Former Brunswick County Sheriff’s Deputy indicted after wrongful entry

BRUNSWICK COUNTY, NC (WWAY) — The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation announced that a Brunswick County grand jury indicted a former sheriff’s office sergeant.

Following investigations by the SBI, Timothy Michael McNichol has been charged with the following:

• One count of misdemeanor breaking and entering.
• One county of willful failure to discharge duties.

Court documents claim that McNichol wrongfully entered a building on 247 Cherry Road in Boiling Spring Lakes, attempted to serve a warrant and caused “injury to the public.”

McNichol turned himself in Tuesday morning and was released under an unsecured $1,000 bond.

His court date is set for December 8, 2026, in Brunswick County.

No additional information about the incident is available at this time.