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Public Safety

  • Former Shallotte Police detective pleads guilty; girlfriend’s charges dropped

    A former Shallotte police officer has pleaded guilty to making false statements on an insurance report.

    Eric Proctor King pleaded guilty on Friday, Dec. 14, in Brunswick County Superior Court to one count of making false statements on an application for insurance during an incident that occurred Jan. 27, 2011.

    J. Ryan Smithwick represented King.

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  • Leland Police report

    The Leland Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests in the last two weeks. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.

     

    Dec. 11

    Driving while impaired; suspect was driving while impaired on Lanvale Road.

    Simple assault; subject hit victim in the face and stomach on Village Road.

     

    Dec. 12

    Vandalism; subject damaged tires on a vehicle parked on Townsend Lane, causing $50 in damage.

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  • Holden Beach police report

    The Holden Beach Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests in the last two weeks. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.

     

    Dec. 5

    Breaking and entering, non-forcible entry, and larceny; suspect entered a house on Ocean Boulevard West and took a flat-screen TV valued at $500.

     

    Dec. 6

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  • Sunset Beach police investigate incidents

    The Sunset Beach Police Department is investigating the following incidents reported in the past week.

    On Dec. 16, five incidents of injury to personal property were reported at two addresses on Oyster Bay Drive and three units on Resort Circle.

    Financial transaction card fraud was reported Dec. 14 on Great Oak Circle.

    A report of breaking-and-entering and larceny at an address on East Main Street was taken on Dec. 12.

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  • Two arrested for drugs, counterfeit currency

     Two suspects arrested for drugs were in possession of counterfeit currency.

    According to the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office the vehicle Eric James Faucette and Dawn Lea Brown were operating on Wednesday, Dec. 12 was involved in a vehicle stop. The Brunswick County Vice Narcotics Unit found controlled substances and a small amount of counterfeit money during the stop.

    Faucette, 31, of 218 Willard Street, Wilmington and Brown, 27, of 5420 Blue Clay Road, Castle Hayne were both arrested.

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  • Leland Police report

    The Leland Police Department investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests last week. All information is taken directly from police incident and arrest reports.

     

    Dec. 4

    Larceny from a business on Village Road, Leland; an unknown suspect took three gold chains valued at $2,500.

    Forgery and counterfeiting, obtaining property by false pretenses at New Pointe Boulevard, Leland; a check was used to purchase items without the owner’s consent.

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  • Suspect dials 911 and refuses to pull over for police; demanding $300,000

    A South Carolina woman who led Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office deputies on a high-speed pursuit Monday night called 911 and said she’d stop—for $300,000.

    According to the BCSO, deputy Joe Cherry attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Monday, Dec. 10, around 11:25 p.m. The driver failed to stop for blue lights and siren.

    Instead, Jeniffer Melisa Herring, 37, of 121 Misty Pine Drive, Surfside Beach, S.C., led police on a pursuit that began on Holden Beach Road and on Oxpen Road in Supply.

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  • Operation Christmas Crackdown

    Last Wednesday, Dec. 5, multiple law enforcement agencies joined the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office for Operation Christmas Crackdown.

    Teams of officers gathered at 6 a.m. with a goal of apprehending 34 suspects wanted on drug charges from throughout the county.

    According to the BCSO, the operation targeted street-level drug dealers. The investigation began in September.

    “They can expect by now that we are coming for them,” Sheriff John Ingram said in a morning briefing.

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  • Indoor grow operation busted

    CALABASH—Two Calabash residents have been arrested for an indoor marijuana growing operation.

    Lee David Foster, 40, and Melissa Marie Foster, 37, both of 1088 Clubview Lane, Calabash, were arrested after narcotics agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office broke up their marijuana growing operation on Thursday, Dec. 6.

    The arrests were a result of an investigation by the BCSO Narcotics Enforcement Unit.

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  • Thanksgiving Click It or Ticket yields 3,781 safety belt violations

     

    More than 3,700 drivers and passengers were cited for seat belt and child passenger safety violations during the Thanksgiving Click It or Ticket campaign.

    The statewide campaign was Nov. 19-25.

    “Multiple crashes have been reported in the news recently where motorists who were not wearing their seat belts have been killed. It is imperative that everyone in the car buckles up,” State Transportation Secretary Gene Conti said. “I thank all of the law enforcement agencies for their hard work reinforcing this message.”

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