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.
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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
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