Crime & Public Safety

WHITEVILLE, NC — A 24-year-old local resident was taken into custody by Columbus County Sheriff’s deputies early Sunday morning following a traffic stop that yielded multiple driving and alcohol-related charges. Blake Ian Leete, 24, was […]

COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC — A 43-year-old woman was taken into custody by Columbus County Sheriff’s deputies on Saturday afternoon following an arrest on an outstanding court order. Brandy Renee Britt, 43, was booked into the […]

WHITEVILLE, NC — A Bladenboro resident was processed into the Columbus County Detention Center on Monday morning. Waylon Dewayne Ward, 22, of 973 Hickory Grove Ballpark Road, Bladenboro, was arrested at 9:47 a.m.. Ward was […]

WHITEVILLE, NC — A South Carolina resident was booked into the county detention center on Friday morning for resisting law enforcement. Dustin William East, 39, of 2103 Heritage Road, Loris, SC, was arrested at 11:18 […]

WHITEVILLE, NC — A Whiteville man was booked on Friday, September 18, to face probation violation charges. Materrius Fuqwan Brown, 33, of 121 Maultsby Drive, Whiteville, was arrested by deputies at 2:31 p.m.. Brown was […]

WHITEVILLE, NC — A woman wanted in New Hanover County on financial card fraud charges was processed into the local detention center on Thursday, September 17. Laura Elizabeth Burns, 36, was booked into the Columbus […]

TABOR CITY, NC — An early-morning investigation on Swamp Fox Highway East resulted in narcotics charges and a resisting arrest count on Friday, September 18. Deputies conducted a stop near 4248 Swamp Fox Highway East […]