LAURINBURG — Local police teamed up with the Horry County, South Carolina, Sheriff’s Office to make a felony arrest Monday night.
Investigators with the Laurinburg Police Department were informed by the Horry County Sheriff’s Office that warrants had been taken out on 34-year-old Dustin Butler for felony assault. Butler is also believed to be the person of interest in a shooting that occurred in Horry County.
According to Laurinburg Lt. Jeremy White, Horry County investigators believed Butler was at a home on East Vance Street in Laurinburg and, when local police went to the suspected residence, they did locate Butler.
Butler was charged with a fugitive warrant and was jailed in the Scotland County Jail under a $150,000 bond. He is currently waiting extradition back to South Carolina and could face additional warrants out of Horry County.
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