Public Safety

Shallotte Police served a warrant on a computer/Internet store on Holden Beach Road suspected of possessing video gambling machines last week, seizing nearly $5,000 and ordering the manager to appear in court.

Police issued a search warrant at Shallotte Business Center on Tuesday, March 4, after receiving anonymous tips from the public that it might be a site of illegal gambling. They seized $4,924 in cash and issued a citation to appear in court to manager Patricia Mary Westerman of Carolina Shores.

Police also investigated the following incidents last week:

Ocean Isle Beach Police officers investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests last week. All information is taken directly from patrol activity reports.

•Lauren Nichole Abernathy, 21, of Fayetteville, was charged with driving while intoxicated and driving left of center.

Police have recovered most of an estimated $37,300 worth of jewelry stolen last month from a local residence.

A gold and diamond necklace valued at $15,000 is the only item still missing, Sunset Beach deputy police chief Steve Smith said Monday.

A suspect told police the necklace was sold to an area pawn shop following the felony larceny reported Feb. 22 at a home on West Shoreline Drive.

Drug agents arrested the following suspects last week. The suspects and their charges, which are taken directly from arrest reports, are:

•Mario Andre Wright, 32, of 1909 Martin Luther King Drive, Elizabethtown; charged with possession with intent to sell and deliver cocaine, possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

•Richard David Johnson, 19, of 2822 Midway Road, Bolivia; charged with possession ounces or less of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.