Bull Whips , Ball Cards
Stolen From Fawn
Shop Near Southport
Nine bull whips. 22 hair bows, six
perfume bottles and 20 "ponv feath
ers" were among the items stolen
during a break-in at a pawn shop
near Southport last week, according
to a crime report on file at the
Brunswick County Sheriff's Depart
ment.
The South Carolina man who
owns the business on N.C. 211 told
Deputy Lewis Ward that the thief
apparently broke in by using a hand
saw and a crowbar to cut a hole
through the building's tin roof.
The owner said he discovered the
break-in at about 6 a.m. Friday
morning after being away for four
days.
Also reported missing were 15
cigarette lighters, four boxes of
baseball cards, six packages of "face
wash." two pairs of gloves and a
knife, the report said. Ward estimat
ed the total value of stolen property
at more than S500.
In other crime reports:
? Someone pried open the rear
door of a mobile home on Ann Bo
ney Drive in the Buranneer Hills
subdivision near Holden Beach last
week and stole about $620 worth of
fishing tackle and other items. Dep
uty Jerry Gray reported that the thief
or thieves apparently came in
through the rear door, causing an
estimated Si 00 damage. Missing
were three rods and reels, two tackle
boxes, a radio cassette player, a case
of Dr Pepper and a case of Diet
Coke.
? Three gold rings, a 500-watt
amplifier and a pair of shoes were
reported stolen from an apartment
on Carter Street in Shallotte Sat
urday. The victim, a 19-year-old
woman, told Deputy Joey Adams
that her husband later saw someone
wearing the shoes. The iuiai value of
stolen items was estimated to be
about $534.
? A .25-calibcr auto-loading pis
tol was stolen from a home on Jer
icho Road, off Carolyn Street in
Calabash Friday night. The owner
said the gun was removed from the
dresser beside his bed sometime be
tween 8 and 9:30 p.m.. Deputy R.W.
Long reported. He estimated the
?lin'? uinrth at ahnni C55
? Two circular saws and a hand
held VHF radio were discovered
mi??ing from a shed at a home on
Civietown Roau recently. I"he
homeowner said the saws were tak
en sometime between April 22 and
24. Deputy Lewis Waiu iisied their
value at about $309.
? Another theft was reported
from a home and storage shed off
Civietown Road Thursday morning.
The owner told Ward that the thief
apparently took a chain saw off his
front porch, then went into a shed
behind the house and took a second
chain saw. There was no sign of
forced cniry 10 ine buiiaing and it
appealed thai the suspect knew
where the saws were kept, the report
said. They were valued at about
$400.
? A beer bottle was thrown
through the rear w indow of a station
wagon parked by the side of U.S. 17
near Benton Road Friday night. The
Supply woman who owns the car
said she left her 1986 Nissan Stanza
there at about 6:30 p.m. after having
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a flat tire. When she came back at
about 1 a.m., the window was
smashed. Deputy Brian Sanders
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bottle inside the vehicle. He estimat
ed the damage at about $300.
? Two battery chargers and a
videocassette player valued at a total
of $215 were stolen from a vacation
home at Oceanview Landing in Sea
side Wednesday night. Entry was
gained by breaking out a front win
dow. according to Deputy Randy
Robinson's report.
? A nouse on Kirby Road was
broken into Thursday by someone
who made off with about $115 in
change from dresser drawers in two
bedrooms of the home. Deputy Mal
colm Long reported that thief forced
his way in through a back door,
causing about $100 damage.
? Someone shot out a security
light at a vacation home on Canna
Place in Shell Point Recreational
Village early last week. The 60
year-old retiree who owns the home
told Deputy Ward that there is a man
who "is always carrying a .45-cal
ibcr pistol shooting in the area." He
said that the man was "dangerous
when drinking."
S A man who lives or. ML Misery
Road in Leland told Deputy Michael
Cierpiot that he came home Sunday
afternoon to find that someone had
broken a pipe in his bathroom, caus
ing water to run out onto the floor,
under the trailer and into the yard,
causing about $340 damage. The in
truder also made off with a polo
shirt and a pair of white pants, the
report said.
Variance Denied
At Ocean Isle
Motorists wiii continue pumping
gas under the open air at one Ocean
Isle Beach gas station.
On Tuesday the Occar. Isle Beach
Board of Adjustment denied, on a 4
1 vote, a zoning variance sought by
Milton Williams.
Wiliiams wanted to erect a
canopy over the Party Mart gas
pumps on the Ocean Isle Beach
Causeway. The canopy would have
extended into the state right of way
10'/* feet, said Building Inspector
Druied Roberson.
Commissioner Ken Proctor cast
the minority vote, saying later he
thought Wilhaxu qualified for the
variance on the basis of hardship.
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