Public Safety

Shallotte police charged the following people and investigated following incidents last week. All information is taken directly from police reports.

•Police charged Christopher Council Scott, 27, of 2653 Free Bird Lane, Ash, with communicating threats in the Scotchman parking lot, where he threatened a victim with a brick. The incident occurred after a previous assault with a deadly weapon report from the same victim in which he accused Scott of threatening him with a knife. Scott was taken to the Brunswick County Detention Center under a $500 secured bond.

Shallotte police helped locate a missing person from New Hanover County Thursday afternoon on White Street near Coastal Cinemas.

Police found Robert Jutres, 39, and EMS transported him to a medical facility, according to a Shallotte Police Department spokesperson. Several police cars were parked along White Street around 3 p.m.

No further information was available at press time.

Check back with brunswickbeacon.com. for more details as they become available.

Brunswick County Sheriff’s deputies investigated the following incidents last week, which are taken directly from sheriff’s office incident reports:

•Breaking and entering on Middleton Drive in Calabash; suspect entered victim’s locked residence and turned over items.

•Breaking and entering, property damage and larceny of medication on Bonaparte Drive in Calabash; suspect entered victim’s residence through a back door, damaging windows.

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