Former Counselor, Minister Sentenced For Statutory Sex Offense
A former guidance counselor and Baptist minister plead guilty to statutory sex offense against a 10-year-old girl who was living with the man at White Lake, according to a news release from the Bladen...
View ArticleDublin Man Charged With Murder
A Dublin man has been charged with murder after another man was found dead Tuesday night inside a house on Albert Street, according to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office. Michael Jason Bullock, 35,...
View ArticleJury Convicts Former AT&T Employee Of Conspiracy, Fraud And Identity Theft
NEW BERN – A federal jury Friday convicted Alejandro Garlynn Williams, 40, of conspiracy, access device fraud, and aggravated identity theft, finding him guilty of all counts in the indictment against...
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Victim Identified in Dublin Murder Case
A 35-year-old barber and single father, Michael Jason Bullock, has been charged with murder and is being held in the Bladen County Detention Center. According to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, the...
View ArticleBooze It and Lose It Holiday Enforcement Campaign Starts Today
RALEIGH – Christmas lights won’t be the only thing lighting up the night this holiday season. Starting today, through Jan. 2, law enforcement officers will be stepping up patrols across the state to...
View ArticleGovernor Offers Reward for Information on Columbus County Murders and Assault
Governor Roy Cooper announced that the State is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for the murders of De’onde...
View ArticleVehicle Chase Leads to Arrest of Felon in Bladen County, NC
In the photo above is suspect Dustin Car, a 25-year-old male of Garland, NC. Motorists reported seeing a high-speed chase through Elizabethtown in the evening of Friday, December 17, 2021. According to...
View ArticleSearch for Brandon Carl Wayne McDonald from Clarkton, NC Continues
According to friends and family, Brandon Carl Wayne McDonald from Clarkton, N.C., was last seen on Thursday, March 25, 2021, and has not been found. According to reports, McDonald’s phone last pinged...
View ArticleSuspect, Curtis Sanders Cromartie, Arrested in Shooting of Local Man
Photo above is of Curtis Sanders Cromartie, 34 of Elizabethtown. According to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, on Saturday, November 6, 2021, Franklin Quentil Pharr, 37 of Elizabethtown, was...
View ArticleRobeson County Pharmacy Operator Pleads Guilty To Healthcare Fraud
Contributed WILMINGTON – A Pembroke woman pleaded guilty Thursday to Conspiracy to Commit Healthcare Fraud. According to court documents, Melisha Oxendine West pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit...
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Missing Woman from St. Pauls: Dynasty Mo’Ette De’Lois Jeffries
Contributed The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office has just released the following information regarding a missing young woman from St. Pauls: Missing Person Dynasty Mo’ette De’lois Jeffries, 20 year old...
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Missing Woman from Tar Heel: Rachel Hudson
Contributed Bladen County Sheriff’s Office has released the following information regarding a missing woman from Tar Heel: Rachel Hudson, a 33-year-old white female from Tar Heel, NC was last seen...
View ArticleBladen County Man, Kasheem Henry, Arrested on Multiple Sex Offenses
By Cara Beth Lewis Bladen County Sheriff’s Office arrested Kasheem Henry, a young man from Bladen County, on multiple sex offenses including Statutory Sex Offense, Statutory Rape, Indecent Liberties...
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Sheriff’s Office Seeks Information About Stolen Trailer
Contributed The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office is seeking information about a trailer that was stolen Jan. 16 from an area off U.S. 701 South in Clarkton. According to the Sheriff’s Office, a white or...
View ArticleUPDATE: Missing Woman from Tar Heel, Rachel Hudson, has been found
Bladen County Sheriff’s Office has released the following information regarding a missing woman from Tar Heel: Rachel Hudson, a 33-year-old white female from Tar Heel, NC was last seen Saturday,...
View ArticleUpdated: Missing Woman, Dynasty Jeffries, Says She is Unharmed and Safe
Missing Person Dynasty Mo’ette De’lois Jeffries, 20-year-old black female from St. Pauls, NC was last seen Saturday 11/11/2021 leaving her residence in the area of Tobermory of St. Pauls, NC Jeffries...
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Updated- Bank Robbery Report in Elizabethtown, NC, Leads to Arrest
According to Bladen County Sheriff’s Officr around 4:50 PM Wednesday, February 2, 2022, the Elizabethtown Police Department responded to a bank robbery at First Citizens Bank in Elizabethtown. A...
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Car Chase Leads to Arrest
Contributed On February 2 nd, 2022 Deputies with Bladen County Sheriff’s Office Community Impact Team responded to a call for assistance from the Bladenboro Police Department in reference to a silver...
View ArticleBladen County Court Docket Updates For High Interest Cases
Here are the current scheduled court dates for several high interest cases in Bladen County. Information came from the North Carolina Judicial Branch website at...
View ArticleUpdated – Dwayne Campbell, Jr. Arrested For Child Sexual Offenses
On December 11, 2021, Bladen County Sheriff’s Office received a report of sexual abuse against a child which occurred at the suspect’s residence in Clarkton, NC, during the summer of 2021. A forensic...
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Stolen Vehicle and Foot Pursuit Lead to Arrest
Contributed At approx 10:00 A.M. this morning the Bladenboro Police Department observed a vehicle that matched the description of a vehicle that was reported stolen out of Lumberton. Bladenboro Police...
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Missing Person – Willie Jean Teal of White Oak
On February 12, 2022, at 1:50 PM Bladen County Communications received a call regarding a missing person. According to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, the missing person is known as 68-year-old...
View ArticleBody Located On Cape Fear River in Bladen County
On Friday afternoon, February 25, 2022, members of the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office were conducting a water-born search for Willie Jean Teal. The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office discovered a deceased...
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NC Trooper Freeman Apprehends Murder Suspect in Bladen County
By Charlotte Smith The Fayetteville Police Department’s Homicide Unit announced a shooting in February with information searching for the suspect. The crimes committed left a father injured and a...
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Traffic Stop in Bladen County Leads to Drug Arrest
On March 1st, 2022, Deputies with the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office Community Impact Team were conducting a Traffic Checking Station in the Bladenboro area. Deputies observed a vehicle turn around...
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Scam Warning for BladenOnline Readers
It is important to remember not to open attachments or click links from suspicious emails or text messages. Links and attachments may lead to your device being infected with a virus or malware. A...
View ArticleSheriff’s Office Reports Reduction In Violent Crimes For 2021
Contributed Sheriff James A. McVicker recently reported an overall reduction in violent crimes in Bladen for 2021 as opposed to 2020. “These last two years have resulted in an increase in some crimes...
View ArticleBladen County Man along with 19 Other Defendants Federally Charged in OCDETF...
WILMINGTON, N.C.- The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) operation resulted in the...
View ArticleGabriel James McDowell Found Guilty of First Degree Murder
Contributed Bladen County Sheriff’s Office announced, on March 21, 2022, the murder trial for defendant Gabriel James McDowell began and lasted nine days. As of March 31, 2022, Gabriel James McDowell...
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Local Woman Reports her Emotional Support Dog Stolen
A toy Pomeranian has been reported stolen according to its owner. Rebecca Hall says her three-pound, red and white emotional support dog was stolen from her home on Wednesday last week. The male dog’s...
View ArticleFormer Doctor Sentenced To 78 Months For Drug Offenses Arising From Tabor...
NEW BERN – A former doctor who operated a “pill mill” in Columbus County, where he improperly prescribed opioids and other controlled substances was sentenced Thursday to 78 months in prison for...
View ArticleFraud Alert from Elizabethtown Police Department
All residents need to be aware that there is a scam being carried out in which the suspects contact the victim by phone, text, or email. The suspect caller falsely represents themselves as an official...
View ArticleTraffic Stop leads to Multiple Drug Charges
Contributed On Thursday, April 21st, 2022, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office Community Impact Team conducted a vehicle stop near the intersection of Pages Lake Road and Chickenfoot Road. The deputy...
View ArticleUpdate: Search for two suspects in progress
On April 27, 2022, around 11:19 am call was placed to Bladen County 911 Center regarding shots fired in the area of Moultrie Lane and Peanut Plant Road in Elizabethtown. Law enforcement is currently...
View ArticleWilliam Bryan Clark charged with two counts of felony Solicitation of a Child...
On 04/20/2022 the Elizabethtown Police Department received information from an outside source thatWilliam Bryan Clark 40 years of age of Elizabethtown, NC who is a Registered Sex Offender had...
View ArticleGovernor Roy Cooper Proclaims October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Read the proclamation RALEIGH – Governor Roy Cooper has proclaimed October as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in North Carolina, kicking off a monthlong campaign by the N.C. Department of Information...
View ArticleBladenboro Husband, Mark Timothy Sykes, Charged with Wife’s Murder
Mark Timothy Sykes of 2006 Berry Lewis Road in Bladenboro is in the photo above. According to the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office, a Bladenboro man has been charged with murder 14 years after the victim...
View ArticleSaint Pauls Woman Sentenced for Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft
According to a press release by the United States Attorney’s Office in the Eastern District of North Carolina, a Saint Pauls woman, Stephanie Chavis, was sentenced today to 65 months in prison and...
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Stolen Truck Leads to Two Arrests in White Lake on Wednesday
On Wednesday morning, October 7, the Bladen County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a suspicious vehicle located on a dirt road off of Highway 701 North of White Lake. William Matthew Campbell, a...
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Bladen County Substance Misuse Task Force Requests Input
Photo above was presented by Mary Susan Baggett, BA, QMHP, CDP in a recent webinar. By Charlotte Smith Dr. Cathy Gantz, Coordinator of Bladen County Substance Misuse Task Force with Bladen County...
View ArticleBladen County Man Sentenced For 2019 Shooting At Smithfield Foods
Jaquante Hakeem Williams was sentenced up to more than 20 years in prison Monday for the attempted murder of two Smithfield Foods employees two years ago, the District Attorney’s office announced....
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Update – Grand Jury Indicts Bladen County Sheriff’s Deputy
A Grand Jury indicted Bladen County Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Hal Shaw, II of Elizabethtown. The indictment shows 12 or more Grand Jurors in Bladen County submitted a True Bill charging Shaw with...
View ArticlePublic Notice for Unclaimed Firearms
The Elizabethtown Police Department is in possession of previously seized firearms that have remained unclaimed and are no longer part of any ongoing criminal or civil cases. Individuals with a valid...
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Scam Alert from Bladen County Sheriff’s Office
Bladen County Sheriff Jim McVicker announced a scam was being mailed out in Bladen County. The Sheriff explained residents have reported receiving checks, some in the amount of $4,990.90, in the mail...
View ArticleAttention Shoppers: Scammers are shopping for you
By Cheryl Thurston Ready to do your holiday shopping? Do you have lots of folks to shop for? Checking off the names on your list is gratifying and satisfying. You might find the perfect gift for each...
View ArticleOfficer Involved Shooting in Whiteville Walmart Parking Lot on June 24, 2021
Contributed Columbus County District Attorney’s Office – My office has concluded its examination into an officer-involved shooting that occurred in the parking lot of the Whiteville Walmart on June 24,...
View ArticleCutting in Bladenboro Leaves Man in Serious Condition
The photo above is of Nathaniel Jacob Lee Shipman of Columbus County. On Monday, August 30, 2021, two men had an altercation at a laundromat in Bladenboro, NC. Bladenboro Chief of Police William Howell...
View ArticleBladen County Political Consultant Sentenced to 6 Months in Prison for Theft...
GREENVILLE, N.C. – A Bladenboro man was sentenced today to 6 months in prison for the theft of government property and Social Security fraud and ordered to pay $8,599.10 in restitution. He pled guilty...
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Bladen County Sheriff’s Office Issues Alert Regarding Scam Calls
A Staff Report Bladen County, NC – The Bladen County Sheriff’s Office has issued a timely alert to caution residents about a surge in scam phone calls that have recently plagued citizens across the...
View ArticleNorth Carolina Passes Senate Bill 189 to Strengthen Laws on Death by...
A Staff Report Raleigh, North Carolina- In a significant move aimed at combatting the alarming rise in drug-related fatalities, North Carolina’s General Assembly has passed Senate Bill 189, which has...
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