fPheft of tools gains Hoke man two-year jail sentence
By Ed Miller
A Raeford man was sentenced to
two years in jail after being found
guilty in Hoke County District
Court of stealing a box full of
tools.
Leavy Adams Baker Jr. plead
guilty to taking the tool box from
Alfonzo Chambers.
Baker, 31, was arrested on July
6, according to court records.
A warrant for Baker's arrest
listed the value of the tool box at
$190.
In other court action, John
Summie Daniels, an Aberdeen resi
dent, was sentenced to six months
in prison after being convicted of
driving with his license revoked
and driving while impaired (DWI).
Daniels, 52, was arrested on
March 20, according to citations
against him.
It was the man's third offense of
drunk driving, according to
records.
Eddie Carlton Blue, a 23-year
old Raeford resident, was also
sentenced to six months in prison
after being convicted of driving
with a revoked license, records say.
Blue was arrested on April 20,
according to records.
Commie Wall, a Shannon resi
dent, was sentenced to 30 days in
the Hoke County Jail after being
convicted of being drunk and
disorderly and interupting traffic
on June 17, records say.
Wall, 43, has been arrested and
charged with being drunk and
disorderly in public at least three
times in the last year.
Wilbert Lee Cobb, of Raeford,
was sentenced to one year suspend
ed for two years on supervised pro
bation and Fined $400 after being
convicted of driving with his
license revoked and speeding 76 in
a 55 mile an hour zone, records
say.
The 26-year-old man was ar
rested on March 20, records say.
Willie Lee Jefferson, 36, was
sentenced to one year in prison
suspended for two years supervised
probation and seven days in jail
for his second offense of DWI,
records say.
The Raeford resident was also
fined $350, according to court
records.
Rebecca Tufts Keefer, a
Pinehurst woman, was sentenced
to 60 days in jail suspended for one
year unsupervised probation and
fined $100 after being convicted of
drunk driving.
The 32-year-old Keefer was ar
rested on June 6, records say.
Devoe Murphy, of Shannon,
was sentenced to two years
suspended for three years on
supervised probation and fined
$500 for his third offense of DWI,
according to records.
The 55-year-old man was also
fined $500, records say.
Murphy was arrested on March
11.
Charles Edward Matthews, of
Lumber Bridge, received a 60 day
Hoke hunting bills
OK'd by Legislature
Three bills, which will affect
hunting Hoke County were ratified
during the 1985 Session the North
Carolina General Assembly.
All take effect October 1.
House Bill 525 prohibits a per
son from hunting on land in Hoke
County which is owned or leased
by another person, unless the
owner or lessee gives written per
mission.
This permission may be valid for
a period no longer than one year
after its issuance and must be
displayed to any law enforcement
officer upon request.
A violation of this act is a misde
meanor punishable for a first con
viction by a fine of not less than
$10 nor more than $50 or by up to
30 days' imprisonment.
A second or subsequent convic
tion within three years is
punishable by a fine of not less
than $50 nor more than $200, by
up to 60 days' imprisonment, or by
both.
House Bill 526 makes it
unlawful for any person to hunt in
Hoke County with a rifle that has a
bore larger than .22 caliber, unless
the person shooting the rifle is
positioned at least 10 feet from the
ground.
House Bill 526 further prohibits
a person from hunting with a rifle
that is capable of firing .22 caliber
center fire ammunition or to hunt
with such ammunition, unless the
person discharging the rifle is posi
tioned at least 10 feet from the
ground.
A violation of this act is a misde
meanor, punishable by a fine not
to exceed $50, imprisonment of
not more than 30 days, or both.
House Bill 231 creates an open
season in Hoke County for taking
foxes with weapons from
December 1 through January 1 of
each year.
The bill also creates an open
season for taking foxes by trapping
from January 2 through January
31 each year.
During the trapping season, all
leghold traps set on dry land with
solid anchor must have at least
three swivels in the trap chain, and
no leghold traps larger than size
one and one-half may be used.
A bag limit of 30 applies in the
aggregate to all foxes taken during
the weapons and trapping seasons.
House Bill 231 also applies to
Robeson County and that portion
of Scotland County northeast of
N.C. 381 from the Richmond
County line to the South Carolina
border.
Early arrival
WUUt C. Bridget receives honor * for the vegetable of the week with
Mm giant pumpkins, which were picked July It. Bridget, who lives in
the Lake Elizabeth area, mys he planted the pumpkins " too early. "
One measured St inches around. They were grown near Bowmore and
Ware enouraged with tobacco fertilizer, Bridges said.
suspended sentence and one year
on unsupervised probation and a
$100 fine after being convicted of
DWI on June 2, records say.
The 21 -year-old man was
ordered by Hoke County District
Court Judge Warren Pate to put in
24 hours of community service,
records say.
A Vass resident, John David
McCrimmon, was also sentenced
to 60 days in jail suspended for one
year on unsupervised probation
after being convicted of DWI,
records say.
The 43-year-old man was Fined
$100 and ordered to serve 24 hours
of community service.
Agripino Rodriques, another
Vass resident, was sentenced to 60
days in jail suspended for one year
unsupervised probation and 24
hours of community service for a
DWI offense on May 18, accord
ing to records.
The 35-year-old man was also
fined $100.
Edward Eugene Kinney, of
Raeford, who was charged with
DWI on April 6, had his charge
reduced to careless driving in court
last week.
The man was sentenced to 60
days suspended for a $100 fine,
records say.
Lawrence Deris Steele, of Shan
non, 25, was convicted of DWI on
June 1 and sentenced to 60 days in
jail suspended for one year on un
supervised probation and fined
$30, records say.
Kevin Cavanaugh Tolland, of
Myersville, Maryland was con
victed of OWI and sentenced to 90
days suspended for one year un
supervised probation and fined
$100, records say.
The man was also sentenced to
perform 48 hours of community
service.
Records recalling the citation of
June 4 show that Tolland, 25, had
a wreck on March 6 causing pro
perty damage of over $500.
James Edward McOregory, of
Cameron, was sentenced to six
months in jail suspended for three
years unsupervised probation and
fined $500 after being convicted of
DWI on November 1 1 of last year,
records say.
The 43-year-old man was also
charged with resisting arrest,
records say.
Darneen Bryant, a Fayetteville
woman, was sentenced to six
months in jail suspended for three
years on unsupervised probation
and a fine of $150 after being con
victed of carrying a concealed
weapon and possession of under
one ounce of marijuana on
February 2, records say.
Bryant is 16, according to
records.
Jimmy Lynn Deese, 23, a Max
ton resident, was Fined $50 after
being convicted of possession of
marijuana on May 31, records say.
Franklin Jacobs, a 30-year-old
Red Springs resident, was placed
on supervised probation for two
years after being convicted of
possession of marijuana with in
tent to manufacture, sell or
deliver, records say.
A warrant was drawn on the
man on June 24 after Hoke Coun
ty sheriffs deputies found him to
have four, five-foot marijuana
plants.
The man was also fined $200
and ordered to perform SO hours
of community service, records say.
Shelby Jean Thompson, also
known as Shelby Jenkins, was
sentenced to six months in jail
suspended for one year on un
supervised probation and fined
$100 after being convicted of steal
ing two bottles of wine from Jiffy
Stop number three.
TTie 26-year-old woman was ar
rested on June 6, records say.
Eva Morrison, a Raeford
woman, was ordered to pay a total
of $43 in restitution after being
convicted of writing two bad
checks to the local Fast Shop, ac
cording to court records.
Timothy Junior Pevia. of
Wagram, 20, was find $50 after be
ing ^ convicted of possession of
marijuana on June 10, records
show.
Lathon graduates
Airman Clyde V. Lathon, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Wood row Lathon of
Rural Route 1, Shannon, has
graduated from the U.S. Depart
ment of Defense fire protection
course at Chanute Air Force Base,
Illinois.
During the course, students were
taught basic firefighting techni
ques, rescue and first aid pro
cedures, and the operation and
maintenance of fire and rescue
equipment. They also earned
credits toward an associate degree
through the Community College of
the Air Force.
Lathon is scheduled to serve at
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, ?
He is a 1980 graduate of Red
Springs High School.
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receipts, wage statements and
other papers that supported your
income and deducted items.
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