Man Reports Taxi Driver
Robbed Him At Gunpoint
Investigators arc looking into a
Winnahow man's claim that he was
robbed at gunpoint by a Wilmington
taxi driver on U.S. 17 near Bolivia
early Monday morning, according to
a crime report on file at the
Brunswick County Sheriff's De
partment.
The alleged victim, a 44-year-old
man who lives on Potter Koad. told
Deputy Sgt. Don Stovall that he was
picked up by a Wilmington cab
company vehicle outside the
Stadium Lounge on Carolina Beach
Road at ahout 1:30 a.m.
En route to Winnabow, the man
said he and the driver were "talking
about nothing in particular." when
the conversation began to get heat
ed, Stovall reported. The victim said
the driver drove past Winnabow and
finally stopped to let him out by the
side of the highway about two miles
north of the county landfill.
The man reportedly told Stovall
:hai (he driver "came around the cab
to his side with a pistol in his hand
and told the victim to give him all
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over his wallet, containing about
$230. the man said he walked to a
house on Tucker Road and call mi
911.
The cab driver was described as a
white male in his 30s, with a medi
um build, about 5 feet 10 inches tall,
weighing approximately 190
pounds, with medium-length dark
hair. He was dressed in a dark shirt,
baggy pants and dark shoes, the re
port said.
DcUxiivc Ciiaiiic Miller has been
assigned to investigate the incident.
In other crime reports:
? Deputy Cathy Hamilton took
statements from two Wadesboro
men who said one of them was as
saulted at a gas station early Satur
day morning. One of the men said
he was making a telephone call
when he "heard someone say some
thing" behind him. after which he
turned around and was struck. His
companion said he was behind the
building and came around front to
find the other man laying on the
ground. The victim could nol de
scribe who hit him. the type weapon
used or the name of the gas station.
Both men said they had been drink
ing. An emergency room doctor at
Brunswick Hospital said the victim
suffered a broken nose and cuts over
his left eye.
? Detective Tom Hunter arrested
Earlie Junior Tharp. 45. of Pea
Landing Road Friday on a felony
charge of possessing stolen goods
after Deputy J.C. Gaskins recovered
a 25-horsepower Evinrude outboard
motor at Tharp 's home. The engine,
valued at $2,495, was brand new
when it was stolen from Shallotte
Marine Supplies on Village Point
Road last December The top of the
motor had been changed before it
was recovered, the report said.
? A gray and white Honda CBR
600 motorcycle valued at $4,000
was stolen from outside a home in
the Azalea Mobile Home Park in
Leland early Saturday morning. The
owner told Deputy Michael Cierpiot
that he left the bike parked with the
keys in the ignition at about 3 a.m.
and discovered the bike missing
about five hours later
? More than $2,800 worth of
property was stolen in a break-in
that occurred sometime in the past
month at a home on Center Street in
Evergreen Estates. The Salisbury
woman who owns the home showed
Deputy Rcucuh McDonald where
someone pried open a front window
and ransacked the house, dumping
items out of drawers and closets.
"Other items were packed up as if
the suspects were planning on re
turning," the report said. Listed as
missing were two color televisions,
three shotguns, a gun rack, a stereo
system, a telephone with an answer
ing machine, a computer printer and
a "Dale Earnhardt lamp."
CRIME REPORT
? A 30- horse power Evinnide out
board motor. 12 rods and reels, a
six-gallon gasoiine tank and a tackle
box were stolen from a storage shed
outside a home on Swain Street in
Sunset Harbor sometime in the past
two weeks. The Raleigh man who
owns the residence told Deputy
Jerry Gray that the thieves cut a pad
lock to get inside the shed. The val
ue of stolen items was estimated to
be about S 1 .580.
? Someone stole a water pump
and bladder tank worth about $250
from a vacation trailer on Gold
Finch Place, off Shell Point Road,
sometime in the past six weeks. The
Mount Holly woman who owns the
mobile home told Deputy Lewis
Ward that the thief or thieves also
used a screwdriver or crowbar to get
inside, but left without taking any
thing else. Damage was estimated at
about $200.
? There was about $200 damage,
but nothing reported missing, <mci d
break-in at the Pleasant View
Baptist Church in Sunset Beach re
cently Deputy Keithar. Home's re
port states that a member of the
church discovered a broken window
when he came to prepare for a
church supper Saturday evening.
The deputy reported finding scuff
marks on the window sill, indicating
that someone had entered the build
ing.
? A mobile home on Grouse
Street, Supply, was broken into
sometime in the past month by a
thief or thieves who made off with a
microwave oven, a television set and
an air conditioner worth about $620.
The 78-year-old Morganton man
who owns the trailer told Deputy
Hamilton that he and his wife dis
covered the theft Friday afternoon.
? Someone pried open the back
door of a home on Shell Point Road
and stole a television set and a lawn
mower that the owner had left in the
living room for safe keeping.
Deputy Hamilton investigated the
break-in. which is believed to have
occurred sometime in the past six
months. She estimated the value of
stolen property at $229.
? An electric drill was the only
item missing after a break-in that
caused an estimated $315 damage to
a home on Boonesboro Street, off
Seashore Road, sometime in the past
six weeks. Besides lucking in two
doors, the thief also broke several
windows and cut a gas line and a
water line in the bathroom. Deputy
Lewis Ward reported. The owner
told him the intruder "possibly spent
the night while breaking and enter
ing the residence." the report said.
? There was significant damage,
but nothing reported missing, after a
break-in at the Lions Paw golf
course clubhouse off N.C. 904 Sat
urday night. An employee at the
club told the investigating deputy
that someone broke out the glass in
a door and "possibly" entered the
building. He advised the officer to
talk with a female employee about
her boyfriend "being found in wrong
places at different times at the club
house."
? A 31 -year-old Leland woman
blamed her ex-boyfriend for stealing
a color television and a videocas
sette recorder from the home they
shared on Graham Road, off Village
Ruou, unit! Nov. 1 ioai ycai. A
neighbor told Detective Miller that
the suspect was seen looking into a
window at the home about an hour
before the theft was discovered. The
stolen property was valued at $700.
? The mother of a 16-year-old
West Brunswick High School stu
dent has taken out a juvenile warrant
against another student who alleged
ly stole a compact disc player from
her son's car. One of his classmate's
reported seeing the suspect with the
CD player about IS minutes after it
was discovered missing from under
the seat of a car in the auto mechan
ics shop. Deputy Sheldon Caison es
timated the player's value at $1 IS.
? Deputy Anthony Key took a re
port from a Wilson woman who said
that her cellular telephone antenna
was stolen off her car Friday night.
It was valued at $100. The location
of the incident was not listed on the
report.
? A Hope Mills couple returned
to their mobile home on Sea Oats
Drive after an evening of fishing
Saturday to find that someone had
entered the vacation trailer and re
moved $60 from the wife's purse.
Deputy Timothy McGuinn deter
mined that the window had been
pried open with a screwdriver,
whic'.i was left behind at the scene.
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