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Fight leads to shooting outside of Lumberton store
LUMBERTON, N.C. (WPDE) — A fight between two men led to a shooting Tuesday evening outside the Dollar General on Caton Road in Lumberton, according to officials. The victim is said to have non-life-threatening injuries but was airlifted to the hospital. A suspect has been taken into custody. Officials...
23-year-old wanted in shooting outside Lumberton grocery store
LUMBERTON, N.C. (WBTW) — A 23-year-old is wanted in connection with a shooting last week in the parking lot of a Lumberton Fresh Foods IGA Supermarket, police said on Tuesday. Quamek Townsend of Fairmont is facing charges of attempted first-degree murder, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, discharging a […]
30-year-old woman reported missing in Robeson County located
Editor’s note: Because the woman has been found safe, all identifying information and photos have been removed from this story. ROBESON COUNTY, N.C. (WBTW) — A 30-year-old woman who had been reported missing in Robeson County was located, the sheriff’s office said Monday evening.
Man charged in fatal Fayetteville hit-and-run allegedly failed sobriety tests
The man accused of being impaired when he struck and killed a pedestrian Tuesday night on Murchison Road reportedly attempted to kick open the door of the patrol car after he was detained and spit in the interview room once in custody, according to court records. Logen Dustin Harvey, 22,...
Benavente is lone vote against Fayetteville plan to place SROs. Some data is troubling.
Sheriff Ennis Wright said the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office is currently short-staffed and unable to provide sufficient school resource officers (SROs) and traffic control for all the county schools. Moreover, the Sheriff's Office can only serve schools outside municipal areas. This announcement, made around two months ago, surprised the Cumberland County School Board, the city of Fayetteville, and the towns of Spring Lake and Hope Mills.
Cumberland Sheriff's Office on duty for start of year-round schools in Fayetteville
Sheriff's deputies patrol hallways at Cumberland year-round schools. The start of year-round school in Cumberland County got off to a smooth start with school resource officers and traffic control officers from the sheriff's office handling those positions. But that's about to change. School leaders said plans to provide SROs and...
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