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Fire rips through vacant house (opens the original)
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Fire ripped through a vacant house around dusk Sunday night, toppling the already damaged 1912 structure. The house, located at 271 Big John Lane, was known to be frequented by squatters, some whose tents were still visible as firefighters from multiple departments worked to bring the blaze under control. Clinton Fire Chief Hagan Thornton said after both a primary and secondary search of the structure’s remains, no one appeared to be in the house at the time of the fire. The call came in at 6:36
Clinton manshot to death (opens the original)
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A 38-year-old Clinton man was found shot to death outside a Shamrock Drive residence early Sunday morning. Investigators said this is an isolated incident and quickly pointed out that they didn’t think there was any threat to the public. In fact, around 1 a.m. Sunday, Police Chief Adrian Mathews said the shooting happened following a “large party.” Tyree Joel Smith, of Clinton has been identified as the victim. Few details are available about what led to his death, and there is no suspect at thi
Woman airlifted following Clinton fire (opens the original)
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An elderly Bradshaw Street woman was airlifted to a nearby hospital reportedly suffering from burns and smoke inhalation following a house fire Wednesday night at the residence. Few details are available at this time, but authorities did confirm that the fire happened at 1009 Bradshaw St., Clinton, around 9 p.m., and that the structure appeared to have received some damage. How much damage was yet to be determined. Both Clinton firefighters and police responded to the area after receiving the ca
Stop yields seizure (opens the original)
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Two Georgia men, apparently trying to move large quantities of methamphetamine through Sampson County, were apprehended earlier this month during a routine traffic stop and remain in jail today under separate $1.5 million bonds. Jamal Albert Jr., 35, of Savannah, Ga., and a passenger in his vehicle, Robert Parker, 42, also of Savannah, face two felony counts each of trafficking in meth. Albert also is charged with felony maintaining a vehicle for the sale of a controlled substance and possession
Wiggins gets life for wife’s murder (opens the original)
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A 54-year-old Sampson County man will spend the rest of his life locked behind bars following his conviction and sentencing this week in Superior Court. After deliberating for just over three hours Tuesday, a jury of seven women and five men found Carl Wiggins, who resided at 104 West North St., Roseboro until his incarceration in mid-2021, guilty of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Kiara Renee Wiggins, along with concealment of death and possession of a stolen vehicle charges. Supe
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