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Fire Quickly Extinguished
Quick action by Shallotte and Civietown volunteer firefighters held damages to around $500 at a fire
last Thursday Afternoon at the Twin Creek Plaza shopping center in Shallotte. Civietown Fire Chief Al
Nord said an electrical shortage in a sign at a former shoe store set a wall on fire. "Shallotte got there
pretty quick and knocked it down before it got out of control," said Nord.
Little River Woman
Wants Rape Case Closed
BY TERRY POPE
A woman who claims she was
dragged from her car and raped by
several men in the Pinecrest com
munity late Friday has asked that
the investigation be dropped.
The Little River, S.C., woman
told Brunswick County Sheriff's
Deputy Richard Long that she was
slowly driving through the area
around 10:30 p.m. when four males
approached her car.
They pulled her from the car, she
said. One man with gray hair walk
ed away while she was held down
and raped by the other men. Her car
was also vandalized, she reported.
During an investigation Saturday,
the woman stated she did not want
to go through with the case and
asked that it be closed, reported
Detective Larry Joyner.
In other reports on file at the
sheriff's department:
SThc surf may be up, but not for a
Starling Road resident south of Shal
lotte. Someone broke into a home
there and took two surfboards, a wet
suit and two surfboard bags, with an
estimated value of $1,700, Deputy
Bob Hoagland reported. Also taken
was a $300 television, $100 in linens
and $20 in soft drinks. Someone
broke through a side window, caus
ing $70 in damage.
?Two men walked out of Tony's
Quick Market in Calabash Sunday,
each carrying two 12-packs of beer
they had not paid for, reported
Hoagland. The incident happened
around 10:05 p.m. The beer was
valued at $31.
?An antique parking meter was tak
en from a Shell Point yard last
Thursday, reported SgL Charlie Mil
ler. The nickel-operated meter was
CRIME REPORT
used as a decoration and was valued
at $150.
?BBs shot from an air gun caused
an estimated $400 in damage to
windows at Seaside Station, report
ed Deputy Darry! Marlow. Someone
snot the BBs through a number of
home window panes on Indigo
Circle.
?Deputies responded to a shooting
on Civietown Road Friday night.
Deputy William Hewett said a
woman was feeling upset around
11:08 p.m. so she shot herself in the
left leg. No charges were filed.
?Someone took $5 in change from
the Kids Connection day care center
in Shallottc last Wednesday, report
ed Detective Don Stovuil. There
was no sign of forcible entry; how
ever, someone pried open a front
and tear door to the toddler building
on Friday. No items were taken.
?An estimated $1,970 in tools and
painting equipment was taken from
the Phoenix Service Center north of
Lcland, reported Detective Ken
Messcr. A paint sprayer, air com
pressor and drills were said missing.
?A boat docked on thp Lockwood
Folly River was broken into be
tween April 28 and May 12, report
ed Deputy Becky McDonald. Rods,
reels and life jackets valued at
$2,630 were taken.
?A men's bicycle was reported
stolen from a home at Fair Haven
Mobile Home Parte in Leland Fri
day, reported Deputy Steve Mason.
It was valued at $50.
?A Nintendo game valued at $110
was reported missing from a home
on Russ Road, reported Deputy
Shclton Caison. On Clemmons
Road, a $20 pocket knife was re
ported missing.
?Managers at Maxway in Leland
reported they will file shoplifting
charges against a woman who walk
ed out of the store Saturday with
two pairs of ladies underwear be
neath her clothes. Mason reported.
?A ,357-magnum pistol valued at
$400 was reported stolen from a ve
hicle parked at the Ocean Harbor
Golf Links maintenance shop Sun
day, reported Deputy George Stan
ley. I
?A boat motor and trailer valued at
$3,000 was taken from a Seaside
Station home last week, reported
Marlow. Two life jackets, a spot
light and battery were also missing.
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