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BRUNSWICK COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT Leland Woman Gets 7 2-Year Prison Sentence On Cocaine Charge A 35-year-old Leland woman was sent to prison for 12 years last week after plead ing guilty in Brunswick County Superior Court to nine charges involving the sale and possession of crack cocaine. Dcbra Elaine "Bootsi" Robbins, 35, of Ballard's Mobile Home Park originally pleaded not guilty, but agreed to a plea bar gain arrangement as jury' selection was about to begin Tuesday (May 18). Robbins was arrested last November dur ing an investigation by the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department in which undercover of ficers purchased crack cocaine from her on three occasions, court records show. In court Tuesday, Robbins was given a 12-year active prison sentence after she pleaded guilty to three counts of cocaine trafficking. She also pleaded guilty to three counts each of selling and delivering cocaine and possessing cocaine with the intent to sell and deliver the drug. Sentencing in those cases was postponed uniil rescheduled by the dis trict attorney's officc. Details of the plea bargaining arrange ment were ordered sealed by Judge Robert H. Hobgood, who recommended that Robbins undergo treatment for chronic sub stance abuse through the prison's Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Training (DART) program. Judge Hobgood presided over four days of superior court last week. Assistant Dis trict Attorney Lee Bollinger prosecuted cas es for the state. In other superior court action: ?Allen Earl Pincr, Sr.. 41, of Lcland was sentenced to three years in prison after he pleaded guilty to two counts of selling and delivering marijuana and one charge each of cocaine possession and maintaining a vehi cle for the purpose of keeping controlled substances. Additional sentences were post poned until scheduled by the district attor ney's office. He was ordered to participate in the DART program and to pay S375 for his court appointed lawyer. ?George Rankin, 26, of Shallolte was sent to prison for three years after he admitted vi olating the terms of his probation by illegal ly possessing a .357 magnum pistol. On April 20, 1992, Rankin pleaded guilty to a charge of being an accessory after the fact to second-degree rape and was given a three year suspended sentence and four years pro bation. The judge recommended Rankin for the DART program. ?Anthony Terrell Canty, 22, of Navassa pleaded guilty to a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill in the May, 1992, shooting of Torrcnce Burns. Canty was given a three-year sentence, suspended on the condition that he not harass or molest the prosecuting witness, that he not possess or consume alcohol or possess a deadly weapon and that he consent to warrantless searches of his person and home during his three years of supervised probation. ?Lewis Clayborne Wingficld, 57, of Brunswick Village Apartments, Southport, pleaded guilty to common law robbery and was given a three-year suspended prison sentence. He was ordered not to possess or consume alcohol or illegal drugs or to carry a knife or other weapon outside his home. He is to undergo a substance abuse assess ment and to enroll in an adult literacy course. Wingficld was put on five years su pervised probation, with the initial six months under intensive supervision. ?Walter Lynwood Bell, 29, of Hampslead pleaded guilty to a charge of cocaine traffick ing by possession of between 28 and 200 grams of the drug. Sentencing was postponed until scheduled by the district attorney. ?Gerald Patrick Grimes, 19, of Todd Street, Shalloue, pleaded guilty to one chargc cach of marijuana possession and maintaining a vehicle for the purpose of keeping a con trolled substance. He was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended on the conditions that he not possess or consume any illegal drugs, that he not be any place where illegal drugs arc kept, that he submit to warrantless searches and agree to tests for drug use and that he not associate with two other men in volved in the case. Grimes was ordered to pay S325 for his lawyer, $100 to the BCSD undercover fund and SI00 restitution to the State Bureau of Investigation. He was or dered to comply with a 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. cur few for the first year of his five-year super vised probation. He was also ordered to take a tour of Central Prison in Raleigh. ?Blake Kennedy Hobbs, 18, of Village Road, Lcland, pleaded no contest to a charge of misdemeanor larceny in the August, 1992, theft of six Walker fox hounds. Sentencing was postponed until re-sched ulcd by the district attorney. ?Ronnie Harold Jones, Jr., 21, of Route 5, Lcland, admitted violating the terms of his probation and had his prison sentence acti vated. Thieves Break Into Trailer At Shallotte Dealership More than S7.300 worth of appliances, fur nishings and trailer tires were stolen from a mo bile home dealership on Main Street in Shallottc Friday night, according to a crime report on file at the Brunswick County Sheriff's Department Monday morning. Deputy J.D. Davis' investigation determined that a thief or thieves broke out the front window of one of the mobile homes and removed a refrig erator, an electric range, a dishwasher, two couch es, two chairs, two coffee tables, a dinette set and several other items. The suspects also entered a storage shed and stole another range and refrigerator along with 23 tires and rims from various mobile homes on the lot, Davis reported. The deputy also found a lug wrench believed to have been used to remove the tires. He reported that there were tire tracks around the mobile home that resemble those found on a rental truck. Detective Gene Caison has been assigned to investigate the theft. In other crime reports on file at the sheriff's office Monday: ?Nearly 52,500 worth of stereo equipment was CRIME REPORT stolen from a pickup truck parked at a Calabash convenience store early Monday morning, ac cording to investigating officer Deputy Robert Long. The mother of the truck's owner said her son had left it parked there after it broke down. The thief or thieves smashed through the wind shield and removed a compact disc player, two amplifiers, two speakers, other equipment and 30 compact discs, the report said. ?A light blue 1984 Ford Ranger pickup truck was stolen from a home on Myrtle Head Road. Ash, Friday night, Long reported. The son of the own er, who was using the vehicle at the time, said he left it parked at about 8 p.m. and discovered the truck missing early the next morning. He said that whoever stole the truck also broke a window on the house. Long estimated the truck's value at 52,100. ?Someone pried three locks off the door of a storage building on Lehrschall Trail, off Malmo Loop Road, Thursday night and stole an SI, 100 saddle, a generator, a grass trimmer, three drop cords and more than 51,200 worth of tools. The owner told Long that he and his wife went out for dinner Thursday night, then returned home and went to bed. The next morning he went out to his storage building and found that it had been bur glarized. ?About S500 worth of stereo equipment was stolen from a car that broke down and was left parked on Cedar Hill Road, Leland, Sunday morning. The owner told Dep. M. Snowdcn that the woman who was driving the car left it to gel help after the 1982 Nissan broke down. When the owner got to the car about an hour later, he found that the side door lock had been broken and his equipment removed. ?A woman who lives on Sturgeon Drive, Leland, reported that her 26-inch bicycle was stolen from her front yard earlier this month. Long estimated its value at S200. ?Another bicycle was reported stolen from a home on Green Hill Road, Winnabow, Saturday night. The owner told Snowdcn that she left the bike leaning against her mobile home and went out to dinner. The next morning she noticed it missing. There was no estimate of value listed. Ship's Propeller Causes Death Of Leatherback BY LYNN CARLSON Ocean Isle Beach Turtle Watch members and town workers on Tuesday laid to rest an 87-inch-long female leatherback killed when it was slashed by a ship's propeller. "It made me sick," said Gloria Hillenburg, the town's Turtle Watch coordinator said. "It really hurts to see this kind of thing." Hillenburg speculates the turtle's injury was by an ocean liner or other very large vessel. "This is not some thing that could have been done by a trawler or a small boat." In addition to the laccration, three of the turtle's flippers had been eat en away, probably by sharks, Hil lenburg said. The fourth was almost gone. The turtle was bearing no eggs. "If she had been, w e could have planted them and protected them un til they hatched." Weighing at least a ton and mea suring 58 inches across, the turtle washed in near the Newport Street access about 6:30 a.m. Tuesday. "We were determined not to let it wash back out," Hillenburg said, fearing that the dead turtle would at tract sharks in the surf. She, along with Mike and Diane Suley, other Turtle Watch members, and some visitors got a strap on the turtle and called town employees who came with a backhoe and buried it on the beach. The turtle's wounds were fresh, Hillenburg said, speculating that the mishap had taken place earlier in the morning. Early morning walkers had at first thought it to be a large sand bag when they saw it in the surf, she added. Lcathcrbacks are large marine tur tles which can reach lengths of more than 7.5 feet and weights of more than a ton. Unlike the loggerhead turtles which commonly nest on lo cal beaches, lcathcrbacks have no shells. Their backbones arc covered with tough, leathery black skin, and they are easily identified by the sev en bony ridges which run the length of their backs. Hillcnburg praised local shrimp ers for iheir cooperation in helping save marine turtles whenever possi ble. "We have a very good rapport. They call us ship to shore about tur tles, and they do run with their TEDs (turtle cxcludcr devices) on" to avoid drowning turdcs in their nets. "No shrimp trawler has a pro peller big enough to do cause the size laceration this turtle had," she added. THE BRUNSWICK HOSPITAL IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING OF THE PRACTICE OF KIRK R. 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Inside was a note with the following message: Ulysses F. Balalitan, 624 Gov. A. Pascual St., San Roque, Navotas, M.M., Philippines, 6415. At tached to the note was a photo of a young man. Oriental Rug Sale / rim Extraordinary antiques, exquisite needlepoints, and stylish new designs. All handwoven In pure wools and silks, and all at Spectacular Savings! SAMPLES E2C: f??P"c? in The Heart of Myrtle Beach Indian Bi ar 6'x9' 41512 S695 606 W. Broadway, Myrtle Beach OF Indian Herlz 10'x14' $3920 $1490 (N??r the 501 & Broedw.y Intersection) QAX/IMf^Q- Chinese 8x10' $1895 $690 (803)946-9232 va,J* Chinese 9'x12' $2200 $895 Mon.-Sat. 10-5, Sun. 12-5 01003 THt BRUNSWICK BEACON DOCKERS BRUNSWICK COUNTY'S #1 NITECLUB TUESDAY-Free Line Dance Lessons WEDNESDAY-Members Appreciation Night ? $1.00 Off All Mixed Drinks THURSDAY-Ladies' Night-Drink Specials SUNDAY-Watch NASCAR racing on our 52" wide screen TV live from Charlotte. Also on Sunday, barbecue cook-out at 4 P.M. 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