Contributed RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper has proclaimed April 18-24 as Crime Victims’ Rights Week in North Carolina. Coinciding with the 40th Annual National Crime…
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Contributed The FBI and the Lumberton Police Department are seeking information from the public in three death investigations. The bodies of the three women were…
By Jordan Wilkie Carolina Public Press Bladen County officials estimate the county is making hundreds of thousands of dollars per year, on top of creating…
A woman from Spring Lake was charged last month when drugs were found in her vehicle during a traffic stop, according to the Bladen County…
Update Monday, April 12, 2021 – The autopsy’s of the two victims located off of Cribb Road near Elizabethtown on Thursday have been completed and…
Thursday morning, a fatal crash took the life of White Oak, North Carolina resident, Mrs. Sara Dowd. According to North Carolina Highway Patrol First Sergeant…
Contributed On Thursday, April 01, 2021 at approximately 12:38 am, Dejywan R. Floyd, 29, of Lumberton, NC was arrested in Parkview Apartments in Lumberton, NC.…
REWARD INCREASED-$20,000.00 NEW PHOTO BE ABOVE SHARE PLEASE Robeson County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in the homicide investigation that occurred in the…
March 28, 2021 8pm-The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in the homicide investigation that occurred in the area of exit 22…
Litter has plagued the roadways in Bladen County over the past year. Covid halted the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office litter pickup program and affected the concern for…
Want to help keep North Carolina clean? You can do your part and it’s easy. Simply sign up using your computer or mobile device for…
According to friends and family, Brandon McDonald from Clarkton, N.C., was last seen on Thursday, March 25. Bladen County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Monday morning an…
Contributed From Sheriff Wilkins, Robeson County Sheriff Friday March 26, 2021 5pm – The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office is announcing a $10,000.00 reward for information…
Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday announced that the state is offering a reward up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of…
Friday morning, investigators with the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit, the Community Impact Team, and Patrol Deputies served a search warrant at 115 McLean…
Photo above is of Colby Hester. Brunswick County Sherriff’s Office released arrest warrants for James Dean Varner, a 31-year-old male of Parkway Blvd in Wilmington,…
The rise in overdoses, suicides, and other substance misuse issues has caused much concern in local communities. The Bladen County Substance Misuse Task Force met…
This Wednesday morning Bladen County Sheriff’s Office was seen at Michael’s Treasures located at 111 W. Railroad Street in Bladenboro. A U-Haul truck was loaded…
On Thursday night, March 11, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, Community Impact Team, stopped a vehicle on Highway 87 West near Bladen Union Church Road…
On Wednesday, March 10, 2021, the Robeson County Sheriff’s Office announced that the Criminal Investigation Division is seeking public assistance. Law enforcement is searching for…
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…
On March 10, 2021, a Brunswick County jury convicted Steven Rouse for Habitual Driving While Impaired. Rouse admitted to his habitual felon status and was…
On Sunday night, March 7, the Bladenboro Police Department and multiple local agencies from surrounding counties conducted a Booze It and Lose It checking station.…
Columbus County, NC – On March 3rd, Columbus County Sheriff’s Office arrested two additional individuals for the murder of Jacqueline Elaine Landreth. Jamaal Omar Green,…
by Charlotte Smith Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey and the North Carolina Department of Insurance announced this week is National Consumer Protection Week. The week focuses…
The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office conducted a routine search yesterday of the inmates and cells at the Bladen County Detention Center. As part of their…
The photo above is of Charlie Franklin Boyd Gathings. On Wednesday afternoon, March 3, Detectives with the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office received a telephone call…
Several citizens are raising concerns about the litter scattered across the county. The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office has provided the Roadside Litter Pick-Up Program since…
The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office asks the public to be aware of a scam aimed at grandparents. According to law enforcement, the grandparent receives a…
The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is asking the public to be aware of a Failure to Appear Scam that is going around Bladen County. The…
One man has been charged with the killing of a Clarkton woman missing since February 8, 2021. Timothy Ray Cain II, of 641 Merritt Road,…
The photo above is of Ruben Lee Harrelson, a 45 year old, white, male of Rosindale Road in Clarkton. On Thursday, February 25, Bladen County…
Chadbourn Man Charged with Missing Mother’s Murder https://bladenonline.com/chadbourn-man-charged-with-missing-mothers-murder/ Many in Bladen County have been searching for the beloved mother of two, Jacqueline Elaine “Lynn” Landreth,…
The Elizabethtown Police Department is investigating two break-ins that occurred early Saturday morning, February 20, 2021. The local police posted one of the break-ins occurred…
Chadbourn Man Charged with Missing Mother’s Murder Orginal article: Bladen County Sheriff’s Office and citizens continue searching for the missing mother from Clarkton, North…
Columbuscountynews.com reported this morning, East Bladen athlete Lamont Pridgen has died from bullet wounds he sustained in Whiteville, February 10. Jefferson Weaver wrote an article about…
Photo by DEA of Crystal methamphetamine The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have wrapped up a major drug investigation in Bladen…
Above are photos of the suspects Jamie T. Cotton and Majuan Mckoy The Elizabethtown Police Department released a crime report today and is seeking the…
Attempted to Defraud IRS of More Than $3.5 Million A Rocky Mount, North Carolina, tax return preparer was sentenced to 50 months in prison today…
Braulio Matamoros entered a plea in Brunswick County Superior Court on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, to five counts of first-degree statutory rape, one count of…
The Tri-County Task Force conducted saturation patrols in Bladen County and Columbus County on Friday, January 29, 2021. The patrols targeted community complaint areas for…
Contributed The Department of Justice is remaining vigilant in detecting, investigating, and prosecuting wrongdoing related to the crisis. Be aware that criminals are attempting to…
Update at 8 a.m. On January 27, 2021- Law Enforcement reported receiving a tip regarding the 10 year-old girl, Breanne Marie Jones, missing from Sampson…
Contributed On Friday, January 15, 2021, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office Vice and Narcotics Unit and the Community Impact Team(CIT) were in the Bladenboro area…
Contributed On Saturday, January 16, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shots fired call on Pone Loop Road near St. Pauls. The…
According to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, on Monday, January 11, at approximately 11:45 am, officers responded to reports of a possible shooting at the…
Contributed Brunswick County District Attorney Jon David announced that on January the 6th, 2021, Craig Lakeith Williams, was sentenced as a habitual felon to serve…
Update: The North Carolina Department of Public Safety canceled its Amber Alert for a 3-year-old missing from Gastonia with no further information provided. Photo above…
On Thursday afternoon, December 17, Narcotics officers with the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on Sand Pit Road off 701 north of…
Today in Brunswick County Superior Court, Phillip Brock (73) pled guilty to Second- Degree Murder. Phillip Brock was charged with the March 15, 2019 murder…
Today in Brunswick County Superior Court, Torrence Helms (32) pled guilty to two counts of First Degree Murder, one count of Attempted First Degree Murder,…
US Army Special Forces Instructors concluded a Woodland Search and Mantracking Class this weekend for members of local Law Enforcement, State Patrol, Emergency Management, and…
By Charlotte Smith The new “Tri-County Community Impact Team Task Force” spread across the Curtis L. Brown, Jr. Airfield in Elizabethtown this morning was intimidating.…
Raleigh, N.C. – North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has sounded the alarm on the growing consumer scam by fake debt collectors in North Carolina.…
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC – Dominique T. Banks, 21, of Riegelwood, completed a guilty plea to one count of Statutory Rape and was sentenced on Monday in…
The Bladen County and Columbus County Sheriff’s Offices, along with dive and water rescue teams, searched an area of the Cape Fear River off Hwy.…
The above photo is of Coleman Dean Johnson, 41, of Midway Drive in Bladenboro Contributed by the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Columbus County, NC –…
Updated: The vehicle has been located. According to Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, on the night of October 13, 2020, a 1996 Chevrolet truck, dark green…
Contributed RALEIGH – Chief Justice Cheri Beasley issued an order Wednesday extending emergency directives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health precautions remain in…
by Charlotte Smith The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office confirmed an investigation on what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. Rumors are circulating; the case…
Contributed The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is implementing North Carolina General Statute 66-406 which requires all buyers and dealers in precious metals to obtain a…
A Bladen County man has been charged with three (3) counts of Food Stamp Fraud after an investigation by the Bladen County Department of Social…
RALEIGH – U.S. Attorney Robert J. Higdon, Jr. for the Eastern District of North Carolina today announced that the First Fruit Ministries received a $500,000…
On Monday afternoon, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by a homeowner on Highway 87 near Dublin, N.C. The caller stated a possible break-in…
Bladenboro, N.C. – On Sunday September 27, 2020, the Bladenboro Police Department conducted a multi-agency traffic checkpoint. The Bladenboro Police Department was assisted by Bladen…
On Thursday afternoon, deputies of the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, Community Impact Team, stopped a vehicle driven by Christopher Blake Caroll on Highway 211 near…
Two people who were wanted by other jurisdictions were charged Tuesday after reports that a motorcycle had been stolen from Tractor Supply in Elizabethtown, according…
RALEIGH – Two Robeson County men were sentenced today to federal prison for heroin and fentanyl distribution. Justin Dwayne Jones, 23, was sentenced to 156 months and Joshua…
Three men from Whiteville were taken to the Bladen County Detention Center and charged with breaking and entering after a manhunt that ended Friday afternoon…
SAN JUAN, P.R. – On Monday, August 31, 2020, defendant, Gary Steven Wykle and Alejandro Cortés-López were arrested and charged in a fourteen-count indictment alleging…
SHP Participates In Booze It & Lose It Campaign RALEIGH – As Labor Day fast approaches, increased congestion across the state is expected as motorists…
WHITEVILLE – Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Vice-Narcotics Unit initiated an investigation into the distribution of narcotics in the Whiteville community of Columbus County. Vice-Narcotics Investigators…
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty today to perpetrating three schemes between March and July 2020 connected to the COVID-19 pandemic, through which he defrauded…
Contributed RALEIGH – The North Carolina Judicial Branch has announced the launch of eCourts Guide & File, a new service that allows attorneys and the…
See updates below. The owners of The Car Wash, a business located in Elizabethtown, are accused of using racial slurs toward people with different ethnic…
The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office and Sheriff Jim McVicker would like to remind everyone it is a crime to damage or remove political signs. North…
Contributed On Thursday morning at approximately 7:30 am, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, along with the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office, executed a drug search warrant…
On Tuesday, August 25, Troopers Gary White and Justin Hern of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol stopped a four-wheeler being driven on Highway 87…
Update August 26, 2020 at 9:20 a.m. Bladen County Sheriff Jim McVicker announced Wednesday morning an arrest has been made in connection with the body…
Contributed Be aware of a new phishing scam targeting Small Business Administration (SBA) PPP loan applicants. Criminals are impersonating the SBA and its Office of…
RALEIGH – A Lumberton man was sentenced Monday to 10 years in prison for possessing with the intent to distribute crack cocaine and cocaine, possessing…
RALEIGH – Chief Justice Cheri Beasley issued an order Monday extending and modifying several emergency directives in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The order extends…
The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office needs the public’s help identifying suspects in catalytic converter thefts occurring across Bladen County. Thieves are targeting work vehicles, church…
Recently there was another shooting in the Elizabethtown area. Lt. D. Cheshire, with the Elizabethtown Police Department, confirmed shots fired in the area of Martin…
Contributed RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday signed Executive Order 158 to implement fair chance policies at state agencies to increase employment opportunities for…
The above photos are from the Facebook page “Bloods Street Gang” which the defendant was announced to be a known member of in the report.…
The Department of Justice has published proposed regulations that provide a clear and comprehensive statement of sex offenders’ registration requirements under the federal Sex Offender…
The Bladen County Sheirff’s Office published an alert this afternoon. The alert stated, “If someone approaches your home claiming to be with the Bladen County…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Andrew Murray announced today that Travis Justin Stout, 36, of Hickory, N.C., was sentenced to 108 months in prison and…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – On Thursday, August 6, 2020, U.S. District Judge Kenneth D. Bell sentenced a former teacher for receiving child pornography, announced Andrew Murray,…
Contributed On Tuesday morning at approximately 7:30 am, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office was notified about a white male that was found deceased on Pine…
RALEIGH: Today, Governor Roy Cooper announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible…
A call came into Bladen County 911 dispatch on Monday evening about a stabbing in the Tar Heel area. According to the report an altercation…
RALEIGH – North Carolina Criminal Justice Analysis Center announced Wednesday Part 1 of the study on statewide trends regarding traffic stops in the Justice Analysis…
On Thursday morning, the 911 Center of the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office received a phone call about a female in the Farmers Union area of…
Scam Alert: Free masks for your Medicare Number? Don’t fall for it. Maria Edwards, with the County of Bladen and Kelly Robeson, MSN, RN, CNL, Director…
Four people were arrested Monday morning after a homeowner returned to his residence and found the group taking items from the home, according to Bladen…
RALEIGH – A Robeson County man was sentenced Wednesday to 70 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for a firearm offenses, the…
By: Sheriff James McVicker Last night, July 14th at approximately midnight, Bladen County Sheriff’s Deputies observed a car traveling around 75 miles per hour in…