Accused Trailer Park Burglars Indicted On 28 Felonies A Brunswick Counly Grand Jury handed down 28 felony indictments Monday against a man and woman accuscd of terrorizing an Ocean Isle Beach neighbor hood for more than a year by breaking into his neigh bors' mobile homes. Wilbur Lee Kinlaw Jr., 33, has been charged with 15 counts of second degree burglary in connection with a scries of late-night break-ins near his mobile home in the Long Acres Mobile Home Park. Elizabeth Nan Decker, 53, also of Long Acres, is charged with 12 counts of second degree burglary and one count each of breaking and entering, larceny and possession of stolen goods for her alleged role in the thefts. Residents of Long Acres, located next to Bricklanding Plantation golf course, say the two repeat edly went on "shopping sprees" by breaking into vaca tion trailers while the owners were away. The thefts oc curred between September 1991, and late December 1992. Some of the homes were broken into more than once. Many residents installed metal bars and locks across doors and to marked their property for identifica tion. Long Acres residents told police they knew who was doing the break-ins. But investigators were unable to ob tain a search warrant for Kinlaw's trailer without proof that the stolen items were inside. Most of the property taken in the break-ins was be ing used in the homes of the alleged perpetrators, neigh bors said. Brunswick County Sheriffs Dctcctives Tom Hunter and Billy Hughes were finally able to arrest Kinlaw and Decker Jan. 7 after a stolen chain saw was found at a Shallotte pawn shop. Police rented a truck to haul away the estimated 57,000 worth of stolen goods allegedly found in Kinlaw's mobile home at the lime of his arrest. Recovered items included food, liquor, dishes, canned goods, bed clothes and small appliances. The pair is also blamed for causing more than $ 1,500 damage during the break-ins. A total of 68 felony indictments were handed down by the grand jury Monday. Also indicted were: ?J ames Franklin Simmons, 34, of Cedar Hill Road, Leland on one count each of possession of a counterfeit controlled substance with intent to sell and deliver it as cocaine, sale and delivery of a counterfeit controlled substance, obtaining money by false pretense and co caine possession. Simmons is accused of taking S35.000 from an undercover police officer in exchange for 454 grams of white powder represented as cocaine. The sub stance later turned out to be a common fruit preserva tive. ?Dcbra Elaine Robbins, 34, of Route 1, Leland, on three counts of possession with intent to sell and deliver co caine, three chargcs of sales and delivery of cocaine and one count each of cocaine possession, cocaine sales, co caine delivery, possession of a counterfeit controlled substance, sale and delivery of a counterfeit controlled substance and obtaining money by false pretense. The latter chargcs stem from her alleged involvement in the Simmons' case. ?Harvey Lee Grady, 29, of Route 5, Lcland. on one count each of possession with intent to sell a counterfeit controlled substance, delivery of that substance and ob taining money by false pretense. Grady also is charged in the "Fruit Fresh" case with Simmons and Robbins. ?Curtis Hill, 26, of Route 1, Ash on nine counts each of forgery and uttering false information to cash a forged check. He is accused of forging signatures and illegally cashing checks for a total of S825. The crimes arc al leged to have occurred between Oct. 21 and Oct. 29. ?Tammy Darlenc Lockcmy, 19, of Seagrove; Bobby Lee Trogdon II, 20 of Asheboro; and William Scott Maness, 19, of Randlcman on two counts each of forgery and uttering false paper. The three arc accused of passing two forged checks for a total of S442 in Shalloltc last June 1. ?Richard Hugh Grissctt, 21, of Farm Loop Path, Sunset Beach on one charge each of forgery, uttering forged pa per, felonious breaking and entering, felonious larceny and felonious possession of stolen goods. The forgery is alleged to have occurred Feb. 14. Grissett is also ac cuscd of breaking into a Shalloltc home Feb. 12 and stealing a shotgun, a piggy bank, a video tape and S200 in change. ?Jeffery Wade House, 20, of Baldwin Drive, Lcland, on one charge each of second degree burglary, larceny, pos session of stolen goods and larceny of a firearm. He is accused of breaking into a neighbor's house and stealing a .22-cahbcr pistol, a pistol case, a telephone answering machine and several checkbooks with a total value of SI45. The burglary is alleged to have occurred Nov. 13, 1992. ?Christopher Brian Bass, 18, of Route 1, Winnabow, one count each of breaking and entering, larceny and possession of stolen goods. He is accused of stealing a 300-watt amplifier from the Faith Community Chapel church in Sunset Harbor last Nov. 7. The amplifier was valued at S900. ?Samuel Wright Freeman, age unavailable, of Bolton, on one count each of possession, sale and deliver of be tween 28 and 2()0 grams of cocaine. ?Marlee Daniels of Longwood on one charge each of possession with intent to sell and deliver .2 grams of co caine, selling cocaine, possession with intent to sell and deliver .8 grams of marijuana and selling marijuana. ?Jerry Hcinmingway of Longwood on one count each of possession with intent to sell and deliver .1 gram of cocaine and selling cocaine. Leland Police Make Arrest in 'Raciaiiy Motivated' Rape Police have arrested an unemployed house painter who allegedly raped a neighbor last month because he did not like to see her dating a black man, a Brunswick County sheriffs detective said Monday. Kenneth Lee Dellinger, 33, has been charged with first-degree rape in the Feb. 20 assault on a woman who lives in the Woodbum trailer park in Leland, where Dellinger had been living for about three weeks, according to documents on tile at the Brunswick County Clerk of Court office. Brunswick Detective Ken Messer said the woman and her boyfriend were at a party at a neighbor's trail er when her companion got into an argument with Del linger. Dellinger and the woman reportedly went outside and continued the argument, Messer said. Then Del linger allegedly pushed her to the ground and raped her. "He wanted to show her he was belter than her black boyfriend," said Messer. The victim told Leland Police Chief Charles Cliff that she had seen her attacker before, but did not know his name, Messer said. Based on her description. Dellinger was called in for questioning and pho tographed. Both the woman and her boyfriend identified Del linger in a line-up, Messer said. In his request for a court-appointed lawyer, Del linger said he is an out-of-work painter who was for merly employed in Hickory. He indicated that he has no money and has been living on welfare and food stamps. Dellinger has no known record of sexual assaults, Messer said. However, warrants for his arrest have been issued for failure to appear in court in Kannapolis on charges of assaulting a law enforcement officer, carrying a concealed weapon, resisting arrest, drug possession, trespassing, driving while impaired and driving while his license was revoked. Court records show that "Dellinger has exhibited a belligerent and non-cooperative attitude with investi gating officers," according to Assistant District Attorney Lee Bollinger. Dellinger is being held in the Brunswick County Jail in lieu of $100,000 bond. A probable cause hear ing has been scheduled for March 11. Forum On Schools Set For March 25 "Solutions For Schools through Partnership: A Community Dia logue" will be the topic of a free, countywide forum to be held Thurs day, March 25, in the ALS Building at Brunswick Community College in Supply. Dr. Owen Wcddle, director of general education at BCC, will be moderator for the forum which will open with a panel of Brunswick County residents slating their "vi sions" for education, followed by small group discussions. Parents, students, educators, busi ness people, retirees?and everyone interested in education in Brunswick County?is invited to come and share "visions for positive outcomes in the schools," a news release says. The program will begin at 7 p.m. after registration and refreshments at 6:30. The forum is an outgrowth of a regional forum on the same topic held in Wilmington in January and is co-sponsored by the Brunswick County Unit of the N.C. Association of Educators (NCAE), Atlantic Telephone Membership Corpora tion, Brunswick Electric Member ship Corporation and the Brunswick County Literacy Council. For more information, call the lit eracy council at 754-7323. Dairy Queen WELCOME TO THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF "DAIRY QUEEN*" SPECIALS 6 DQ Sandwiches for $2.89 (Save $1.31) 1 Buy 2 pints get 1 FREE Buy 2 quarts get 1 FREE (Expires March 31) Serving real ice cream and fresh fruit topping since 1950. Shallotte Plaza ? Shallotte ? 754-2545 With a Woodmen annuity, your dollars earn tax-deferred interest at a competitive rate. To find out more about Woodmen s Tax-Deferred Annuities, contact: Jimmy Marshall Larry Heustess Brunswick Square Hwy 17 S, Shallotte 754-8400 J jm JPL Woodmen of the World l.ife Insurance Society Home Officc: Omaha. Nebraska County Water A Reason To Celebrate For Shallotte Point Area Residents BY SUSAN USHER It's time to cclcbrate. Dorothy and Palmer Suggs had hauled water for at least five years for drinking and cooking purposes, ever since gasoline leaking from an underground storage tank across Village Point Road contaminated their well. Now they're got county water. "It's unbelievable," Palmer Suggs said last week. "I can go to the spig ot .and get a drink of water. 1 can take a shower and feel like I've had a bath." Their problem was contamina tion. But just up the road, Carrie Watts could hardly pump enough water from her well for routine household use. It wasn't unusual for pumps to wear out frequently and wells to run dry during the peak of summer. And on Pigoil Road, iongtime Point resident Edith Pigou no longer keeps a cup of lemon juice in the re frigerator to clean the stains from her finger nails. She's had county water since around Jan. 23. "This is fine," she said. "I'm enjoying it and I think everyone else is loo. We were a long time getting it. We're all thrilled. We had worked for it and fussed about it for I don'i know how long." She doesn't miss the water that came from the well in her yard. "It would stain my fingernails black; it would stain your clothes and your dishes too," she said. "It looked like black mud. "I had plenty of water but (with out a conditioner) it was just no good for anything except to water the yard." Shallotte Point residents residing on main roads started tapping on to the county water system at the end of 1992. By mid to late summer county water should be available to their neighbors who live in subdivi sions as well, as part of a Spccial Assessment District. Pipes arc stacked by the sides of the roads, ready for installation. "We're about at the halfway point," said Palmer Suggs. "I under stand when the new pumping station and elevated tank arc completed there should be enough pressure for everybody." Making good on a lighthearted pledge nearly a year ago, the Suggses and Edith Pigott are helping organizing a celebration Friday, March 19, at 7 p.m. at the fire sta tion for all "Shallottc Pointers" and their friends, including all residents of the fire district. Fish and ham will be provided, said Suggs, and participants arc asked to bring a salad, vegetable or dessert. Tea and coffee will be pro vided, and no alcoholic beverages will be allowed. "We may even have a little dancing," he added. "We have a promise of some en tertainment and we're going to have a big supper," said Mrs. Pigott. "We're hoping to have a big re sponse." "We take the worry out of income taxes/' ?Henri/ Block Income taxes are .ill we do at H&R BLOCK. 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