The New Hanover County Sheriff s Office is searching for a teen reported missing Friday.
Jasmine Sydney Ballard, 16, was last seen at 4826 Acres Drive in Wilmington. Ballard is 5-feet tall and 135 pounds with short hair and brown eyes. It s unknown what she was wearing when she was last seen.
Reporter Sydney Hoover can be reached at 910-343-2339 or shoover@gannett.com.
Sherffiâs office asks for publicâs help in larceny case According to a Facebook post from the sheriffâs office, the incident took place at the Walmart located at 5135 Carolina Beach Road on March 21. (Source: NHCSO) By WECT Staff | April 16, 2021 at 6:27 AM EDT - Updated April 16 at 6:27 AM
WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The New Hanover County Sheriffâs Office is asking for the publicâs help in a larceny case it is investigating.
According to a Facebook post from the sheriffâs office, the incident took place at the Walmart located at 5135 Carolina Beach Road on March 21.
Anyone who can identify the person pictured below is asked to contact Det. Hopkins at 910-798-4261. Tips can be submitted anonymously here.
Wilmington man facing meth, fentanyl trafficking charges Robert James Bickford (Source: NHCSO) By WECT Staff | April 16, 2021 at 11:03 AM EDT - Updated April 16 at 11:04 AM
CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. (WECT) - New Hanover County authorities confiscated methamphetamine and fentanyl from a Wilmington man following a drug trafficking investigation in Carolina Beach.
According to a news release, detectives with the Carolina Beach Police Department and the New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop Thursday on a car occupied by 34-year-old Robert James Bickford, who then tried to flee from officers before being caught.
Bickford allegedly assaulted an officer during his escape attempt, the news release stated.
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An unidentified 17-year-old girl jumped off the eastbound I-140 bridge near U.S. 421 shortly after 10:30 a.m. Saturday.
According to New Hanover Sheriff s Office Public Information Officer Lt. Jerry Brewer, she fell about 150 to 200 feet.
The New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office worked together with the New Hanover County Fire Rescue, Wilmington Fire Department, New Hanover Regional EMS, and the N.C. State Highway Patrol to save the young woman who is in stable condition and did not suffer any life-threatening injuries, the release said.
According to the release, two firemen and the New Hanover Fire Rescue along with Master Rappeller Sgt. Bryant from the sheriff’s office were able to rappel down and get the woman up from the bridge and retrieve her after she jumped.