Strickland allegedly violates house arrest, back in Columbus County jail

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 investigation 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.