Seven charged with ABC violations By Ed Miller Seven area residents were charg ed in Hoke County last weekend with violations of the North } Carolina Alchololic Beverages Control (ABC) laws after officers found them allegedly selling and consuming liquor illegally. ABC officers aided by Hoke County Deputy Sheriffs charged seven residents in raids on area night spots, records show. George Thomas Walker and Nathaniel Watldns, managers of | "The Brick House" in Jones Hill, were charged with possession of li quor for sale without a license. Willie McCall, 37, was also charged with possession of liquor for sale without a license, accor ding to reports. McCall was operating out of "The After Hours Club" at Mc Cain, reports say. Four people were charged of be k ing in violation of the manage ' ment's liquor license at "Brady's." Dorothy Rene Hunt, 22, of Lumberton was charged with con suming liquor on the premises. According to Hoke County Detective Ed Harris, that is a viola tion of the ABC permit at "Brady's." Also charged with consuming li ) quor was 34-year-old Larry Locklear, of Pembroke. William Daniel Seals, 26, of Lumberton was also charged with consuming. Pembroke resident Jackie Ray Locklear was charged with con suming and being under age, ac cording to the violation report. Locklear is 19, reports show. ABC officers Tim Beck and R.M. Thornell conducted the in spections of the area taverns. In other crime, sheriffs deputies are baffled by an attempted break ing and entering that could be more. On October 24, Lona Covington was stopped by an unidentified man as she was on her way home for lunch. The man told her he saw an in dian male crouched down in a field beside her house. Upon her arrival home, Cov ington found a large amount of blood under her car port and her dog missing. The dog's chain was thrown across the backyard fence, reports say. Later that day, Covington discovered that her door had ap parently been tampered with. Reports say that a knife was us ed to attempt a break-in. The dog has not been found and the man with the information has not been seen again, according to reports. In other criiqe, Luke McCrowe reported a car broken into while at Shaw's Oarage. The car, belonging to Bruce Harris, was relieved of the battery, two tires and a radio cassette player, reports say. About -$2S0 in materials were taken from the car and $150 in damage was done, reports say. On October 17, Jackie Maxwell reported a one and one half ton floor jack stolen from Jack's Auto Service. The jack was reportedly worth $300. Carolyn Stokes reported a breaking, entering and larceny upon her trailer last Monday. Taken in the apparent robbery was a washing machine valued at $450, a dryer worth $350, a stove worth $350, a $50 lamp, a $50 table and four chairs worth $50, reports say. The apparent larceny of $190 in cash was reported by Pamela Locklear on October 20. The money was taken from the trunk of her car, reports say. A breaking, entering and larceny was reported to Raeford Police last Wednesday by Robert Cox. Jewlry, cash and a cassette player were taken in the apparent robbery, Chief Leonard Wiggins said. The belongings were reportedly worth $443. Four batteries were taken last week in Raeford. Three of them were taken on the same night on the same street, Wiggins said. Billy McVicker reported the loss of a battery at $50 and Rick Wilson reported that two batteries were taken from him for a loss of $93, Wiggins said. Two days prior, Larry Lunsford reported his battery missing for a loss of $40. jUi-; ? _ _ _ Pholo by Pom FrtdtHck Hey you , come here Jimmy Wood, looking suspiciously like a friend of A I Capone, and Ernie Sutton, dressed as himself, man the Kiwanis Club booth at the TMH Halloween Carnival last Saturday night. Both are Kiwanis Club members. The carnival raised about $2,800 for the handicapped children of Hoke County. Raffle tickets were sold and the winners were: David Freeman, who won the grand prize, a 10 speed bike from Western Auto, Lucille McGregor, Warnell Jacobs, Isiah Jackson, Jim Culp, Joy Upchurch, Pam Frederick, Janice Parks and Dianah Bon field. Cat delays prison sentence By Ed Miller The beginning of a three-year prison sentence was delayed in '84 MODEL EXIT SALE! i V I 1984 Caprice Classic 2- Of Spl. Cp? Tinted OIm*. Pnw Window*. A/C. Spd. Control. S O Ltr., VI. A/T *r/Ov*rdrtv*. AM/FM llmo rkso. stk om $1 1,895 00 V. Corvette 2-Dr. Hatchback Coup*. Sli-Way Fwr Saa I. IpHd Control S.T Llr C.F.I. VI. A/T nr/0??idil??. D*tog ly* R?d. Stk. 13114 ?..$3000?? V. "\ /" Z-28 Camaro Tinted Glass. Power Windows. A C C rutse Control. V?. A/T. Till Steering. Stereo Cassette. Stk Save $2000?? n r Cavalier 4-Or. Station Wagon TlnWd GImi. Spd Control. 2.0 Ltr S-Spd.. P/S. AM Ra<So. 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N.C 882-2111 ?w.-rrl. I* i.m-7?0 MtlX) . m??* ?.?>. I TOLL FREE: 1 -800-672-21 93 1 ^_BIG SAVINGS ON ALL REMAINING ..... '84 i ? Chevettes ? Camaros ? Cavaliers ? Caprice V* Corvettes ^^^MaMa|Ba|||||a||a||H||||||||BBH|||^^^MI|aBaa|aa||la_llM^^ Chevette 2-Dr. Hatch back Coupe, 1.6 Ltr., 4 Speed Manual Trans mission, Beige. Superior Court Friday to allow a Hoke County man time to take care of his furniture and his cat. James Franklin McNair, who was convicted of breaking and entering charges, will have until November 13 to attend to the mat ters before beginning his three-year stint with the North Carolina Department of Corrections. As Superior Court began last week in Hoke County, the case of McNair, also known as Jack, came up early in the week. McNair asked that the case be continued so he could take care of his furniture and his cat. The case was rescheduled for Friday, said a Spokesperson for the" McNair was charged with felonious breaking and entering, according to records. When McNair's case was heard at the end of the week, the court was told that his furniture and cat , were in Washington D.C. and Judge D.B. Herring postponed the transfer of McNair to prison for three weeks. McNair was found guilty of tak ing an air conditioner and a televi sion set with a value of $500, court records say. In other court action, three of the men arrested with the June 26 robbery of Moore's Department Store appeared for trial. Michael Bethea, of Raeford, was found guilty of taking about $3,305 worth of merchandise from the store. Jewelry, clothes, perfume and luggage were taken in the robbery, records say. Bethea, 17, was given four years in prison for the crime. He was also given credit for 64 days spent in jail, records say. Immediate work release was recommended and Bethea will have to pay $250 in attorney fees to the court, say records. William Gillespie, a Raeford resident, was also given four years in prison for his participation in the Moore's robbery. The 20-year-old man was found guilty of felonious breaking, enter ing and larceny. Marvin A. Harris, also of Raeford was the third party tried in the Moore's case. The 16-year-old was found guil ty of felonious breaking, entering and larceny and was given three years suspended for five years supervised probation and $500 restitution, records say. Karen McLean, 25, of Raeford, was given five years supervised probation after being found guilty of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to commit serious in jury. She was originally charged with assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill after cutting James McLean with a medium sized kit-, chen knife. She was also ordered by the court to pay $2,000 restitution to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center. McLean had no record prior to the case. Mother and daughter team Michelle and Annie Bratcher, both of Raeford were given suspended sentences and five years supervised probation each last week in court. Both women were charged with possession with intent to sell and _ deliver marijuana and sale and delivery of 4n6#IJ\?tuwi^cordIrig'^ toxecoids. Annie Bratcher, 49, was also 1 ordered to pay a $500 fine. Michelle was ordered by the court to pay a $200 fine, records say. Roscoe Stevens was also in court on an appealed driving while im paired (DWI) case. Stevens, who was arrested April 20, 1984, got a one year suspended sentence for two years of special supervised probation and a $200 fine and $151 court costs. Adam Wayne Mclntyre, 21, of Raeford, was also appealing a DWI case to superior court. Mclntyre was also charged with driving without a license. The DWI charge was down graded to careless and reckless driving by Assistant District At torney Jean Powell and Mclntyre got one year unsupervised proba tion and a $150 fine, records say. Waymon Cummings, of Raeford, was found guilty of discharging a Firearm into an oc cupied dwelling and was given two years unsupervised probation, records say. He was accused of shooting into the house of Curtis Locklear on May 9. The 35-year-old Cummings was not fined but did have to pay $104 court costs and $200 back to the court for an appointed lawyer, records say. Hoke County Commissioner James Albert Hunt is still resolving his court woes of last year. Hunt paid off a $180.44 bad check written to Commercial Pro ducts in 1983 last week. Hunt also appeared on charges of failure to pay withholding taxes from January 31 and October 31 of 1983. Hunt plead guilty to all charges and was given until December 1 to pay $1,210.98 he owes. He was also given one year un supervised probation on all three charges, records say. . . . Nephew charged (Continued from page 1A) trailer home when an argument broke out between his sister and her husband. Harris told his sister to leave and threatened to hit her with a stick if she returned, the report says. After she left, another argument broke out between the victim and Kenneth, son of the sister. Fredwin told Detective Harris that he was reaching for the door of his mother's trailer when he was shot in the back with a .22 calibre ' rifle. According to the report, Ken neth was inside another trailer when he fired the shot. There was a bullet hole in the window of the neighboring trailer and a spent sheil uumg uii me ku chen floor, reports say. Kenneth fled the trailer park and. hid in some nearby woods, says the report. Upon questioning, Detective Harris found Kenneth had hidden the gun in an old house near the trailer park. Kenneth pointed out where to gun was hidden, reports say. Other than showing the detective where the gun was hidden, no > statement was made by the suspect, according to the report. According to Moore County Memorial Emergency Dr. FL Milewski, the bullet that hit Harris is lodged in the muscle of his back ? and will not be removed, report* say. J

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