Bridgeton News

Charges were pending against a Craven County woman who investigators believe intentionally struck a 60-year-old woman with her car around 2 p.m. Sunday.

A Bridgeton man was sentenced to 35 to 51 months in prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of trafficking in marijuana and one count of manufacturing marijuana.

Trooper Eure says that 45-year-old Barrett Vogel of Havelock was driving south on to the U.S. Highway 17 on ramp from Highway 55 when his motorcycle went off the road to the right, struck a guard and ejected him about 30 feet into a nearby wood line.

Three area men pleaded guilty Thursday and were sentenced in connection with a home invasion that occurred last April off Piney Neck Road near Vanceboro.

The Hocking County Sheriff's Department, and the Bridgeton Police Department, first chose the Sparta program because of its greater flexibility in enabling the jurisdictions to spread out the payments for the vehicles over time, rather than having to budget, purchase, and pay for the units in a single year.