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Bladen County Superior Court plea agreements for April 4-5
Bladen County Superior Court was in session Monday, April 4 and Tuesday, April 5. Judge Douglas B. Sasser presided. Some of the plea agreements reached were: ** Qushawnda Mae Moore, 22, plead guilty to...
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Butters Quick Stop robber sentenced
Gerrod Basil Ellison A Riegelwood man who was charged with armed robbery of the Butters Quick Shop last year was sentenced Tuesday in Bladen County Superior Court under a plea agreement with the state....
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Sheriff Warns Citizens About Scam
Sheriff James A. McVicker has issued an alert to the citizens of the county to be aware of a couple soliciting funds for the Elizabethtown Presbyterian Church and for Bladen Crisis Assistance. “We have...
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Horne charged with obtaining property by false pretense
According to reports Shana Horne was apprehended Sunday, April 10 by the Bladen County Sheriff’s Department and charged with obtaining property under false pretense. Horne is 36 years old, 5-feet-5...
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Probation searches lead to four arrests
Sheriff James A. McVicker said his office assisted in a search of several persons on probation at the request of North Carolina Probation and Parole. Members of the Elizabethtown Police Department and...
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Flimflam Suspects Arrested
Sheriff James A. McVicker announced today the arrest of two individuals believed to be involved in a flimflam operation across a three county area. “We received a report late last week of two...
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Probation Search’s Lead To Four Arrests
Sheriff James A. McVicker said his office assisted in a search of several persons on probation at the request of North Carolina Probation and Parole. Members of the Elizabethtown Police Department and...
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Bladenboro PD to add Naloxone kits
By: Erin Smith The Bladenboro Police Department will be getting a new tool to help them in their efforts to better serve the citizens of Bladenboro. The Bladenboro Town Council voted unanimously on...
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Ground breaking planned for Law Enforcement Detention Center on Monday
A ground breaking for the new Bladen County Law Enforcement Detention Center is planned for Monday, April 18, at 4:30 p.m. at 272 Smith Circle in Elizabethtown. There has been some work started...
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Bus driver suspended for texting
An investigation into one bus driver texting while driving has lead to her being suspended by Bladen County Schools. According to reports, Sue McLaurin was suspended on Monday following the...
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A Benefit for the Sampson Community Theatre
CLINTON—Taylor and Vicki Michaels will appear in Vegas Rocks On! at a special benefit performance for the Sampson Community Theatre on Saturday, April 23, at 8 p.m. Audiences of all ages will enjoy...
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Lumberton man sentenced to 140 months for firearms and drug trafficking offenses
GREENVILLE – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announced that in federal court today, Senior United States District Judge Malcolm J. Howard, sentenced Balal...
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Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Summits planned for Leland and Fayetteville
By: Erin Smith In partnership with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, Leland Police Department, and Fayetteville Police Department, the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition will host two...
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Father shoots son at White Lake
Joshua Walters Ted Walters White Lake police were called to the 100 block of Grays Lane around midnight Friday April 15. According to Detective Mike Salmon, White Lake Police arrived and found Joshua...
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Head-on crash closes Dickson Road briefly
WreckEastArcadia3 WreckEastArcadia1 WrechEastArcadia2 By: Erin Smith A head-on collision on Dickson Road in East Arcadia closed the road for a brief period on Monday afternoon. According to North...
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Breaking Ground for New Jail
Bladen County Detention 1604180144 Bladen County Detention 1604180142 Bladen County Detention 1604180146 Bladen County Detention 1604180140 new_jail_02 new_jail_01 new_jail_03 By: Charlotte Smith The...
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Lookout in Raleigh murder sentenced to prison
The admitted lookout in the Raleigh murder of former Bladen County resident Melissa Huggins-Jones was sentenced to 4 and one-half to 6 and one-half years in prison on Monday. Sarah Redden, who admitted...
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Cummings sentenced for break-in of Elizabethtown home
One of two men charged with breaking into an Elizabethtown home in November was sentenced Monday in Bladen County Superior Court and ordered to testify against his accomplice. Jimmy Michael Cummings,...
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Hedgepeth sentenced for breaking jaw of inmate in Bladen County jail
A man charged with breaking the jaw of another inmate in Bladen County jail in September was ordered Monday to spend the final 33 days of his sentence in the N.C. Department of Corrections and to take...
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Arrest made in compromise of US Army computer system
RALEIGH – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of North Carolina announces that Mittesh Das of Atlanta, Georgia, was indicted for intentionally causing damage to a U.S. Army...
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