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Harnett County deputies find illegal gaming establishment in Spring Lake business
Deputies found an illegal gaming establishment Thursday at a business in Harnett County.The Harnett County Narcotics Division served a search warrant at Spring Lake Internet on NC 210 South in Spring Lake. Investigators said they seized 129 computer towers, 19 standup gaming machines and over $50,000.According to the sheriff's office, the illegal gaming establishment was owned by Lewis Dong Jin Shin of Kernersville. Kinya Brown, 41, managed the business at the location.Brown was arrested and charged with operating five or more gaming machines, felony possession of Schedule I controlled substance and possession of marijuana. She was given a $50,000 unsecured bond.Felony warrants were obtained for Jin Shin for operating five or more gaming machines, and he has not been arrested yet.
Car overturns into drainage ditch near Waffle House in Cumberland County
A car rolled over into a drainage ditch Sunday morning in Cumberland CountyIt happened just before 4 a.m. near the Waffle House on Goldsboro Road in Wade.Upon arrival, units said they found a Ford Expedition overturned on its roof with the hood and engine submerged in the water in the ditch.First responders had to remove the side rear window, and the driver could escape.The driver was treated by EMS, but it is not known how serious her injuries are.North Carolina State Highway Patrol is investigating the crash.No further information is available at this time.
4 people displaced after mobile home fire in Fayetteville
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (WNCN) — Four people are displaced after a mobile home fire in Fayetteville early Sunday morning. Around 3:17 a.m., fire officials responded to a home in the 1100 block of WildWood Drive in the Lafayette Plantation neighborhood. Officials said once on the scene they found the mobile home with smoke coming out the front door and all occupants inside.
Deven children remembered with touching tribute in Fayetteville neighborhood memorial
Fayetteville neighborhood with heavy hearts in remembering Deven siblings. On Friday, a neighborhood came together to build a memorial outside a Fayetteville home on Berriedale Drive in a tribute to Blake and London Deven. Their adoptive mother was recently arrested and charged with their murders. The neighborhood is remembering the...
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