Wilmington, NC News

Seventeen-year-old Allen Strickland is back in the Columbus County jail Tuesday morning after allegedly violating his electronic house arrest in Tabor City.

Strickland figures prominently in the case involving State Senator RC Soles. He was on house arrest after being charged with setting fire to the house that Soles built for him and with allegedly leading a Tabor City Police officer on a high-speed chase.

Sources told NewsChannel 3 that Strickland was in the area near Soles’ home when he was sent back to jail this time.

Two Wilmington women arrested during a drug bust last year will spend time behind bars in federal prison.

Ashley Ricks, a UNCW student will serve six years. Kathryn Williams will serve five.

In December, police found 2,200 tablets of ecstasy, 18 pounds of marijuana, 11 guns, $28,000 in cash, and several laptops in an early morning raid of their apartment on Lennon Drive.