Public Safety

A Supply man was arrested last week for multiple charges by two law enforcement agencies.

According to Holden Beach Police Detective Justin Hewett, Johnny Ray Small Jr., 37, of 2012 Ash St., Supply, was charged with breaking and entering to a motor vehicle, larceny from a motor vehicle, two counts of credit card theft and obtaining property by false pretences on Aug. 27.

The Ocean Isle Beach Police Department investigated the following incidents last week. All information is taken directly from police reports.

•Larceny of bicycles on West First Street; bicycles were later recovered.

•Breaking and entering to a motor vehicle and larceny from a motor vehicle on West First Street; an unknown suspect stole a DVD player, which was later recovered.

•Breaking and entering to an automobile and larceny from a motor vehicle on East First Street; an unknown suspect stole an iPod.

After agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit received several community complaints of ongoing drug activity at 480 Golden Lane, Supply, a joint effort between the drug unit and the sheriff’s office K-9 enforcement team led to multiple arrests.

According to Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Sgt. April Stanley, the investigation also led to the seizure of marijuana, diverted prescription medication and a firearm.

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.