Moving to a new home
County Dog Warden William Hales and City owned landfill, was completed during April after
Warden Sharon Reese begin moving the 15 or more over a year of controversy about where to house the
animals from the old dog pound to the new Hoke- animals.
Raeford animal shelter. The new shelter, at the city
Man gets 4 years for theft
A Raeford man was sentenced to
four years in jail last week in Hoke
County Superior Court.
David Lee Green, of Rt. 2
Raeford, was found guilty of non
felonious larceny; however,
because of a previous probation
violation, he received a jail term.
Green was arrested on
Nov/ember 8, records show.
>Vccording to court fecords,
Grein was orginally charged with
breaking and entering, possession
of stolen property and non
felonious larceny.
The defendant was found guilty
of only the larceny by presiding
Judge F. Gordon Battle.
Offices closing
for Easter break
The Easter holiday will be
observed by city and county
employees on Monday.
All Raeford and Hoke County
offices will be closed during the
day.
In addition the Hoke County
Health Department will be closed,
as well as the city-county landfill.
Normal operating hours will
resume Tuesday.
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In other court action, Robert F.
Lee, who apparently led law in
forcement officers on a chase in
mid-December, was found guilty
of Driving While Impaired (DWI).
Lee was sentenced to two years
suspended and five years supervis
ed probation on the DWI charge.
He was also found guilty of hit
and run with property damage,
two counts df speeding to elude ar
rest, two counts of assaulting an
officer, two counts of stop sign
violation and driving 93 miles per
hour in a 55 mph zone.
For these charges, Lee was
sentenced to two years suspended
with five years probation.
The 30-year-old Lee lives at Rt.
5 Raeford.
James Handon, of Rt. 1,
Lumber Bridge, was sentenced to
five years supervised probation
after being found guilty of second
degree attempted rape.
The 24-year-old man was also
fined $100 and ordered to pay
court costs.
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A Laurinburg resident, Jay
William Quick, also received a five
year probationary, suspended two
and a half year sentence after
pleading guilty to an assault with a
deadly weapon inflicting serious
injury charge last week.
A 21-year-old woman was found
guilty of selling and delivering a
counterfeit controlled substance
and given two years probation.
According to Superior Court
records, Paula Kay Jones, of Rt. 4
Raeford, tried to sell a powdery
substance, alluding cocaine.
She was also fined $100 and
made to pay court costs.
In other court action involving
deceit, Michael McRae, 24, of
Stewart Street in Raeford was
given three years probation for ut
tering forged paper.
McRae was also made to pay
$150 for a court appointed lawyer
and make restitution for the forged
check of $169.86 to Tucker's
Grocery.
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. . . Airport deal draws closer
(Continued from page 1A)
Once the commission is created,
it is to function much as any other
public committee.
It will have a chairperson and
may appoint other officers as it
feels they are needed.
The commission may adopt
rules and by-laws to govern its pro
cedures, and it can make rules to
govern the running of the airport.
This commission will have total
control of the airport within the
law, and should another airport or
related facility be put in Hoke
County, the commission will also
have control over it.
Originally, the resolution said
that the commission could accept
any "gift, grant, bequest or dona
tion of any personal property
made or offered for airport pur
poses."
During the meeting Monday,
however, the Commissioners ex
pressed concern about the wording
which might have allowed the air
port commission to apply for
grants without prior permission of
the city council and the county
board.
The wording was changed.
The resolution says that the air
port commission cannot obligate
the county or the city under con
tract unless the money for such is
budgeted.
. .. Local
(Continued from page 1A)
J.L. Blackburn reported to
deputies that he spotted the blaze,
put it out and noticed footprints
leading away from the scene and
tire tracks in a nearby garden plot.
The blaze is being investigated as
arson by sheriffs deputies.
A three-wheel motorcycle which
For budgets and other purposes,
the resolution calls for an annual,
joint meeting of the airport com
mission, the city council, and the
county board to be held in May of
each year.
During this meeting, each coun
cil and board member has an equal
vote and is allowed to vote on any
matter in the meeting.
In other action taken by the
board of commissioners Monday,
members heard Hoke County
Fireman's Association head Bobby
Strother outline a proposal to in
itiate a " first responder program"
for the county.
Strother asked for about S9.000
to fund the program.
Under this program, some
members of many of the; county
fire departments will undergo
special trauma treatment training
and will assist the county Emergen
cy Medical Service (EMS) and the
rescue squad when needed.
Strother said that in many parts
of the county, emergency
assistance is as much as 1S minutes
away.
Under the first responder pro
gram, most emergencies could be
reached in about four minutes
because the members of the pro
gram, who would be on 24 hour
call, could reach the scene faster
than the other services because
they are closer.
This program is not designed to
take the place of the rescue squad
or EMS, but that it was to offer aid
to victims until other services could
respond.
The program will be studied and
brought up at another meeting.
Some commissioners expressed
concern that county insurance
rates for firemen would rise as a
result of the program because there
was uncertainty about whether a
fireman could be called liable in
the case of a death or injury.
The program is expected to be
addressed during the May 7
meeting.
In other business, the commis
sion took action on these matters:
?Appointed Kathy Hendrix to
the EMS advisory council and
Horace Stogner to the Private In
dustry Council.
?Allowed Alert Cable TV to use
the radio tower behind the sheriffs
department for transmitting. The
agreement provides that if the
company's use of the tower causes
problems, Alert has 30 days to fix
the problem or the equipment must
be removed.
?Called a special meeting
following the School Blue Ribbon
Study Committee's public hearing
on April 30. The commission will
meet with the committee to receive
their report.
officers nab three
was apparently stolen' from a
Raeford man Wednesday was
found later in the day abandoned
in the Hillcrest area.
There are presently no suspects
in the case, reports show.
On April 9, a Hoke High student
reported that $63 had been stolen
from her pocketbook which was at
the school.
Following an investigation, a
South Hoke area youth was ar
rested and charged with taking the
money.
James E. Patterson, 17, was
charged and the money was
allegedly recovered, Wiggins said.
, . . City hires Troy man as manager
(Continued from page 1A)
Raeford," Phillips said, noting he
and his wife, Carolyn, are current
ly looking for a place to live inside
the city limits.
Phillips submitted his resigna
tion to Troy this'week. He was of
ficially offered the job in Raeford
last week by members of the city
council.
In a prepared statement, Troy
Mayor Roy Maness said that under
Phillips' leadership Troy had
"made progress," and that the
manager would be missed at the
helm of the Montgomery County
city.
In Troy, Phillips oversees the
duties of 30 employees of the
municipality, which has a popula
tion of about 2,700.
He will be in charge of 60
employees in Raeford, and will
have responsibility for a budget
which is in excess of S20 million.
When Phillips started in Troy in
1980, the city police department
was immersed in scandal.
At the time, stories about the
department appeared regularly on
the front pages of statewide
newspapers and on television,
Phillips said.
The average age of the Troy of
ficers was about 22 years old and
positions were turned over every
three to five months.
Three years later, the depart
ment is running efficiently. The
average age of officers is in the
mid-30's, and a professional chief
is at the helm of the department.
"We took the politics out of the
department. We got it off of the
front page," Phillips said, adding
that the improvements also helped
upgrade the image of Troy.
In addition, Phillips has had to
correct a problem with the Troy
sewer system that was similar to
one which plagued Raeford until
this year.
Troy has been unable to expand
its system because of inadequate
waste water treatment.
A new treatment plant will go in
to operation next month, and a >[
state moratorium against the city is
expected to be lifted, Phillips said.
A similar ban against Raeford
was lifted in early February, after
the city's industries installed pre
treatment systems.
Phillips also places improved
recreation facilities on his list of
accomplishments in Troy.
While he has been manager,
Troy has improved its facilities and
presently has a 20-acre in-city park
under construction.
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