Red Springs man charged
with kidnapping, rape
By Ed MlBer
A Robeson County man was in
the custody of that county's
sheriff's department Tuesday
charged with kidnapping a conve
nience store clerk, bringing her in
to Hoke County and raping her.
Sammy Hammonds, of Pem
broke, was charged with the alleg
ed crimes last Wednesday after be
ing picked up by Fayetteville
Police Officer M.T. Halstead,
Hoke County Detective Ed Harris
said.
The rape was reported to Hoke
County authorities last Tuesday.
On last Tuesday, a relative of
the victim called the Sheriffs
Department and reported that a
woman had been taken against her
will from the Short Stop in Red
Springs, Harris said.
"The assailant approached her
with a knife," the detective said.
Hammonds, 22, then made her
drive her own car into "a remote"
area of Hoke County, between An
tioch and Dundarrach, and raped
her, Harris said.
The accused rapist and kidnap
per then made his victim drive him
back to Robeson County where he
got out.
The victim went to a relative's
house and reported the crime.
That relative, in turn, reported it
to sheriffs deputies.
The next day, Fayetteville police
made the arrest based on a descrip
tion furnished by Hoke County.
Hoke County deputies have
turned the rape case over to
Robeson County officers since he
has been charged with the kidnap
ping violation in that county and
the two charges need to be tried
together, said Hoke County Assis
tant District Attorney Jean Powell.
'Robeson man receives probation
for cocaine, marijuana charges
By Ed Miller
A Robeson County resident,
who was already on probation
.when he was arrested in Hoke
' County for attempting to sell co
caine and on other drug charges,
received another probationary
sentence in Superior Court last
week.
Steven Donald Stone was ar
rested on April IS and plead guilty
in court last week to charges of
selling cocaine, possession of mari
juana and possession of drug
paraphernalia.
I Superior Court Judge D.B. Her
ring sentenced Stone to one year
suspended for five years unsuper
vised probation and fined him
$100 on the marijuana charges.
On the cocaine charges, he was
given six years suspended for Ave
years supervised probation and a
$1,000 fine.
In addition, Stone is to submit
to Ay search for controlled
I substances, at any time, Herring
ordered.
According to arresting officer,
Deputy J.W. Jones, he saw Stone
putting a plastic bag in his pants
when the officer arrived on the
scene.
Upon searching the suspect,
Jones found a bag of marijuana.
Stone was uncooperative about a
further search, which revealed a
?
quantity of cocaine, the deputy
testified.
During Stone's trial, the defense
claimed that he has voluntarily
undergone treatment for alcohol
and drug abuse.
Elizabeth A. Horbart, Director
of the Fayetteville Area Sentencing
Center, said that Stone has become
an active member of Alcoholic's
Anonymous and Narcotics
Anonymous in an effort to cure his
"addictions."
Stone, a private case of the
center, "has had a tremendous
substance abuse problem," Hor
bart said, adding that he had tried
to quit several times on his own,
but had never sought professional
help until his last arrest.
She said that Stone checked into
the center for a four-week "drying
out" period and has remained with
the program as an out patient for
12 weeks.
Now he only goes to the celitfcf*
when he feels he needs to, she said.
Stone has been given no
chemical tests for drugs since he
began going, she said.
Stone is also heavily involved
with his community and church
now, defense Attorney Phil Diehl
said. ? ?
In an effort to dissuade Judge
Herring from giving Stone a jail
term, Diehl told the court that, as a
farmer and foreman of his father's
farm^S^cflffts needed at home.
He was also recently married,
Diehl said.
Stone had received word prior to
the trial that his present probation
officer would continue working
with him in Robeson County if he
was again given probation.
Horbart testified that if Stone
was given a jail term, it would
"throw his stability out."
Stone is on a 7-day-per-week
support system, and he is using it,
she said.
In an unrelated case, a Raeford
resident got three years in prison
for a probation violation.
Willie Tyrone McPhatter, 20,
was convicted of communicating
threats, assault and assault with a
deadly weapon on June IS. .
This violated his current proba
? lion ' ftum^ Jamiary 21, 1982,-:
records say.
McPhatter is to serve his
sentence in the North Carolina
Department of Corrections,
records say.
In still further court action,
Marvin McKinnon, of Raeford,
got-fiWy? rt in prison for proba
tion violations, records say.
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Members of the Hoke County Commission, the
Airport Commission and Roe ford officials look
over the Raeford-Hoke County airport during a
joint gathering last week. The Airport commis
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Couple's dispute over money
leads to Main St. stabbing
By Ed Miller
A man was treated and released
from a local doctor's office last
Friday after being stabbed in both
arms in front of the Raeford
Southern National Bank on Main
Street, Police Chief Leonard Wig
gins said.
Dorothy Jones, a resident of the
Page Bank and Trust Building, has
been charged with assault with a
deadly weapon for the cutting of
Mallie C. Graham, Wiggins said.
The stabbing was possibly over
money that Graham owed Jones,
Wiggins said.
In an unrelated incident,
Mildred Odom reported to Hoke
County Sheriffs deputies that her
tractor was stolen Saturday night
September 19.
There were footprints and tire
tracks indicating that the driver of
r ivThr-' tractorwwsrs -pwked -up by a
truck at the scene, reports say.
The tractor was reportedly
worth about SI, 500.
In other crime, a breaking,
entering and larceny was reported
last Wednesday at the Corner Mart
Grocery.
While inside, perpetrators took
about $24 worth of food, $50 in
electronics, $500 worth of cigaret
tes and an alarm system worth
about $1,000, reports say.
The matter is under investiga
tion by the Hoke County Sheriffs
Department.
Louis McNeill was victimized on
the night of September 16 after he
left his car broken down beside
Duffy Road, reports say.
When he went back the next day
to get the vehicle, he found the
tires and wheels stolen and his
AM-FM radio cassette player miss
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estimated at $900, according to
reports.
J.D. Hart reported that his son
in-law's trailer had been broken in
to and that a refrigerator and
washing machine worth about
$400 had been taken.
According to reports from the
Sheriffs Department, the alleged
thieves went into a window of the
trailer.
John Melton reported to police
that his car was broken into last
Thursday night and that his stereo
and tapes worth about $395 were
taken.
On this past Sunday night, while
on patrol, Police Officer James R.
McNeill found a break-in at the
Hoke Concrete office building,
Wiggins said in his report.
As of Monday, the amount
taken in the alleged theft was
undetermined, but there was con
in >li"
building, Wiggins' said. <
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