On Sunday, Sept. 25, at around 3:51 a.m. Elizabethtown Police Department Patrolman Joshua Blake Bryan was on patrol and located Kendrick Shipman who was operating a vehicle in the area of 101 East Broad Street in Elizabethtown. At the time, it was determined by Officer Bryan that there were active orders for arrest on Kendrick Shipman from Columbus County for failure to appear in court on previous charges.
Officer Bryan along with Sgt. Jeromy Martin and Patrolman Christopher Avant made contact with Kendrick Shipman and placed him under arrest for the active warrants. Contact was also made with Houston Junius Smith who was a passenger in the car. Upon further investigation Houston Smith was found to have a concealed handgun, marijuana, and cocaine on his person. Officers also located cocaine in Kendrick Shipman’s vehicle he was operating.
Officer Bryan served the warrants on Kendrick Shipman and also charged him with felony possession of cocaine. The passenger Houston Smith was also charged with felony possession of cocaine, resisting a public officer, simple possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, and carrying a concealed weapon.
Houston Smith was held in Bladen County Jail under a $26,500 secured bond. Kendrick Shipman was also held in Bladen County Jail under a $75,000 secured bond.
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