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Public Safety

  • Shallotte Crime Report

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

    •Forgery and uttering and obtaining by false pretenses at Coastal Drugs; suspect forged prescriptions for Percocet, Soma and Oltram. The doctor whose prescription pad was used for the prescriptions said he did not write them and the suspect was not a patient.

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  • Brunswick County Sheriff's Office K-9 Enforcement Team roundup

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

    From Aug. 23-29, K-9 deputies answered 11 calls, wrote seven citations and made eight drug arrests.

    The following suspects were charged:

    •Jessica Lynn Williamson, 22, of 314 Orange St., Wilmington, was charged with possession of one-half ounce or less of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia

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  • Holden Beach crime report

    Holden Beach Police investigated the following incidents last week, which is taken from information provided by the police department.

    •Assault was reported on Aug. 19 at the Holden Beach Wildlife boat ramp. All subjects involved declined prosecution.

    •A 30-inch concrete pelican statue was stolen from the victim’s yard on Ocean Boulevard West on Aug. 21.

    •Breaking and entering and larceny were reported on Sandpiper Drive on Aug. 25. An unknown suspect forced victim’s front door open and stole money from the residence.

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  • Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office drug report

    Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit arrested a Southport woman for multiple drug charges.

    According to sheriff’s office spokesperson Sgt. April Stanley, K-9 officers stopped Gloria Ann Ogundeji for a routine traffic stop on Aug. 26. When K-9 officers searched Ogundeji’s vehicle, they found and seized 57 grams of crack cocaine, which carries and estimated street value of $5,700, Stanley said.

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  • Brunswick County Sheriff's Office crime report

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

    •Breaking and entering and larceny on Bridle Way in Leland; suspect stole an MP3 player, a knife and an MP3 player adapter from victim’s car.

    •Breaking and entering on Bridle Way in Leland; suspect entered victim’s unlocked vehicle.

    •Breaking and entering and larceny on Bridle Way in Leland; suspect stole victim’s vehicle from residence.

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  • Brunswick County Sheriff's Office ACE roundup

    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.

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  • Supply man arrested by two departments last week

    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.

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  • Oak Island woman arrested for intimidating witness in a drug investigation

    An Oak Island woman was arrested last week for intimidating a state’s witness.

    According to Sgt. April Stanley, spokesperson for the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, Carrie Bernard Dobbs, 36, of NE 58th St., Oak Island, was arrested at a Southport business on Aug. 23.

    Dobbs was charged with one count of intimidating a state’s witness of an ongoing drug investigation, Stanley said. Dobbs was taken to the Brunswick County Detention Center, where she was placed under a $25,000 secured bond.

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  • Ocean Isle Beach Crime Report

    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.

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  • Brunswick County Sheriff's Office K-9 Enforcement Team roundup

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

    From Aug. 16-22, K-9 deputies answered 22 calls, wrote five citations and made eight drug arrests.

    K-9 deputies patrolled Shell Point Acres, Winnabow and Seashore Road.

    The following suspects were charged:

    •Elbert Raynard Johnson, 53, of 2650 Old Ocean Highway, Bolivia, was charged with possession of an open container of alcohol.

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