Deputies: Man who wanted to buy gun tried to steal gun with gun
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Investigators in Bladen County say a man who wanted to buy a gun instead tried to use it to steal it.The Sheriff's Office says Rodney Autry Jr., 22, of Elizabethtown, told...
View ArticleBladen County man charged with exposing himself to 14-year-old girl
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County man is out jail after being arrested for indecent liberties with a child. Deputies arrested Eric Montreal Jessup, 30, of Council Sunday. Investigators say on...
View ArticleDuo arrested for Bladen Co. home break-in
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Two Bladen County men are out of jail after being arrested for allegedly robbing a home yesterday.The Sheriff's Office charged Adam Lee Sessoms, 16, and Jonathon O'Brian...
View ArticlePolice: Man arrested with deputy's stolen gun
ELIZABETHTOWN, NC (WWAY) -- A second stolen gun in a week has been taken off of Elizabethtown's streets.Police, investigating a suspicious person report Saturday, arrested Carl Reaves, 24, after they...
View ArticleFisherman drowns in Bladen County
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladenboro man is dead after falling out of his boat while fishing Saturday.The accident happened around noon Saturday on the Black River near the Pender County line.The...
View ArticleOfficers arrest man in connection with cocaine operation
COLUMBUS COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A suspected drug dealer is behind bars after law enforcement carried out raids on his businesses and home.After a three-month investigation by the Columbus County...
View ArticleCeremony to remember Bladen Co. deputy, fallen NC officers
FAYETTEVILLE, NC (AP) -- North Carolina is paying tribute to law enforcement officers who died in the line of duty with the state's annual Peace Officers Memorial Day ceremony.Attorney General Roy...
View ArticleBladen County man charged with raping child
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County man is in jail charged with raping a child.The Sheriff's Office charged John Owens Jacobs, 42, of Bladenboro, yesterday with two counts of first degree rape...
View ArticleBladenboro couple robbed while unloading groceries
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Bladen County Sheriff's deputies are searching for two people who robbed a Bladenboro couple at gunpoint as they unloaded groceries at their home.Investigators say the...
View ArticleBladen Co. deputies help arrest of Michigan fugitives
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (NEWS RELEASE) -- A telephone call from the US Marshal’s Office resulted in the arrest of a couple on the run from law enforcement in Michigan.Tracy Dean McDonald, 45, was wanted in...
View ArticleClarkton Fire Department under investigation for alleged financial issues
CLARKTON, NC (WWAY) -- State and local investigators are looking into possible wrongdoing at the Clarkton Fire Department.At around 9 a.m. investigators served a sealed search warrant at the Clarkton...
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$8,000 worth of marijuana seized during traffic stop
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- An expired registration plate on a car helped the Bladen County Sheriff's Office make two arrests and seize a big stash of marijuana July 12.Capt. Rodney Hester said Ander...
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Suspect charged in cold case rape
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- The Bladen County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man for crimes that happened 17 years ago.Paul Lee Oxendine is charged with attempted first degree rape, first degree...
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Elizabethtown man charged with shooting brother
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- An Elizabethtown man is in jail charged with attempted murder after investigators say he shot his brother.The Bladen County Sheriff's Office says deputies responded around 5...
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Broken taillight leads to drugs, counterfeit money
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A deputy noticing a broken taillight landed two men behind bars on drug charges. At least one of them may also face counterfeiting charges.The Bladen County Sheriff's Office...
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Man put in cell with, attacks suspect charged with trying to kill him
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- The past of two Bladen County men found them squaring off behind bars yesterday.Eric Bennett, 27, was arrested and charged with attempted murder back in February. Yesterday...
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FIRST ON 3: Woman hangs herself in Bladen Co. Jail; inmates complain of...
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- The Bladen County Sheriff says a woman is dead after she hanged herself in jail just hours after a judge denied her request for a lower bond.Linda Hester Edwards, 44,...
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Bladen County leaders won't talk about issues inside jail
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- Ever since Linda Edwards, 44, hanged herself in the Bladen County Jail last week, we've heard several reports of poor conditions inside the jail. So today WWAY went back to...
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Judge helps catch suspected shoplifters
DUBLIN, NC (NEWS RELEASE) -- Lawrence Albert Davis, 24, of Charles Thigpen Drive in Fayetteville and Tracey Nicole Tart, 29, of Jackson Street in Hope Mills were charged after shoplifting from the...
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Bladen County man charged with weekend stabbing
BLADEN COUNTY, NC (WWAY) -- A Bladen County man is in jail charged with a Saturday night stabbing.Investigators say it happened around 10 p.m. at a home in the 200 block of Columbus County Rd. in...
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