COLUMBUS COUNTY ARREST REPORT (5/13/26 – 5/26/26)

Columbus County Detention Center – Individuals Booked During the Period

DWI / IMPAIRED DRIVING CHARGES

KENDALL DASHAWN ALLEN, 25, Whiteville — Driving While Impaired; Resisting Public Officer; Assault on Government Official/Employee. Bond: $1,500 secured. Booked/Released: 5/13.
KELLY D. WALKER, 20, Chadbourn — Driving While Impaired; Driver <21 Consuming; Open Container. Bond: $5,000 secured. Booked/Released: 5/13.
ANTHONY CHESTERFIELD SMITH, 42, Whiteville — DWI; DWLR; Open Container. Bond: $10,000 secured. Booked: 5/16, Released: 5/18.
TIAUN WILLIAMS, 24, Tabor City — Injury to Personal Property; related traffic warrant. Bond: $5,000 secured. Booked/Released: 5/18.
DANIEL LOFTON THOMPSON, 36, Whiteville — DWI; Seat Belt Violation. Bond: $1,500 secured. Booked/Released: 5/22.
ZANIYAH ARIE LENNON, 21, Whiteville — DWI; two counts Misdemeanor Child Abuse. Bond: $2,000 unsecured. Booked/Released: 5/26.
TYRONE DAVIS JACOBS, 29, Bolton — DWI. Bond: $5,000 secured. Booked: 5/26.

FAILURE TO APPEAR (FTA) – MULTIPLE CASES

SOPHIA LEANNE COWART, 35, Riegelwood — Multiple FTAs (Columbus & Bladen). Bond: $6,500 total secured. Booked: 5/13, Released: 5/14.
GEORGE CONNER PHELPS, 22, Riegelwood — Two FTAs. Bond: $15,000 secured. Booked: 5/13, Released: 5/14.
DANNY PAUL PRICE JR, 49, Whiteville — Two FTAs. Bond: $2,000 secured. Booked/Released: 5/13.
CLARENCE LEE GOINS, 50, Fayetteville — Two FTAs. Bond: $500 secured. Booked/Released: 5/14.
ANDREA M. HILL, 41, Greensboro — FTA. Bond: $20,000 secured. Booked: 5/14, Released: 5/15.
TAMIKA LASHEA FRINK, 41, Whiteville — FTA. Bond: $500 secured. Booked/Released: 5/16.
KENNETH DWAYNE MCMILLIAN, 58, Whiteville — Multiple FTAs (felony & misdemeanor). Bond: $50,000 + $1,500 secured. Booked: 5/16.
JONTHAN ANDRE PITTMAN, 44, Lake Waccamaw — FTA. Bond: $1,500 secured. Booked/Released: 5/17.
CLISHA LATISHA WARD, 44, Whiteville — FTA; Fictitious Info to Officer. Bond: $1,500 secured. Booked/Released: 5/14.
JONATHAN LAFRINK KELLIHAN, 33, Evergreen — Misdemeanor Larceny; FTA. Bond: $1,500 secured. Booked: 5/25.
ASHLEY JEAN SMITH, 39, Delco — FTA. Bond: $500 secured. Booked: 5/23.

ASSAULTS / VIOLENT OFFENSES

RUTH ANN HAYNES, 57, Chadbourn — Assault & Battery; Assault on Disabled Individual. Bond: $2,500 secured. Booked/Released: 5/14.
ANTONIO DASHAWN GREEN, 21, Evergreen — First‑Degree Burglary; Second‑Degree Burglary; Assault on Female; Assault with Deadly Weapon; Domestic Trespass; multiple larceny counts. No bond. Booked: 5/14.
MARTASIA CHRISTASIS SMITH, 37, Whiteville — PWISD Marijuana. Bond: $20,000 unsecured. Booked: 5/15.
JACOB NATHANIEL SPIVEY, 25, Whiteville — Assault With Deadly Weapon Serious Injury; Common Law Robbery; Larceny of Firearm; Felony Conspiracy; Assault on Parole Officer; Possession of Firearm by Felon. Bond: $130,000 secured. Booked: 5/16.
TAMMIE BENNETT RUTLEDGE, 62, Chadbourn — Felony Assault on Disabled Person; Domestic Violence. Bond: $10,000 secured. Booked/Released: 5/14.
JOE ANTONIO DANTZLER, 41, Whiteville — Assault on a Female. Bond: $1,000 unsecured. Booked/Released: 5/19.
JAMES KIRK HARRELSON, 41, Winnabow — Multiple FTAs; Communicating Threats. Bond: $500 secured. Booked: 5/23.
THERESA NICOLETTE JONES, Council — FTA. Bond: $1,000 secured. Booked: 5/23.
RODERICK KADEEM BARR, 30, Whiteville — Common Law Robbery; Second‑Degree Burglary. No bond listed. Booked: 5/24.
NORRIS LEE SCOTT JR, 45, Chadbourn — DWI; three counts Intimidating a Witness; Assault with Deadly Weapon. Bond: multiple secured bonds. Booked: 5/24.

DRUG OFFENSES

SOPHIA LEANNE COWART, 35 — Possession Schedule II; Possession Schedule VI; Paraphernalia. Bond: $5,000 secured + included bonds. Booked: 5/13.
TAMARA DAWN PUFFENBARGER, 33 — Extradition Fugitive; Misdemeanor Larceny; Resisting Officer. Bond: $25,500 secured. Booked: 5/14.
ANTONIO DASHAWN GREEN, 21 — Multiple domestic and burglary charges plus larceny. No bond. (Listed above under assaults.)
LINDSEY MIQUEL HAWKINS, 48 — Habitual Felon; Trafficking Heroin; PWIMSD Schedule I & II; Maintaining Place; Paraphernalia. Multiple no‑bond entries. Booked: 5/18.
ELIJAH CARMICHEAL, 47 — PWIMSD Cocaine; PWIMSD Marijuana; Paraphernalia; Felony Possession. Bond: $105,000 secured. Booked: 5/20.
REBECCA JOYCE GAINEY, 28 — Soliciting Prostitution; Promoting Prostitution; Possession of Methamphetamine. Bond: $60,000 secured. Booked: 5/20.
GILBERTO HERNANDEZ‑PEREZ, 34 — Probation Violation; Weekender. Bond: $15,000 secured. Booked: 5/22.
DANIEL TIMOTHY MCKINNIS, 45 — Misdemeanor Larceny; Second‑Degree Trespass. Bond: $1,500 secured. Booked: 5/25.
EASTON MATTHEW HOFFMAN, 22 — Felony Possession of Cocaine. Bond: $2,000 secured. Booked/Released: 5/26.

PROPERTY CRIMES / LARCENY / FRAUD

JONATHAN LAFRINK KELLIHAN, Evergreen — Misdemeanor Larceny. Bond: $1,500 secured. Booked: 5/13.
TAMARA DAWN PUFFENBARGER, Homeless — Misdemeanor Larceny. Bond: $500 secured. Booked: 5/14.
JOHN CAUSEY BORDEAUX, Delco — Serving Sentence. Booked: 5/15.
RAYMOND BOWDEN BOWEN JR, Raleigh — Marijuana Possession; Paraphernalia; DWLR; Alcohol Sales Without Permit. Bond: $5,000 secured. Booked: 5/18.
LANDON MATTHEW DICKERSON, Orrum — Threatening Phone Call; multiple FTAs. Bond: $2,500 secured. Booked/Released: 5/18.
MARISSA L. GARCIA, Whiteville — Possession of Stolen Automobile. Bond: $50,000 secured. Booked: 5/23.
CHARLESTON KENDELL SHIPMAN, 24 — Possession of Firearm by Felon; PWIMSD Marijuana; Maintaining Place; Paraphernalia; Concealed Gun; Resisting Officer. Bond: $150,000 secured. Booked: 5/25.

PROBATION / PAROLE VIOLATIONS

292 CENTER ST (NAME NOT PROVIDED) — Probation Violation. Booked: 5/15.
CHRISTOPHER DAVID TODD, Tabor City — Parole Violation. No bond. Booked: 5/17.
BRADLEY DALE MORGAN, Delco — Probation Violation. Bond: $75,000 secured. Booked: 5/18.
HENRY FRANCIS DANIEL, Myrtle Beach — DWI (Boat) + Fire Extinguisher Violation. Bond: $1,000 secured. Booked: 5/22.

SEX‑RELATED OFFENSES

NAME NOT PROVIDED (131 Mill Pond Rd) — Sexual Assault (free‑text). No bond. Booked: 5/24.

All individuals listed are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
Charges and case statuses may change as investigations and court proceedings continue.

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Columbus County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Report: MAY 13-26, 2026