Reece Saunders News Today

LAURINBURG — Scotland County’s Jimmy Davenport has been convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison for the 2020 murder of his brother.

LAURINBURG — During the November 4, 2023 criminal session of Scotland County Superior Court, defendant Jimmy Davenport was convicted of first degree murder.

LAURINBURG — During the November 4, 2023 criminal session of Scotland County Superior Court, defendant Jimmy Davenport was convicted of first degree murder.

WADESBORO — A Wadesboro man has been found guilty of multiple sex crimes, including four felony counts of statutory sex offense with a child…

East Laurinburg will become an unincorporated part of Scotland County on July 1. DA not commenting on calls for prosecution of town official cited in audit for misusing funds.

WADESBORO — A man charged with multiple child sex crimes has been sentenced to at least 24 years in prison.

CHARLOTTE – Dyral Keith Shankle, 34, of Wadesboro, N.C., has been sentenced to 78 months in prison, followed by two years of supervised release…

How a Genetic Trait in Black People Can Give the Police Cover Michael LaForgia and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, New York Times, May 15, 2021 When they carried the body of a 32-year-old Black man named Lamont Perry out of the woods in Wadesboro, N.C., there were no protests over his sudden death in police custody. No reporters camped at the scene. No lawyers filed suit. Instead, the final mark in the ledger of Mr. Perry’s life was made by a state medical examiner who attributed his death in lar...