Public Safety

The special operations team at the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office includes the K-9 enforcement team and Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team. The ACE Team is a support unit whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county.

From Feb. 25-March 3, special operations deputies set up checkpoints on Hickman Road, Pea Landing Road, Shoreline Drive, N.C. 211 and Snowfield Road. Deputies also patrolled the Navassa area.

The following suspects were charged:

OCEAN ISLE BEACH—After several weeks of investigation, the Ocean Isle Beach Police Department, working in conjunction with the South End Task Force, has arrested a man believed to be involved in a recent rash of larcenies of golf-cart batteries on the island.

Thomas Jason Swann, 33, of 511 N. 4th St., St. Pauls, was arrested on Feb. 25. Detectives with the Ocean Isle Beach Police Department traveled to St. Pauls and took Swann into custody.

A recent drug bust in Brunswick County has netted 56.8 grams of cocaine and 1,798 grams of marijuana.

On Tuesday, Feb. 26, deputies with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office arrested Charles Darren Pratt, 30, of 180 McNeil Chapel Road, Longs, S.C. He was arrested at a checkpoint set up on U.S. 17 and Pea Landing Road, Ash.

Deputies seized $7,490 in cash, 56.8 grams of cocaine and 1,798 grams of marijuana from Pratt.

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

A larceny was reported at an address on Elderberry Lane on Feb. 22.

Injury to real property was reported Feb. 24 at a unit at 818 Shoreline Drive West.

Victoria Ruth Day, 26, of 105 Ashcraft Circle, Pawleys Island, SC, was charged March 3 with aiding and abetting DWI.

Kyliee A. Jenrette, 34, of 4877 Dahlia Court, Apt. 102, Myrtle Beach, SC, was charged March 3 with DWI and reckless driving.