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HAMLET — The N.C. State Bureau of Investigation is looking into how evidence has been handled by the Hamlet Police Department — at the behest of the new chief.

To the editor:

April is observed as National Child Abuse Prevention Month which was formally established by President Ronald Reagan in 1993.

RALEIGH — A four-year federal investigation into voter fraud in North Carolina during the 2016 election has ended, netting 70 total charges, including 40 charges of individuals voting illegally. Others were charged with falsely claiming U.S. citizenship to register to vote.

ROCKINGHAM — An investigator with the Richmond County Sheriff’s Office was recently featured on a true crime show to discuss a 2004 murder case.

LAURINBURG — Investigators in Scotland County have arrested three men and are looking for three others they say are responsible for a recent regional crime spree.

ROCKINGHAM — Last week, Rockingham Detectives assisted the Cheraw Police Department in conjunction with South Carolina Law Enforcement Division in the apprehension of two fugitives.

Deandre Malskie Byrd, 18, and Shareef Ali Kelly, 21, were both involved in a shooting that occurred in Cheraw, S.C. on Independence Day.

Byrd later turned himself into the Rockingham Police Department and Kelly was apprehended at a residence located in East Rockingham.