CRIME & SAFETY
Southport police to see another temporary home
The Southport Police Department will soon see a new home, but like its current location, this move will be temporary. At its April 1 meeting, the Southport Board of Aldermen voted 5-1 in favor of authorizing City Manager Bonnie Therrien to sign a five-year lease for a building to house the city’s police force. The property is 1669 North Howe St., a former bank building near the Southport Walmart.
Man found guilty of putting hand down woman’s pants in Carolina Beach after she refused his handshake
CAROLINA BEACH, NC (WWAY) — A man has pleaded guilty to sexual battery in Carolina Beach. Paul Scott Jackson, 57, assaulted a 25-year-old woman inside a local beach bar. Jackson extended his hand for a handshake introducing himself to the victim and when she declined to accept his handshake, Jackson shoved his hand down the front of her pants into her underwear.
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