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Shooting leaves one dead
An argument Tuesday night among workers resulted in a shooting that left one dead, according to Scotland County authorities. Around 7:30 p.m., several Hispanic laborers were raking pinestraw on Joe’s Creek Road off US 74. In what Sheriff Shep Jones described as “some type of altercation,” one of the men reportedly shot two others. One died shortly after the shooting, with the second man transported to a medical facility with a gunshot t...
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High-speed chase ends in Pembroke
A high-speed car chase that began in Laurinburg and exceeded speeds of 100-mph ended with a crash in Pembroke. Steven Jacobs, 37, of 184 Seals Drive, Lumberton, is charged with misdemeanor larceny and is being held under a $1,500 bond, according to Lt. Cliff Sessoms of the Laurinburg Police Department. Sessoms said that Jacobs was the passenger in the gold Ford Taurus and police are looking for Christopher L. Locklear, 33, of 480 Lumbee A...
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Fuel for thought
Contributed photo State Sen. Gene McLaurin, right, President of Quality Oil and Gas in Rockingham, and Dean Nichols, left, owner of Nic’s Pic Kwik BP station in Laurel Hill and a member of the Richmond Community College Board of Trustees, present RCC Foundation Executive Director Olivia Webb with a $1,500 contribution from the BP Fueling Communities Program.
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City arrested for murder try
A Laurinburg man was arrested in Maxton last week on two charges of attempted murder, according to police. Laurinburg polic said that on Sept. 9, 2012, Cheryl Medlin, 20, and her boyfriend, 30-year-old Robert McRae, were attacked outside of McRae’s home on Morgan Street by 29-year-old Willie Jackson of Branch Road. Jackson, Medlin’s ex-boyfriend, beat both her and McRae with the handle of a shovel, but fled when McRae’s mother phoned auth...
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Crime Reports
May 23 crime report
LAURINBURG - Stacey Gillis, 34, of 19620 Sallie McNair Road was issued a criminal summons on Tuesday for one count of breaking and entering and one count of larceny, according to a sheriff’s repor...
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May 22 crime report
LAUREL HILL - Velma Bass of McFarland Road reported a breaking and entering and larceny at her home on Monday, according to a sheriff’s report. A stove, refrigerator, washing machine, two window a...
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May 21 crime report
LAUREL HILL - Robert Byrd, 37, of 21630 Blue Bird Lane was arrested Thursday under a warrant for one count of felony possession with intent to sell and deliver Schedule II controlled substances an...
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May 17 crime report
LAURINBURG - Tyrone Avery, 51, of Beta Street was arrested Wednesday and charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver crack cocaine, possession of drug paraphernalia, littering, and tra...
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May 16 crime report
LAURINBURG - Joshua Jones, 29, of Lumberton was arrested Monday under a warrant for one count of larceny, one count of felonious conspiracy, and one count of felonious injuring utility wire, accor...
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