WILMINGTON — A law enforcement officer tips off a known drug trafficker via text that he is being investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives — information that compromises the agents’ staging location and forces them to…
Wayne Country Day sued by neighbor over home run balls
Editor’s note: The following story appeared in the Oct. 1 edition of Wayne Week. Because of the demand for this week’s paper, we have decided to release this piece online, but in the future, while a limited number of copies…
Cox’s refusal to testify led to 2016 trafficking case dismissal
According to documents obtained by New Old North, former Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit chief Michael Cox shielded the longtime girlfriend of one of his purported confidential informants by refusing to testify against her in a 2016 drug trafficking case…
Future Falcons fly
The Charles B. Aycock football team won Friday evening, but for many of those in attendance, the game was secondary to the recognition of the middle school “future Falcons” who were in attendance for what has become one of the…
Wake-up call
Sometimes you just have to say it — out loud, without holding back and without a thought about fallout. So, we are going to say it. If you think that losing Seymour Johnson Air Force Base would not have a…
Fight or no flight
To the average Wayne County resident, the sight of an F-15E Strike Eagle ripping through the clouds Aug. 18 likely seemed routine. As far as they knew, it was just another training sortie. They see it every day. They had…
D.A.’s office threw out drug charge at Cox’s request
As Assistant U.S. Attorney Dennis Duffy laid out chunks of the government’s case against former Wayne County Sheriff’s Office Drug Unit chief Michael Cox inside a sixth-floor courtroom at the Terry Sanford Federal Building Sept. 6, he made a series…
Scouts’ honor
Bill Moon couldn’t tell you how many evenings he has spent in these woods — the sprawling stomping grounds for countless members of the Boy Scouts of America Tuscarora Council. But when he looks down at the campfire and smiles…
Hope from the ashes
Teresa Rose is sitting under an umbrella in her front yard when Mark Mason approaches. His job — running electricity from the Roses’ backyard workshop to their swimming pool — was complete. “Ok,” he said. “Now you can go swimming,…
Time for new leadership
It is time for a hard truth. And what we are about to say should not be evaluated based on statements like, “He’s a Republican and we need to support him” or “I have known him all my life, and…