Larceny Reported At
Shooting Range
Off N.C. 211 During Forest Fire
Last week's forest Tire forced authorities toclosc most
of N.C. 211, but it didn't keep someone from breaking
into a shooting range along the highway Thursday night,
according to a crime report on file at the Brunswick
County Sheriff's office Monday.
Deputy Cathy Hamilton's report indicates that a thief
or thieves broke a window on a trailer at the Ye Oldc
Gun Club shooting range near Southport sometime after
6:30 p.m. and stole about $825 worth of tools and other
items. The break-in was discovered about 24 hours later.
Among the items taken were two electric drills, a
chain saw, a battery charger, two fishing rods, a miter
saw and two side grinders. The cost of damage to the
trailer had not been determined at the time of the report.
In other crime reports:
?More than SI, 400 worth of fishing gear, tools and oth
er items were stolen in a break-in and larceny at a mo
bile home on Russ Street sometime in the past three
weeks. Deputy Cathy Hamilton was told by the owner
that she returned to the trailer Saturday afternoon to find
that someone had taken out a rear window and "pulled
everything out of the drawers." Listed as missing was a
color television, two circular saws, 10 rods and reels, a
vidcocassettc recorder, three eases of cola and a half gal
lon of whiskey. There was an estimated S25 damage.
?A microwave oven and a television were stolen from a
CRIME REPORT
vacation home on Carter Street at Shallotte Point some
time in the past two months. The owner, a Tennessee
man, told Deputy Robert Long that he discovered the
break-in Saturday afternoon. The man said the thief ap
parenUy cred through a side window and went out
through I ic sliding glass door. The suspect also "re
moved a pitcher of ice water," the report said.
?Som. :ie reported the theft of a 15-horsepower John
son outboard motor from a boat at Marsh Harbour
Marina in Calabash. The owner told Deputy J. Davis
that the motor was removed from his boat on the night
of July 10. It was valued at about SI .(XX).
?A man who went Fishing from the N.C. Wildlife boat
ramp on Fish Factory Road Thursday night returned to
find that his 1991 Ford Explorer had been broken into.
Davis reported that the vehicle's side glass had been bro
ken, causing an estimated SHX) damage. Discovered
missing were a pair of binoculars, a brief case, two check
books and assorted papers valued at a lota! of S 185.
?Someone broke three windows out of a 1984 Pontiac
Ficro parked at a home on Antenna Farm Road Thurs
day night. Davis estimated the damage at S400.
?A blow torch was used to cut through the front gate at
the Godwin Concrete plant on Ploof RoaJ, Lcland,
Saturday. Investigating Deputy Mark Snowden reported
that the thief also used the torch to break into a snack
machine in the break room, where an estimated S50 was
missing. A 1980 Ford pickup truck also may have been
stolen. Investigators were waiting for employees to re
turn to work to interview them about possible other
stolen items.
?A television, a vidcocassette recorder and several
pieces of jewelry were stolen from a trailer in the Old
Mill mobile home park Friday. The owner told Deputy
Matt Jcsson that he could find no sign of forced entry.
Besides the TV ami VCR, which were valued at S2(X),
the owner also said the thieves took two wedding bands,
a pair of pearl earrings and a gold nccklacc of undeter
mined value.
?A portable cellular telephone was reported stolen from
the Southport office of the senior resident inspector for
the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission last week
Davis estimated its value at $444.
?Jcsson took a report from a woman who said that two
10-speed boys' bicycles had been stolen from a home on
Old Faycltevillc Road, Lcland. on June 18. One of the
bikes was recovered last week. They were valued at
SI 10 each.
Massachusetts Man Charged With
Assault, Taking Indecent Liberties
Holden Beach Police last week
charged a 29-year-old Massachusetts
man with assault on a female and
taking indecent liberties with a mi
nor after an alleged encounter with
two local teen-age girls.
Chief Robert Cook said police ar
rested Robert W. Bracey Jr. of
Cambridge last Tuesday. He was lat
er released from Brunswick County
Jail after posting 526,000 bond.
Cook said Tuesday evidence in
the case has been turned over to the
State Bureau of Investigation and
more charges may be filed.
"It's according to what they find,
what the charges will be," Cook
said. "Either way he's in trouble."
Cook said patrol officers found
two girls, ages 15 and 16, near the
fool of the Holden Beach Bridge
around 2:10 a.m. last Tuesday. One
of the girls was crying.
The teen-agers told police that
they had met a man at Holden Beach
Fishing Pier earlier that night, got in
his car and went to the house where
he was staying in Vamamtown.
Cook said the girls told authori
ties that the man later brought them
back to Holden Beach and drove
them to the cast end of the island.
The 15-year-old girl said the man
raped her. The 16-year-old told po
lice she fought the man off but her
friend was raped.
Cook said police went to the
DURING THE MONTH "OFJUNE
County Sheriff's Deputies
Seize 1 25 Marijuana Plants
The Brunswick County ShenTs
Department seized 125 marijuana
plants valued at about S200.00 dur
ing the month of June, according to
a monthly officers' activity report
released by Sheriff John Davis.
Deputies and detectives recovered
a total of S23.946 worth of stolen
property and made a total of 64 ar
rests as prosecuting witness last
month. Two arrests made on charges
of drunk and disruptive.
A total of 2,431 calls were an
swered, including 278 domestic
calls, and 578 investigations were
made. Deputies found one door or
window open while on patrol, the
report said.
Deputies served 452 civil papers
and summoned 254 witnesses.
Eleven mental and inebriate papers
were served, along with 396 local
warrants and 82 foreign warrants.
More than 120,109 miles were
logged, including 25 trips out of the
county. The transport van logged
144 miles. The department used
8,563 gallons of gasoline.
Sheriff's personnel spent four off
duty hours in court and 42 on-duty
Hours. Tnere were 46 crime preven
lion meetings.
The jail incarcerated 216 people
during June and released 212. The
average daily count of male and fe
male inmates was 48.
Car Hits Child
At Holden Beach
A 10-year-old girl suffered a bro
ken leg when she was hit by car at
Holden Bcach Sunday while trying
to cross Ocean Boulevard West in
the 1000 block.
Police Chief Robert Cook said the
girl, who was visiting from the
Salisbury area, was coming off a
beach access when she stepped into
the street and into the path of a vehi
cle.
"I think she just kind of glanced
off the car but it did break her leg,"
Cook said. "She stepped out in the
road, said she just wasn't thinking."
She was the second child to be
struck by a vehicle this summer. A
young boy from Ohio was seriously
injured earlier this year when he
walked into the path of a vehicle on
Ocean Boulevard.
house where the man was slaying
and brought him back to the policc
station for questioning. "He denied
everything," the chief said.
Cook said the suspect told police
that he and the two girls went skin
ny-dipping in the ocean. The girls
told authorities that the man tore
their clothes oil.
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