Fatal Columbus Co. house fire under investigation One person died after an early Saturday morning house fire in Columbus County. (Source: Associated Press) By WECT Staff | January 9, 2021 at 10:20 AM EST - Updated January 9 at 8:50 PM
COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - One person died after an early Saturday morning house fire in Columbus County.
It happened at a mobile home on Tommie Wooten Road near Chadbourn.
According to a press release from the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office, a neighbor called for help shortly after 7 a.m.
Authorities found a man dead inside when arrive. His name is being withheld until family is notified.
Man charged in New Yearâs Day stabbing at Columbus Co. gas station James Levi Clewis (Source: Columbus County Sheriff s Office) By WECT Staff | January 8, 2021 at 1:09 PM EST - Updated January 8 at 1:09 PM
HALLSBORO, N.C. (WECT) - A Chadbourn man is accused of assaulting and stabbing another man at a Columbus County gas station on New Yearâs Day.
According to a news release from the Columbus County Sheriffâs Office, deputies responded around 2:30 p.m. to Samâs Pit Stop, located at 4236 Sam Potts Highway near Hallsboro, after receiving a report of man suffering from a stab wound.
Whiteville man accused of stealing ATV from Columbus County home Theodore Jevaugh Booker (Source: Columbus County Sheriff s Office) By WECT Staff | December 30, 2020 at 2:33 PM EST - Updated December 30 at 2:33 PM
WHITEVILLE, N.C. (WECT) - A Whiteville man is accused of stealing an all-terrain vehicle from a home in Columbus County earlier this week.
According to a news release, deputies with the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office responded to a home on Brookside Road on Dec. 28 after receiving a report about a stolen ATV.
The victim said he left the home for a short time and when came back, the ATV was missing from underneath the carport.
Fourth suspect arrested in shooting near Tabor City
Fourth suspect arrested in recent Tabor City shooting By WECT Staff | December 29, 2020 at 5:10 PM EST - Updated December 29 at 7:27 PM
TABOR CITY, N.C. (WECT) - A fourth suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting outside of Tabor City that left two people injured earlier this month, according to the Columbus County Sheriffâs Office.
Jaquan Malik McCray, 23, of Fair Bluff, was taken into custody on Christmas Day and charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury, assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.
Arrests made in Tabor City shooting Stephon Lee Miller and Allegrianna Rena Johnson (Source: CCSO) By WECT Staff | December 21, 2020 at 12:15 PM EST - Updated December 21 at 5:04 PM
TABOR CITY, N.C. (WECT) - Three arrests have been made in a shooting that injured people in two different vehicles earlier this month.
According to the Columbus County Sheriff’s Office, Allegrianna Rena Johnson, 25, of Loris, and Stephon Lee Miller, 23, of Tabor City, have been arrested and charged with:
three counts of Attempted First Degree Murder
Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill Inflicting Serious Injury
two counts of Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Kill