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A Leland woman was killed July 12 after she was thrown from an ATV.

Around 8 p.m. Sunday, July 12, 31-year-old David Kent Beasley of Leland was driving on rural unpaved road 1413 when he allegedly drove left of center and collided head-on with an oncoming vehicle, Sgt. T.W. Pope of the N.C. State Highway Patrol said.

Beasley was driving about 35 mph when he collided with a 2001 Honda passenger vehicle driven by 28-year-old Charlie Samuel Ward, who was driving about 15 mph, Pope said.

The Brunswick County Grand Jury under the direction of Judge Robert Floyd Jr. with prosecutor Rex Gore and courtroom clerk Lisa Gore returned the following indictments during a Superior Court session on July 6:

Jason Joel Berry; felony possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver cocaine, felony possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver schedule I controlled substance, misdemeanor possession drug paraphernalia, misdemeanor possession marijuana up to one-half ounce.

John Christopher Blake; felony indecent liberties with child.

The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is a support unit, whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county. The ACE team conducts driving while impaired and driver’s license checkpoints, as well as street-level investigations on controlled substances.

The ACE team works with the sheriff’s office K-9 Enforcement Team and Drug Enforcement Unit to apprehend narcotics suspects as well as saturating hot spots where criminal activity is reported.

The K-9 enforcement team answers calls, conducts driver’s license checkpoints and assists with other agencies when K-9s are needed.

From June 29-July 5, deputies with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office K-9 Enforcement Team answered 30 calls and made three drug arrests.

K-9 deputies patrolled the following communities: Waterford, Palmetto Creek, Southport, Village Point, Shallotte Point and Compass Point.