MOORE COUNTY, N.C. — Moore County authorities have arrested two Hoke County men in connection with damage to fiber-optic lines along Old Morganton Road near Pine Lawn Cemetery in Southern Pines on October 12 , deputies said.

Mitchell Leighton Campbell, 43, and Mario Termain Dockery, 44, were taken into custody by sheriff’s investigators.

Campbell faces three counts of felony injury to utility wires, felony conspiracy, and felony attempted larceny. Dockery is charged with felony accessory after the fact to injury to utility wires. Both were held at the Moore County Detention Center without bond and are scheduled to appear in Moore County District Court on November 13, 2025.

Investigators determined that the incident was an attempted theft of wiring material, which caused significant di

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