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.
A Georgia man is suing the New Hanover County Sheriff s Office, among others, after he says he was illegally kept in jail for more than two weeks.
Shawn La Derrick Hill, of Augusta, Georgia, filed a lawsuit against the sheriff s office, New Hanover County, and officer J.M. Buoniconti on April 7.
According to the lawsuit, Hill came to the Port of Wilmington as a truck driver to pick up a load for his employer on April 22, 2019. A port employee called the N.C. Ports Authority police after scanning Hill s ID, though the lawsuit does not state why police were called in initially.
The Cape Fear area is home to more than 80 unsolved murder cases.
While detectives in the tri-county area work tirelessly to solve cold cases, lack of evidence and information are largely the reasons homicides have gone unsolved for years.
These are unsolved cases, and are never really cold
Lt. Israel West with the Brunswick Sheriff s Office Detective Unit said, We don t have a cold case unit, we have an unsolved case unit. Our cases are unsolved until they are solved. We do not use the term cold case.
The Brunswick sheriff s office didn t have an unsolved case unit until 2016.