INSIDE - • 482-4418 Town to lure boaters to waterfront slips SEE PAGE IB Wednesday, February 3, 2010 Cold-case slayings end with arrests Felton Investigators solve Capehart, Riddick killings By Ritchie E. Starnes Editor Investigators have made arrests in two unrelated Chowan County cold case slayings, according to Sheriff Edenton downtown chief fired, arrested Moore charged with embezzling $15K By Ritchie E. Starnes Editor EDENTON — The for mer director of Edenton’s downtown booster group has been arrested on charg es she embezzled nearly $15,000 from the nonprofit organization. Jennifer Moore, who was fired Thursday as execu tive director of Destination Downtown Edenton, was arrested Sunday on two counts of embezzlement, Edenton police Chief Jay Fortenbery said. One count accuses her of embezzling $10,000 from Destination Downtown Edenton. The other accuses her of em bezzling $5,000 from the group. Moore was re- Moore leased on a $15,000 un secured bond, Fortenbery said. Moore is . believed to have written herself a serjes of unauthorized checks, Fortenbery said. The first series of checks were written in September 2008, three months after Moore was hired, he said. See MOORE on Page 2A CHOWAN HERALD FILE PHOTO Former Edenton-Chow an Board of Education Chairwoman Glorious Elliott says some of the most rewarding times other life have been spent working with children. Dream to teach fuels service (In honor of Black Histo ry Month, the Chowan Her ald will feature an African American in each edition during the month of Febru ary. Those featured include local residents that have made significant contribu tions to their community.) By Rebecca Bunch Siaff Writer Glorious Elliott once dreamed of being a teach er, so it’s not surprising that much of her service to the community has re volved around education. Elliott has worked for j, the past 28 years as an area probation/parole officer, the last seven as chief of the district that includes Chowan and Perquimans counties and, up until last Friday, Gates County as well. But she said she had been pondering a second career once she retires from her present job, and thought education would be a good fit for her. She had served for years ©2009 The Chowan Herald All Rights Reserved as a volunteer with the Book Buddies program at D.F. Walker School and eh joyed the experience. This mentoring opportunity offered her the chance to help various children, one on one, with their reading skills and comprehension. Elliott remained with the program until a few years ago when Walker School relocated to a site next to White Oak School, and the older students began read ing with the younger ones. It was one. of the ipost re warding experiences of her life, she said. And it reinforced her dream of being an educa tor. A graduate of Shaw University in Raleigh, El liott said she completed all the necessary courses. But when it came time to do her student teaching, Elliott said, she began to have misgivings. “The more I thought about it, the more I felt that I was getting a bit too old to run back and forth after a Jjunch of kids,” she said, laughing. “I didn’t want to have to ask them to help me get back up every time I satdown on the floor with them!" Elliott, now^n her late See GLORIOUS on Page 3A Dwayne Goodwin. Goodwin said recent developments have led to the solving of the Sept. 29, 2002 fatal shooting of U.S. Army Sgt. Ronnie Capehart and the Dec. 26,1999 slaying of Norman Lee “Rabbit” Rid dick. The 28-year-old Capehart was" apparently a victim of mistaken iden tity while Riddick, 65, was killed for money, Goodwin said. James Felton, 25, formerly of Eliza beth City is facing murder charges in the Sept. 29, 2002 fatal shooting of Capehart, who was on leave from his Fort Sill, Okla. base and visiting fam ily in Edenton. Capehart was killed at the intersection of Haughton and Poplar Neck roads while driving back to Edenton from Bailer’s Lounge in Washington County. Felton is believed to be the one who riddled Capehart’s car with bullets, fatally wounding the soldier in the head. “We have been conducting inter views since the incident occurred and no one came forward with any in formation that could lead to an arrest See SLAYINGS on Page 2A Snow, ice pelt area STAFF PHOTO BY REBECCA BUNCH/CHOWAN HERALD Ernest Sanders, left, and Mary Lilly smile for the camera as her son Austin pats more snow onto the snowman they’re creat ing outside their Second Street home Sunday afternoon. STAFF PHOTOS BY BLAIR CURRIE Left, below left: The weekend’s wintry mix blankets the wildlife and nature setting at Blair Currie’s yard. Snow and ice cover a duck decoy, backyard pond habitat, and a holly tree. ' *» i , 1 r i * , ''1V'■ *'-aft ,,*-;. >»;.'» .- , V-V > ,._-,r „• ■ - ■ ■■■■': ■; ' '■*"■■ ■ ■ ft] 1 . STAFF PHOTO BY GARY LEE Despite Saturday and Sunday’s loss of commerce due to inclement weather, the snow provided a few worthy images like this wintry white blanket between the Barker House and the Edenton Bay.

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