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The suspect was identified Wednesday afternoon as 30-year-old Auriel Zipher Scattergood.

A Brunswick County jury convicted a man on charges of sex crimes with a minor. He was sentenced Friday to a minimum of 27 years in prison.

An investigation into an officer-involved shooting in a Whiteville Walmart found their use of deadly force legally justified.

A suspect wanted for first-degree murder in Pender County was shot and killed by U.S. Marshals in Columbus County Thursday afternoon. Columbus County District Attorney Jon David held a press conference Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Whiteville Police Department to address the officer-involved shooting. David confirmed that at around 2:30 p.m., William Dean Hewett, 54, of Atkinson, was fatally shot by the task force while they were attempting to serve a warrant at the Walmart in Whiteville. Hewe...

Multiple shots were fired at an apartment complex near a ball park in Whiteville Thursday evening

DA: Former Chadbourn police chief accused of selling guns stolen from evidence locker DA: Former Chadbourn police chief accused of selling guns stolen from evidence locker By WECT Staff | May 7, 2021 at 4:34 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 7:56 PM COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Former Chadbourn police chief Anthony Spivey is accused of stealing numerous guns from the department’s evidence locker and then selling them, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Spivey was indicted for 88 fe...

A former North Carolina police chief who resigned nearly two weeks ago amid an investigation into missing evidence is accused of taking a variety of narcotics, thousands of dollars in cash and firearms from the evidence locker, authorities said. Former Chadbourn police chief William Anthony Spivey, 35, was taken into custody Monday by the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation and charged with 73 offenses, including 31 counts each of stealing or...

Former police chief arrested, charged with trafficking drugs Former chief of police Anthony Spivey arrested By WECT Staff | April 19, 2021 at 8:47 PM EDT - Updated April 19 at 11:54 PM COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Former Chadbourn Police Chief Anthony Spivey was arrested Monday, April 19, around 3:45 p.m. in Fair Bluff by special agents with the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Sheriff Jody Greene confirmed the arrest to WECT Monday night. Spivey, 35, was charged by the SBI with the ...

/ Former Chadbourn, North Carolina, police chief William Anthony Spivey was taken into custody Monday and charged with 73 offenses, including 31 counts each of stealing or destroying evidence and embezzlement by a public official. Chadbourn is in Columbus County in the far southeastern part of the state. A former North Carolina police chief who resigned nearly two weeks ago amid an investigation into missing evidence is accused of taking a variety of narcotics, thousands of dollars in cash and...

Former Chadbourn police chief arrested, charged with trafficking drugs Anthony Spivey (Source: CCSO) By WECT Staff | April 19, 2021 at 8:47 PM EDT - Updated April 20 at 9:55 AM COLUMBUS COUNTY, N.C. (WECT) - Former Chadbourn Police Chief Anthony Spivey was arrested Monday afternoon in Fair Bluff by special agents with the State Bureau of Investigation (SBI). Spivey, 35, was charged by the SBI with the following: 31 felony counts alter, steal, or destroy evidence 31 felony counts embezzle...