Woman Says She Was Raped
By Sister's Husband In Ash
Detectives are investigating an al
leged second-degree rape and addi
tional sexual offenses reported by an
18-year-old Clarkton woman who
said her sister's husband forced him
self on her at a mobile home on
Ash-Little River Road early Fri.
morning.
According to a crimc report on
file at the Brunswick County Sher
iff's Department Monday, the wo
man told Detective Charlie Miller
that she had been visiting her sister
and was asleep on the couch when
the sister's 26-year-old husband
awakened her at about 2 a.m.
The man allegedly held the victim
down and fondled her, then removed
her pants and forced her to have sex
and perform other acts with him, the
report said. After about 20 minutes,
he stopped, then repeated the as
sault. He later returned and sexually
assaulted her a third time, the report
stated.
The victim told Detective Miller
that her sister was in the back room
during the incident. She said she
was "too scared to scream, so she
laid there and cried," the report said.
No charges had been filed in the
case Monday morning. Detective
Nancy Simpson, who handles most
of the department's sex crimes cas
es, said she was scheduled to inter
view the victim Monday afternoon.
In other crime reports:
? About S 1,700 worth of camera
equipment was stolen in a first-tfe
gree burglary in the Pine Burr Acres
subdivision near Sunset Beach
Thursday night. The victim, a self
employed photographer, told Deputy
Kcithan Home that she arrived
home from Winston-Salem at about
7 p.m. "feeling sick." She took a
cold pill and went to bed, the report
said. When she awoke, she found
the front door ajar, the door jamb
broken and her camera bag missing.
Inside was a 35mm camera, two
zoom lenses and two rolls of film.
The thief also took $6 in change and
a Coors Light beer.
CRSME REPORT
? A man who lives on Sunset
Harbor Road identified his son as
the likely suspect in the theft of
more than $4,347 worth of property
from his home last week. He told
Deputy Lewis Ward that his son has
a drug habit and "will steal for
crack," the report said. The son fre
quently exchanges stolen appliances
for drugs, the man said. Missing
from his home was a video cam
corder, an amplifier, a portable color
television, a 100-ounce bar of silver,
$30 cash, two chain saws, a recipro
cating saw, a battery charger, a
router and an air compressor.
? The son of a Burgaw man re
portedly had his father's car stolen
while visiting friends in Cedar
Grove early Thursday morning. The
owner told Deputy Michael Cierpiot
that his son was at a home on Cedar
Grove Road when he went outside
to leave and found the 1991 Honda
Civic missing. It was valued at
$8,000.
? Someone broke into a home on
Number 5 Schoolhouse Road in Ash
and stole two microwave ovens and
a broiler oven last week. Before
leaving, the thief also made off with
four tires and rims from a 1980
Chevrolet Monte Carlo parked out
side. Deputy Richard Long estimat
ed the vaiue of siuien piupcily .ii
about $ 1 ,000.
? A .22-caliber rifle, a .410 shot
gun, a bow and arrow and a video
cassette recorder valued at about
$569 were found missing after a
Thursday night break-in at a resi
dence on U.S. 1 7 south of Shallotte.
The 51 -year-old man who lives
there told Deputy Sgt. Charles Wil
son that someone removed the
screen from his kitchen window,
climbed in and went through the
drawers and closets. The thief also
stole three payroll checks and later
cashed one at a Shallotte bank. A
suspect was identified and an arrest
is expected.
? Twenty-five nandina plants
were stolen from the Calabash Pres
byterian Church in one of four larce
nies reported on Georgetown Road
last week. An employee of the
church told Deputy W.C. Dunn that
?h<- plants were worth about $650.
? An elderly Charlotte woman's
home on Georgetown Road was bro
ken into sometime in the past three
weeks. The victim told Deputy
Home that she came down for the
weekend Friday afternoon and
found two televisions and a mi
crowave oven missing. They were
valued at $540.
? A color television, a videocas
sette recorder and a cable TV box
were stolen from a home on George
town Road sometime in the past
three weeks. The Dunn man who
owns the home told Deputy Home
that he arrived for the weekend
Thursday afternoon and discovered
that someone had pried open his
back door. The stolen items were es
timated to be worth about $410.
? Sometime in the past two
weeks, a color television and a mi
crowave oven valued at about $33K
were, stolen from a home on George
own Road near its intersection with
N.C. 904. Deputy Ward took the re
port from a 48-year-old Bcnnctts
ville, S.C., man who said he re
turned to the residence Sunday and
found the back door pried open,
causing an estimated $150 damage.
? About $6X0 worth of car stereo
equipment was stolen from a vehicle
parked on Inland Drive near Ocean
Isle Beach Saturday night. The vic
tim's mother told Deputy Ward that
her son had heard a rumor that two
former friends were planning to
steal his speakers and amplifier and
sell them. He found the trunk pried
open and the items missing from the
19X4 Chevrolet Cavalier Sunday
morning.
? At another home on Inland
Drive, a man told Deputy Joey
Adams that someone pried the hasp
off his storage shed and stole a go
kart sometime last week. The vehi
cle was valued at $4(K).
? Deputy Cicrpiot responded to a
reported break- in on River Road in
Winnabow and found that the home
owner was "detaining a suspect"
Friday afternoon. The man admitted
breaking into the home and taking
the victim's videocassette recorder,
which was found in the suspect's
possession, the report said. Damage
was estimated to be about $50.
? A color television and a video
cassette recorder were stolen from a
home on Cajah Drive, off Seashore
Road near llolden Beach sometime
in the past three weeks. The Rock
ingham man who owns the home
told Deputy Ward that he arrived
early Saturday afternoon and found
that someone had used a screwdriver
to pry open the back door The
stolen items were valued at $5iK?.
? There was an estimated SI. INN)
damage reported to a 1995 pickup
truck on display at (Xx*an City
Chevrolet on U.S. 17 outside Shal
lotte recently. Deputy Randy Robin
son said it appeared to have been hit
by another vehicle.
? Two firearms were stolen from
a mobile home on Hickman Road
last week. The owner told Deputy
Home that he had been away work
ing for a couple days He said that
when he returned to his mobile
home Friday, he nmirrd a 1 2-eauec
shotgun and a ,22-caliber autoload
ing rifle missing from his gun case.
They were valued at $650. There
was no sign of forced entry to the
trailer.
? Deputy Adams took a report
from a woman living on Copas
Road. Shallottc. who said her son
admitted stealing a $640 set of golf
clubs and pawning them recently.
She said he also removed a check
from her pockctbook.
? A portable stereo system and a
videocassette recorder were stolen
from a home on McMilly Road near
Shallotte last week. Deputy Home
reported thai the victim came home
and found the back door unlocked
and a side window shattered. The
screen had been pushed inward, but
all the broken glass was on the out
side. Home noted. He valued the
stolen items at $380.
? Bolt cutters apparently were
used to remove the tock from a stor
age shed outside a vacation trailer
on Cambridge Street in Sunset Har
bor recently The retiree who owns
the home told Deputy Ward that he
left it secure a month ago and dis
covered the theft last week. Missing
was a 4 horsepower outboard motor
valued at $450.
? Someone pried open the door
of a building at a marl pit on Todd
Road and made off with a blank
check and a mono bag containing
S4() in change last week. A worker
told Deputy Home that he discov
crcJ the break sn morn
ing.
? A pickup truck involved in a hit
and-run accident in I eland was later
reported stolen by the owner, who
lives in the Ouail Hollow subdivision
off Nit. Misery Road. 11k- man said
the truck was taken Saturday night
after he left it parked unlocked with
the keys in the ignition. The 1994
Nissan, valued at $11,000 was im
pounded by Iceland Policc, who arc
investigation the accident.
? More than $5,300 worth of
electronics, tools and other items
were reported stolen from a mobile
home on Walker Street, off Mt.
Misery Road in Iceland sometime in
the past two weeks. A woman who
lives there told Deputy Michael
Smith that someone forced their way
in through the front door and stole
two televisions, a vidcocasscttc
recorder, a microwave oven, three
tool boxes, a grinder, a compact disc
player.a radio, a fishing pole and a
kerosene heater.
? About $3,700 worth of tools
were stolen from three buildings at
the Godwin Concrete plant on Ploof
Road in Leland last Wednesday
night. Deputy Mark Snowden re
ported that he received a call from
Dctective Capt. Phil Perry saying
that one of the company's trucks had
been abandoned on Chapel Loop
Road. Snowden spoke with compa
ny employees who found that the
plant's front gate had been driven
through, causing an estimated $300
damage. There was about $2,000
damage to the IWX Ford pickup
truck. Two boxes of tools were
missing from the truck.
? A deer hunter discovered a safe
in the woods near Bluebanks Road
Friday morning. Deputy Snowden
examined the contents and found
"various insurance documents"
bearing several different names.
Detectivc Capt. Perry said the safe is
believed to be one that was stolen
during a recent break-in.
? The owner of a handcrafted
mailbox on Village Point Road,
Shallotte, reported that someone de
stroyed it Tuesday night. Deputy
Home estimated the value of box,
post and sign at approximately $250.
? Someone ran over a mailbox in
the Sherrow Estates subdivision, off
U.S. 17 last week. Deputy Ward es
timated the damage at $125.
? A six-pack of beer was the only
item reported missing after a break
in at the home of a 25-year-old Win
nabow woman's home Friday. She
told Deputy Cierpiot that she re
turned to her home on I word's
Branch Road and discovered the
theft at about 5:30 p m She also
found that "an amount of dirt with
fire ants was dumped on her bed,"
Cierpiot reported.
MFC Member Hopeful Menhaden Dispute Can Be Settled
BY DOUG RUTTER
Brunswick County beach towns
and the commercial fishing industry
seem light years apart over a pro
posed agreement designed to allow
tourism and menhaden fishing to co
exist.
But the N.C. Marine Fisheries
Commission member who chairs the
committee that is working on the
agreement remains hopeful the war
ring groups can reach a compromise
that everyone can accept.
When the commission meets
Friday in Smithfield, board member
Jodie Gay will report that progress
has been made in settling the dispute
between six beach towns and the
thiee menhaden companies that
work off Brunswick County.
"I'm still optimistic we can get
some type of compromise in place
down there that everyone can work
with," Gay said Tuesday. "Hope
fully we can let the parties involved
work it out."
Concerned about fish spills and
their impact on summer tourism, of
ficials at Sunset Beach, Ocean Isle
Beach, Kolden Beach, Long Beach,
Yaupon Beach and Caswell Beach
last summer asked the state commis
sion to regulate menhaden fishing
along the Brunswick County coast.
Town officials requested that
menhaden fishing boats be required
to stay at least I 'A miles offshore
May 1 through Sept. 30 and at least
one-half mile offshore Oct. 1
through Dec. 31.
The Marine Fisheries Commis
sion did not vote for or against the
measure. Instead, it established a
committee in hopes the two sides
could settle their differences without
state intervention.
The towns and fishing companies
have worked up an agreement that
would require the Fishermen to noti
fy the towns when they'll be work
ing locally and also require them to
reimburse the towns for cleanup
costs following menhaden Fish
spills.
Both sides have generally agreed
to those terms, but the latest propos
al from the towns to require that
pogy boats stay at least one mile off
shore year-round has for the mo
ment pulled the plug on any hopes
of an agreement.
Jerry Schill, executive director of
the N.C. Fisheries Association, said
Tuesday he will not recommend that
the three menhaden companies sign
the document.
"I am not going to recommend to
the menhaden companies to waste
their time and money to come to a
meeting to sign this. They can't live
with this," Schill said.
Since the two groups first started
meeting three months ago, men
haden company officials have said
they are willing to cooperate with
the towns but cannot give up their
Fishing grounds. More than two
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"I thought we had everything in
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Gay said he hopes to set up a
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the bcach towns and menhaden
company officials.
If the six limns and three compa
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Schill said he doesn't think the
Marine Fisheries Commission
would place special restrictions on
the fishing boats.
"I leel very strongly the commis
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any permanent rule requested by the
towns in their earlier proclamation,"
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commission is. 'You guys work this
out."
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