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CRIME & SAFETY
Car crashes through building, mailbox outside of Vass
The evening commute on U.S. Highway 1 near Vass was slowed down by onlookers Wednesday afternoon when a vehicle smashed through a building. The single-vehicle crash happened around 4:30 p.m. on the northbound side of the highway at Branch Trail, just south of Vass. According to authorities, a Toyota RAV4...
Four escape uninjured after crash on U.S. 1
Four people managed to avoid injury after a serious single-vehicle crash between Vass and Cameron on Tuesday morning. The crash occurred shortly before 8:30 a.m. and resulted in lane of U.S. Highway 1 being shut down for over an hour due to the extensive damage. The driver of a Hyundai...
SUV crashes into Moore County home, goes completely through building
An SUV smashed through a home on U.S. Highway 1 Wednesday afternoon after a medical emergency, troopers said. It happened around 4:34 p.m. Wednesday on U.S. Highway 1 near the corner of Branch Trail. According to troopers, witnesses reported that the 41-year-old driver from Cameron was traveling northbound on U.S....
15-year-old suffers medical emergency after receiving alcohol from Moore County man: Deputies
EAGLE SPRINGS, N.C. (WNCN) — A Moore County man was taken into custody after a 15-year-old suffered a medical emergency from being provided alcohol. Javan Luke Overton, 37, of Eagle Springs was arrested on July 1. He is charged with felony child abuse inflicting serious bodily injury, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, aiding underage purchase of alcohol, aiding underage consumption of alcohol, and giving alcohol to a person under 21 years of age, according to the Moore County Sheriff’s Office.
Dryer contents catch fire in Carthage home
A house in Carthage was spared any significant damage after the contents of a dryer caught fire on Tuesday. The fire happened in the 800 block of Niagara Carthage Road just before 5:45 p.m. The two homeowners were home at the time of the fire, smelled smoke, and checked the...
Aberdeen man facing felony flee and elude arrest charges
On July 2, the Aberdeen Police Department announced the arrest of Timothy Guin Jr., 34 years of age, of Aberdeen. “On April 24, patrol officers and investigators with the Aberdeen Police Department were called to a wooded area behind Poplar Street in reference to possible drug activity,” stated the Aberdeen Police Department. “Upon arrival, officers and investigators searched the area and observed a motorcycle with a male driver and attempted to stop it.”
Motorcyclist's plan to ditch vest fails; now faces drug charges
Jul. 2—A Sanford motorcyclist who fled from a traffic stop Friday on Cumnock Road tried get rid of his leather vest by discarding it in the road, according to a Lee County Sheriff's Office release. Deputies soon found out why James Christopher Collins, 54, was trying to ditch the vest. "The leather vest that Collins attempted to discard contained ... you guessed it, controlled substances," ...
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