Gore Trailer Rd., Whiteville, was released on secured bond, charged with four felony counts of setting fire to grasslands and woods, according to warrants and detention center records. Warrants show that an investigator for the N.C. Forest Service was called to look into four...