Seaside Gunfight
Yields More Indictments
BY TERRY POPE
A Brunswick Counly Grand Jury
handed down two additional true
bills of indictment Monday with ad
ditional charges against a Calabash
man involved in a gun fight at a Sea
side business in February.
Julian Herschel Allen, of Valley
Road, was indicted on two charges
of assault with a deadly weapon
with intent to kill.
He is accused of assaulting Wil
liam F. "Bookie" Taylor Sr. and
Taylor's brother, Wayne Taylor, by
shooting at them with two hand
guns.
In March, in conncction with the
same incident, Allen was indicted on
a charge of assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill inflicting
serious injury. The alleged victim of
that assault was William F. Taylor Jr.
The indictments stem from a gun
fight at the T&T Development Co.
office at Seaside Plaza on Feb. 19.
Allen, who was shot twice in the
gunfight, is a business partner of
Taylor Sr.
According to a Brunswick Coun
ty sheriff's detective, the two men
met al the office to discuss a busi
ness deal but ended up firing guns
at one another after a heated argu
ment began.
Del. Billy Hughes stated that
both men drew weapons and fired a
total of about 10 to 11 shots. Taylor
Sr. allegedly fired a .38-calibcr re
volver at Allen, hitting him twice,
once in the upper chest and again in
rhe elbow.
Allen is believed to have fired
shots from two guns, a .38-calibcr
revolver and a ,357-calibcr pistol.
When the shooting began, Taylor
Jr. rushed into the building and was
hit once by a bullet in the arm.
According to Hughes, Wayne
Taylor happened to be at a nearby
business when he noticed his broth
er's car in the parking lot and en
tered the building before Allen ar
rived.
The following indictments were
also handed down Monday:
?Julius Drake "Buddy" Lewis, of
Route 5, Leland, former interim
head of the Brunswick County Buil
dings Inspection Department, with
felonious possession of cocaine,
two counts of felonious breaking
and entering and larceny and two
counts of possession of stolen
goods.
He is accused of breaking into
the Leland True Value Hardware
Store and Lee's Liulc World day
care center in Leland on Feb. 9.
Three vaccum eleaners valued at
S305.97 were allegedly taken from
the store and S230 in audiovisual
equipment was allegedly removed
from the day care. Indictments also
accuse him of having in his posses
sion cocaine on April 16.
?Covia Dzell Smith, 18, of Route 2,
Shalloltc; William Earl Hill, 17, of
Shallolte; and James Alfonza
Clause, 20, of Route 1, Shallotte,
each with first-degree rape and
common law robbery. They are ac
cused of beating and raping a
woman and with allegedly beating
and robbing a man of S80 in a
wooded area south of Shallolte on
May 5. Common law robbery is
charged when no weapon is used.
?Larry Edison Hewctt, 16, of Shal
louc, and Kerry Douglas McCall,
16, of Route 3, Shallotte, each with
felonious breaking and entering and
larceny and possession of stolen
goods. They are accused of break
ing into West Brunswick High
School on March 25 and with tak
ing 180 pieces of bubble gum, a
weedcatcr, tool box and calculator,
all valued at S600.
?Harold Allen Graham. 18, of
Route 1, Ash, with murder. He is
accused of shooting his brother.
Lacy Franklin Graham, on March
31. He turned himself in to sheriff's
detectives in April.
?Thomas Pendleton Carr, 38, and
James Wayne Smith, 48, both of
Wilmington, with larceny of a fire
arm, first-degree kidnapping and
robbery with a dangerous weapon.
They are accused of kidnapping a
woman who was at work on a tele
phone cable south of Shallotte on
April 22, with taking her S21.000
Chevrolet truck and with taking a
gun from the vehicle. Smith was al
so indicted on a charge of first-de
grcc sexual offense stemming from
the same incident.
?Jamie Carroll Deans, 19, of Route
3, Sclma, with first-degree rape al
legedly involving a female between
Sept. 15, 1990 and April 15, 1991.
?Darrell Flynn McCrackcn, 27, of
Barrster Court, Southport, with fel
onious breaking and entering and
first-degree burglary. He is accused
of attempting to break into an occu
pied home at Galloway Trailer Park
in Winnabow on May 3 and with
the alleged break-in of another
home there the same date.
?Thomas Wesley Blackwood, 34,
of Greensboro, with felonious pos
session of cocaine and felonious
possession with intent to sell 244.6
grams of marijuana. He was arrest
ed at a narcotics road checkpoint es
tablished by the Brunswick County
Sheriff's Department and the N.C.
Highway Patrol on April 19.
?Rhonda H. Britton, 29, of Jabber
town Road, Southport, with welfare
fraud. She is accused of receiving
SI, 288.33 from January to Novem
ber 1989 that she was not entitled to
by allegedly failing to provide in
formation to social services.
?Timothy ScoU Blackmon, of
South port, with felonious breaking
and entering a vehicle. He allegedly
broke into a 1964 Volkswagen be
longing to John Robert Styers on or
about March 30.
?Mary Alice Land, 41, of Leland,
with seven counts of forgery and
seven counts of uttering forged pa
pers. She is accused of forging
checks belonging to a Leland cou
ple in amounts ranging from S40 to
S55 from Aug. 10-12, 1989.
Middle School
Awards Day Set
Shallottc Middle School will hold
its eighth grade awards program
Thursday, May 30 at 9 a.m., said
Assistant Principal William Detrie.
The program, which begins at 9
a.m. in the gymnasium, includes
recognition in all areas ? academics,
athletics, service and leadership.
The program is open to friends
and family membcis of the students.
1 . Think Before You Redo.
Consider the changes you'd like to
make to your home. An updated
kitchen. A remodeled bath.
A larger master bed
room. Or maybe a deck.
If your changes are few
remodeling is a great
idea. But if they add up to
completely redesigning your
entire home, you might want to
reconsider.
Heres a basic guideline: If the cost
raises the value of your home more
than 15% above the highest-valued
homes in your neighborhood, you may
List the specific things you want. Make your own rough
sketches. Clip photos from magazines. Try to plan your
improvement to blend with the style and
character of your home.
And remember, the more home
work you do, the easier it gets.
Improvements That Pay Off'
Project
Major kitchen remodel
Minor kitchen remodel
Family room addition
Bath remodel
Bath addition
Average Average
Cost Recovery
$20,906
8,320
30,303
7,574
10,867
But no matter how
much homework you do, its
still never easy A major home
improvement sometimes can be just as
difficult as moving, take longer to finish
and end up costing more. Many
times, choosing the right remodeler
makes all the difference.
Master bedroom su ite 21 ,680
Sun room addition 15,560
Replace windows 6,844
Replace siding
Deck addition
Attic bedroom
want to reevaluate your improvement
plans. If you do "overimprove," it could
be difficult to recoup your full
investment.
But then, resale value
Isn't the only issue. After all, you're the one who
lives in your home. Any improvement may
be worthwhile if you have no plans to sell.
So use the 15% guideline to set a max
imum budget. Then let your
imagination take over.
Think about the way
you live in your home. What features
make the most sense for your family?
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5,168
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ments that enhance the value of your |
home, hut don't "overimprove."
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Start by calling your local
chapter of the National Associa
tion of the Remodeling Industry
(NARI) or the National Asso
ciation of Home Builders
Remodelers Council (NAHB/RC). |
Your local Home Owners Warran
ty Corp. (HCW) Council can
also make suggestions on par
ticipating home remodelers.
You should discuss the
specifics of your job with at
least three remodelers. Ask for references and
inspect a few finished jobs firsthand. Choose the lowest bid