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Passenger arrested in routine traffic stop

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director
Tuesday, January 15th, 2013, 4:21am
Passenger arrested in routine traffic stop

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A routine traffic stop led officers to charge a man with possession of cocaine this weekend.

According to the police department, two officers stopped a vehicle in the 2700 block of Princess Drive for a speeding violation.

The passenger, 37-year-old Daryl Antonio Pearson, had three active orders for his arrest for failure to appear in court. A quick search of Pearson after he was arrested revealed a small bag of cocaine in his pocket.

Pearson was charged with possession of cocaine and the failure to appears were served.

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Man busted gathering items to steal

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director
Monday, January 14th, 2013, 4:15pm
Man busted gathering items to steal

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A man was busted for breaking and entering when a  neighbor told police he heard strange noises coming from the house next door.

According to the Wilmington Police Department, officers responded to a home on Mayfield Court around 12:30 Saturday morning.

Officers spotted 34-year-old William Lewis, of Alder Ridge Road in Wilmington, inside the home gathering items to steal.

Lewis was charged with possession of burglary tools, damage to real property and second degree burglary.

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Man accused of breaking into 2 homes, charged

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director
Friday, January 11th, 2013, 11:34am
Reginald Lewis Gibson (Source: WPD)

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Officers from the Wilmington Police Department arrested a man Thursday evening for breaking into a home on Dock Street and another about a block away.

According to the police department, Reginald Lewis Gibson, 43, ran out of the front door of the home when officers arrived.

Police chased Gibson on foot and then took him into custody. Officers didn't find any property from the residence in his possession, but did find a small amount of marijuana.

During the investigation, a second breaking and entering call was reported at a home on Ann Street, roughly a block away from the first break in. Officers made contact with the victim and learned Gibson was responsible for this one as well.

Gibson was arrested and charged with two counts of breaking and entering, one count of larceny, possession of marijuana, and resisting arrest.

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Man charged in connection to breaking and entering

Submitted by Sarah Crandall, Web Producer
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013, 1:43pm
Man charged in connection to breaking and entering

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A man faces charges after a breaking and entering, according to officials with the Wilmington Police Department.

Monday night, officers responded to a report of a breaking and entering in process in the 590 block of Sharease Circle.

A neighbor called police to notify them that man was trying to get into a nearby house, but was also ringing her own doorbell.

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Search for missing woman was a learning experience for everyone, instructor says

Submitted by Nadine Maeser, Reporter, News Producer
Monday, January 7th, 2013, 6:20pm
The remains were found one mile from where 83-year-old Alma Lawson went missing in November.

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – A body was discovered Friday near the railroad tracks in the Love Grove community, according to Wilmington Police. The remains were found one mile from where 83-year-old Alma Lawson went missing in November.

As part of a WPD-organized search, students from a basic law enforcement class at Cape Fear Community College found a personal item that may have belonged to Lawson.

That, in turn, led to other items being found down the hill, next to the railroad track.

From there, searchers saw a body in a ravine, partially submerged in water. They cut through thick vegetation to get to it.

One of the class instructors said Friday was a learning experience for everyone.

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Reward offered for information to lead police to Alma Lawson

Submitted by Debra Worley, Digital Content Director
Friday, January 4th, 2013, 4:36pm
Alma Lawson went missing at the beginning of November. (Source: WPD)

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Crime Stoppers and the Wilmington Police Department are offering a reward up to $10,000 for information leading to the whereabouts of an 83-year-old woman who went missing at the beginning of November.

Alma Lawson, 83, was reported missing to police by her son after she didn't return home from a friend's house November 4. Lawson's family filed a missing persons report with the CUE Center for Missing Persons about two weeks later.

Family members say Lawson is believed to show early signs of dementia. Due to her age and physical limitations, police say she has been considered to be endangered since the day she went missing.

The Wilmington Police Department initiated an exhaustive search of the entire area, including the nearby creek and wooded areas. WPD's K-9 and mounted units participated, as did the SABLE helicopter.

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UPDATE: Police make arrest in early morning shooting

Submitted by WECT Web Staff
Friday, January 4th, 2013, 10:43am
According to New Hanover County Dispatch, one person was shot outside the Wilmington Sportsman's Club in the 1100 block of Castle Street in the early morning hours.

WILMINGTON, NC (WECT) – Officers with the Wilmington Police Department have made an arrest in a shooting that happened around 2:00 Friday morning outside the Wilmington Sportsmen's Club in the 1100 block of Castle Street.

According to police, K-9 units helped officers arrest Lamont Deshawn LaFoucade in connection to the shooting. He was charged with assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury.

A woman was shot in the leg and taken to the hospital. The victim's name and condition has not been released at this time.

This is the second shooting at the Sportsmen's Club. The last one happened four months ago and to our knowledge there have been no arrests.

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