Brian Jackie Harper faces 23 charges after an investigation across New Hanover and Brunswick counties led to the seizure of fentanyl and crack cocaine.
A Bladen County search warrant authorized the SBI to examine digital devices in the investigation into the shooting death of Aaron Daine Smith and Charlotte Smith’s murder charge.
A third man has been charged with first-degree murder in the 2023 shooting death of Tracey Lovell Taylor in Columbus County, the State Bureau of Investigation said.
Newly released court documents detail Sept. 16 Delco chase, crash and ditch struggle that left Columbus County deputy shot and sparked an hourslong manhunt.
Bladen County deputies are investigating an apparent road rage shooting into an 18-wheeler near N.C. Highway 210 and Highway 11 that left the driver hurt by glass.
The Bladenboro Police Department has upgraded charges against a man accused in a shooting earlier this week after the victim died from his injuries, police said.
A 31-year-old Wilmington man is at the center of a child exploitation investigation following his arrest Thursday on six felony child sex offense charges.
Columbus County court records confirm that a Tabor City fugitive is slated for extradition back to South Carolina, where he faces prosecution for the sexual exploitation of a minor.
A Whiteville man faces multiple felony charges Friday after Columbus County investigators recovered roughly $150,000 in stolen property, including two trucks, a boat and an off-road vehicle, the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office said.
The trial of David Prevatte, charged in the 2017 strangling and sexual assault death of his 5-year-old niece, Paitin Fields, was disrupted Thursday by a juror misconduct inquiry.
A man is facing a death by distribution charge months after a deadly overdose on Carolina Beach Road, according to the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office.
A convicted felon from Supply is back in jail after Brunswick County deputies seized a machine gun, seven suppressors and devices that turn pistols into automatic weapons Tuesday.
A Holly Ridge woman faces multiple drug trafficking charges after deputies said additional narcotics were found concealed on her body during a jail intake scan, according to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office.
Testimony continued Monday in the trial of David Prevatte, who is charged in the 2017 strangling and sexual assault death of his 5-year-old niece, Paitin Fields.
