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Trees, Shrubs Stolen From Hickman Road Nursery More than $300 worth of orna mental trees and shrubs were stolen from a nursery on Hickman Road Thursday night (Oct. 21). according to a crime report on file at the Brunswick County Sheriff's Depart ment Monday. The nursery owner told Deputy Sergeant Don Stovall that the plants were in an "unsecured" area of the nursery when he left the business at about 5:30 p.m. Thursday. When he returned the next morn ing. the owner told Stovall that 13 plants were missing, including three Hollywood junipers, three privets, two dwarf yaupons. a weeping cher ry tree, a European Palm, a river birch, a rose of sharon and a tea olive. The owner said that as he was leaving for the day. he saw a white vehicle with South Carolina dealer tags parked in the area. I he subject in the vehicle was talking on a cellular phone." the re port said. In other crime reports on file at the sheriff's office Monday: ?A ( alabash couple had their son arrested tor stealing a washing ma chine. a clothes dryer and a console television from his grandmother | Saturday afternoon. Two weeks ear lier. (he parents said they left notes | on the doors "forbidding their son | from entering the residence of his | grandmother." according to Detec i live Steve Mason's report. Saturday they found him there and noticed the appliances missing. I'hey called the I' sheriff's department and Deputy Phil Bryant placed their son under arrest. He estimated the value of stolen property at $550 and the dam age to the house at $250. ?More than S 1.2(H) worth of fish ing tackle, marine electronics and tools were stolen from a storage building and boat on Darby Street in Sunset Harbor last week. The home owner told Deputy Cathy Hamilton that someone forced the lock off the building and stole a chain saw and gill net. then removed a CB radio, a depth tinder, a VHF marine radio, trawling gear and a tackle box from a boat parked at the home. Detec tives have arrested a Holden Beach man and two juveniles believed to be involved in more than 30 such thefts in Sunset Harbor. (See related story.) ?A color TV, a videocassette re corder and a microwave oven were among the items stolen in a break-in and larceny at a mobile home on Northwind Drive in the Ocean Aire Estates sometime in the past three weeks. Bryant reported that the thief apparently "received cuts" when he or she broke out a window and crawled into the master bedroom, then "went through the house drip ping blood and taking the items list ed." A total of $850 worth of prop erty was taken. ?Someone broke into a home on Odell Street in Seaside and stole a color television sometime in the past month, according to a report filed by Deputy Joey Adams. It appears the thief attempted to pry open a rear door and failed, then pried open a front door and entered the home. The TV was valued at about $250. Damage was estimated at $300. ?A man who lives on Phillips Drive, off Etheridge Road, Long wood, left his storage building un locked Thursday evening and re turned Sunday afternoon to find that more than $500 worth of power tools had been stolen. The victim told Adams that two drills, a chain saw and a circular saw were taken in the break-in. ?Five rods and reels and a tackle box were stolen from a home on Ocean View Avenue, Supply, some time in the past three weeks. Deputy J. Davis reported. Entry was gained by prying open a back door, causing an estimated $100 damage. The val ue of stolen property was set at $300. ?There was about $50 damage done to a vacation residence on Hat teras Avenue, Holden Beach, some time in the past two weeks. The Gastonia man who owns the home discovered the break-in Friday morning after finding the back door open. "Upon entering the residence, suspect went through the residence but did not commit a larceny." Davis reported. ?Detectives expect to arrest an If anyone has the need, we have the time to teach you to read. 754-READ Holden Beach Voters ELECT Dwight Carroll CRIME REPORT employee of a Soulhport grocery store on embezzlement charges after it was discovered that the 20-year old was recording fake coupon re demptions and taking the money out of the cash register. The store man ager told Hamilton that he became suspicious after a customer brought him a receipt showing an unusual transaction. After finding several similar receipts, the manager discov ered "a Kit of coupon redemptions on the register and no coupons in the drawer." It was estimated that about SI. 500 had been stolen over a four week period. HSonieone pried open the back door to a welding supply business tin Ploof Road near Iceland Thurs day night and stole a cash box con taining an undetermined amount of cash and checks. Investigating Dep uty Mark Snowden found the office "ransacked" and a a sheet of ply wood ripped off a broken window in an adjacent room. There was no damage estimate on the report. ?A 1986 Chevrolet Camaro was stolen from the front yard of a home on I .an vale Road. Leland. Saturday afternoon. The owner told Deputy C.W. Walls that she recently moved out of a rental unit and drove to her friend's house with her clothing and personal items in the car. After stay ing about an hour, she went outside to get her belongings and found the car gone. She said she left her keys inside the car. which was valued ?>' about $2,500. ?Walls investigated the theft of another vehicle in Leland early Sun day morning. A 32-year-old man said he was at a party on Mt. Misery Road playing music and fell asleep on the couch at about I 30. When he woke up at about 4 a.m., his 1981 Plymouth Champ and his six-string acoustic guitar were gone. Together they were valued at about SI. 5(H). ?A show saddle valued at $750 was stolen from an employee's car at a trucking company in Sandy Creek early last week. The woman who owns the saddle told Deputy Mark Snowden that she left the sad dle in the trunk on the I Nth and dis covered it missing on the 21st. ?Someone broke a window and entered a mobile home on I'lagship Avenue. Southport. and stole a portable television valued at $27') last week. The Fayetteville woman who owns the trailer said she was notified of the break-in by Deputy Matt Jesson and returned Saturday morning to find the TV gone. There was about $75 damage. ?fl lie owner of another mobile home on Flagship Avenue told Hamilton that someone broke out one of her bedroom windows some time in the past three weeks. Hamil ton's report said it appeared that someone threw a rock through the glass and crawled inside, hut noth ing was reported missing. Damage was estimated at $50. ?A Southport woman reported the theft of her maroon IW) l ord Thunderbird from in front of a home on Huron Lane, off Dan ford Road. Bolivia. Saturday night. Jesson esti mated its value at $7,400. STAFF PHOTO BY ERIC CARLSON Honored For Service Eulis W illis (left), former member of the Brunswick County Hoard of Social Senices, holds the commemorative plaque presented to him by Chairman I'ercv Woodard at the hoard's regular meeting Monday night. member from 1991) to 1993, W illis said he was honored by the gift. 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