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Ex-North Carolina police chief accused of stealing evidence April 20, 2021 GMT CHADBOURN, N.C. (AP) — 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...

Ex-Chadbourn police chief stole hundreds of pills, $32K in cash, guns from evidence locker, warrants allege Ex-Chadbourn police chief stole hundreds of pills, $32K in cash, guns from evidence locker, warrants allege By WECT Staff | April 20, 2021 at 11:42 AM EDT - Updated April 20 at 5:44 PM CHADBOURN, N.C. (WECT) - The former top cop in the town of Chadbourn repeatedly raided the police department’s evidence room and stole a variety of narcotics, thousands of dollars in cash, and fir...

District attorney sued in heart balm lawsuit The elected district attorney for Bladen, Brunswick, and Columbus counties has been named as the defendant in a civil lawsuit alleging that he seduced and had a sexual relationship with a married former Bladen County Commissioner, according to court records obtained by Lawyers Weekly. A complaint filed in December 2020 alleges that District Attorney Jon David began the relationship with the former commissioner, Ashley Trivette, after she was charged ...

Associated Press CHADBOURN, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police chief placed on administrative leave after it was determined that he failed to produce evidence in multiple cases has resigned from the job, according to the towns mayor.  Chadbourn Mayor Phillip Britt announced the resignation of Police Chief Anthony Spivey, which is effective immediately, news outlets reported Tuesday.  Spivey was placed on paid administrative leave on March 5 after District Attorney Jon David recommended tha...

North Carolina police chief resigns amid investigation April 7, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail CHADBOURN, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina police chief placed on administrative leave after it was determined that he failed to produce evidence in multiple cases has resigned from the job, according to the towns mayor. Chadbourn Mayor Phillip Britt announced the resignation of Police Chief Anthony Spivey, which is effective immediately, news outlets reported Tuesday. Spivey was placed on paid administrati...

DA recommended Chadbourn suspend police chief due to issues with evidence locker Hundreds of cases my have to be dismissed in Chadbourn By WECT Staff | March 15, 2021 at 4:33 PM EDT - Updated March 19 at 7:08 PM CHADBOURN, N.C. (WECT) - District Attorney Jon David recommended that the Town of Chadbourn suspend Police Chief Anthony Spivey earlier this month after Spivey was unable to produce evidence connected to multiple cases. In a letter sent to Interim Town Manager Jerome Chestnut on Ma...

Date Time Human activity forces animals to move 70 percent further to survive A world-first study has analysed 208 previous papers to quantify the impact of human activity on animal movement. DECRA Fellow Dr Tim Doherty warns the impacts threaten species survival and biodiversity. Lead author Dr Tim Doherty with a sand goanna at Mallee Cliffs NSW. For the first time, scientists have calculated the global impact of human activity on animal movement, revealing widespread impacts that thr...

Former death row inmate readies for new trial decades after Columbus County double murder Former death row inmate gets new trial decades after double murder By Kendall McGee | January 11, 2021 at 6:35 PM EST - Updated January 11 at 7:49 PM WHITEVILLE, N.C. (WECT) - Thirty years after a gruesome double murder shook the Cape Fear region, attorneys are still arguing the case. Norfolk Junior ‘Fuzzy’ Best was sentenced to die after being convicted of killing an elderly couple in 1993. Soon,...

New trial could be on the way for man convicted of 1991 Whiteville double murder New trial for man convicted of double murder By WECT Staff | January 11, 2021 at 4:41 AM EST - Updated January 11 at 4:42 PM WHITEVILLE (WECT) - A man who was convicted of the double murder of a Whiteville couple, and sentenced to death, will be in court Monday, according to District Attorney Jon David. Norfolk Junior “Fuzzy” Best, who was sentenced to death in the 1991 deaths of Leslie Baldwin, 82, and Ge...

Williams was previously convicted in 2006 as a habitual felon for drug offenses. Williams pleaded guilty to two counts of possession with the intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver crack cocaine, and one count of felony elude arrest in a motor vehicle. Williams led Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a high speed chase after they conducted a search warrant on his home. The office’s investigation determined Williams sold hundreds of doses of crack cocaine in his neighborhood pri...