03/28/2024
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The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation made an arrest this morning in a months-long drug investigation into the distribution of methamphetamine and weapons in the Bladenboro area of Bladen County.

Michael Joseph Reinhart, W/M/36, of Fredrick Britt Road in Bladenboro,
was arrested on the following federal indictment: Count 1-4, 6-8
Distribution of a Quantity of Methamphetamine. Count 5-Possession of a
Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking.

Reinhart was taken to the Bladen County Detention Center, where he was
arraigned by teleconference with the U. S. District Court Judge in
Wilmington. Reinhart was immediately released because he is a paraplegic and confined to a wheelchair.

Also arrested during the operation was James Edward Reinhart, Jr. W/M/34, of Fredrick Britt Road. He is the brother of Michael Reinhart, who was charged with Assault on a Government Official and released under a $1,000.00 unsecured bond.

“We cannot say enough about our relationship with the FBI and the good
work we have been able to produce on the drug trafficking problem in
Bladen County”, Said Sheriff Jim McVicker. “We anticipate more arrests in
the near future.”

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