Public Safety

Due to fluctuation in the weather we need to ensure our pets are cared for properly, especially in the cold. Here are some tips for caring for them:

1.  Keep your cats from the outside as much as possible. 

2. Cats that live outdoors in the winter sometimes crawl up under the hood of vehicles. This can mean certain death or serious injury when the engine starts. If you live in a neighborhood where cats are left outside, be sure to bang on the hood of your vehicle prior to starting.

Brunswick County Sheriff’s deputies investigated the following incidents last week:

Jan. 11

Traffic on N.C. 130 in Shallotte.

Domestic assault on a female on Maple Tree Drive, Leland.

Jan. 12

Lost property on U.S. 74/76 and Maco Road, Leland; victim is missing two rings valued at $3,945.

Jan. 14

Simple assault on Dogwood Road, Leland.

Assault on a female on Dogwood Road, Leland.

Brunswick County’s SWAT team was recently called to Holden Beach.

They were there to help assist removal of a renter who had warrants out against him, Holden Beach police chief Wally Layne told town commissioners at their Jan. 8 meeting.

“A gentleman who was renting (a house on Ocean Boulevard) has a heroin problem and was stealing on and off the beach,” Layne said. “There were four break-ins on the island—three on Ocean Boulevard and one on Brunswick Avenue. He was stealing flat-screen TVs.”

During December, the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office V.O.I.C.E Citizens Patrol conducted 28 community patrols countywide with 35 volunteers and logging a total of 2,886 miles.

Volunteers spent 332.5 hours volunteering in administrative support, 130.5 hours in the detention center, 81.5 at the courthouse, 40 hours conducting transport support, 41 hours at special/community events, 62 hours on the unsolved cases team, 4.5 hours of support to Air One, 101.5 hours helping Animal Protective Services and four hours in the G.R.E.A.T. mentor program.