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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Masked gunman robs Edenton Shell station
Robbery marks
clerk’s last day
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
A clerk’s last day on the
job began with a gunman
demanding cash minutes
after the store opened at
dawn Saturday
Police are investigating
the 6:11 a.m. armed rob
bery at the Edenton Shell
service station, located at
601 North Broad Street.
Shortly after the station
opened at 6 a.m. a man
entered brandishing a
handgun, wearing a stock
ing-type mask and black
gloves while demanding
cash, according to Edenton
Senator
Ed Jones
succumbs
to cancer
He died Friday at
the age of 62
From staff reports
State Sen. Ed Jones, D
Halifax, died Friday fol
lowing a battle with pan
creatic cancer. He was 62.
Jones represented Chow
‘ ’ an, Perquimans and Gates
counties as part of what
was the 4th Senate Dis
trict prior to redistricting
last year. The new district
Jones won re-election in
last month
no longer
includes
those coun
ties.
'Jones’
daughter,
Alesha
Garrett,
said Fri
day her fat
p.m. at his Halifax County
home.
Jones was remembered
by colleagues Friday as a
dedicated public servant
i and tireless advocate for
rural communities,
y “Everybody liked him,”
j siaid state.Rep. Bill Owens,
D-Pasquotank. “He got
along with everyone. (He
had) just a good attitude.
. That goes a long way. We
lost a good person. I’m real
sorry. He’ll be missed.”
Jones
died at 2:20
Senator Jones was a
| gentle soul devoted to his
| family, church, and com
i munity,” U.S. Rep. G.K.
[ Butterfield, D-N.C., said in
1 a statement. “Ism deeply
saddened *by his passing
i and my sympathies are
With his wife Mary Ann
and the entire Jones fam
ily."
Gov. Bev Perdue called
Jones “an advocate for ed
ucation and a strong voice
for the law enforcement
I community in our state.
“Most of all, he was a
great friend to me and I
will always cherish our
4 friendship,” Perdue added.
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police. Once the lone clerk
handed over the money, the
suspect fled on foot across
North Broad Street toward
First Street, police say.
Robert Cheek, store
manager, confirmed the
account.
“He demanded the clerk
to open the register and
put the money in a paper
bag,” Cheek said.
Cheek was manning the
store alone Saturday after
noon after relieving the fe
male clerk. ,
“She was upset after
the robbery so I sent her
home,” Cheek said.
She had been employed
at the store for about a
year and was working her
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PHOTO BY RITCHIE E. STARNES
Golden LEAPs Pat Cabe, vice president of programming, facilitates a feedback forum at John A. Holmes High School, Thursday night. Stakeholders that have
applied for $2 million in grants from Golden LEAF learned what the non-profit liked and disliked about their proposals.
Golden LEAF hints tourism support
COA might withdraw
its application
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
F
r the Chowan County
stakeholders seeking a pos
sible leg up on Golden LEAF
Fisherman drowns after boat capsizes
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
Authorities have identi
fied the man who drowned
in the Albemarle Sound
Saturday.
William Dale Moore,
55, of Roper drowned af
ter the 12-foot boat he and
two other men were fish
ing from capsized, accord
ing to William Laton, an
officer with the N.C. Wild
life Commission. Names
of the other two men, also
Legal partnership rids criminal record
More than 100 attend
expungement forum
By RITCHIE E. STARNES
Editor
A group of more than 100 men
and women with a criminal record
showed up amid hope they could
SUBMITTED PHOTOS
A surveillance video captures an image of an armed robbery suspect wearing a red and white leather jacket with the No. 72
displayed on the back. The Edenton Shell Station was robbed Saturday at 6:11 a.m.
funding, the non-profit’s leaders
first issued an array of feedback
about the proposed projects.
Judging from Thursday night’s
comments, some proposals ap
pear encouraging while others
seem doomed.
Dan Gerlach, Golden LEAF’S
president, pulled no punches as
he critiqued 17 proposals for a
of Washington County,
were not immediately
available.
An emergency call was
dispatched at 3:23 p.m.
after the men had been
in the water for about an
hour, Laton said.
A group on a pontoon
boat plucked the two sur
vivors from the water
and took them to shore at
which point they called
911, Chowan County Sher
iff Dwayne Goodwin said.
“They happened to be
get their tainted pasts erased.
The N.C. Justice Center and
Legal Aid of North Carolina part
nered to hold an expungement
clinic in Edenton on Monday
afternoon. Four attorneys work
ing pro bono and four law school
students from the University of
North Carolina assisted with the
review of criminal records to see
total request of more than $6.2
million versus the projects’
collective costs of $13.5 million.
Twelve of the projects stem from
economic development and
infrastructure for a total request
of $1.3 million with the other
five related to education and
workforce development at $4.9
million.
in the area and saw the
folks in distress and took
them to the boat ramp,”
Laton said.
Once at the ramp the
survivors alerted author
ities that Moore was still
in the water.
Moore’s body was later
recovered.- He was not
wearing a life vest, Laton
said. It’s not clear if the
other two men were wear
ing a lifejacket. They were
taken to Vidant Chowan
Hospital where they were
treated and released.
Goodwin said there
were reports that the wa
ter had turned rough ear
lier.
Laton stopped short of
describing the conditions
as too rough for a small
boat, at least when emer
gency responders arrived
on the scene.
“It had some chop to it,
but seas were less than
three feet,” Laton said.
Goodwin described the
fishing boat as 12-foot ves
who qualified for expunction.
Held in the gym at the former D.
F. Walker School, the legal ser
vices were being provided at no
charge.
A handful of legal remedies
are available to help individuals
with a criminal record obtain re
lief that otherwise impair their
ability to gain such privileges as
Perhaps College of The Albe
marle received the biggest blow
when Gerlach reported that its
$2.5 million request exceeded the
funding available.
“You can’t blame a girl for ask
ing,” Gerlach said. “This propos
al needs to be shrunk. I need
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sel similar to a Jon boat. It
remained capsized when
officials arrived and was
later towed to shore, La
ton said.
The men were fishing
in a popular spot where
the power lines are locat
ed on the Chowan County
side of the sound.
In addition to the N.C.
Wildlife Commission and
the sheriffs office, Eden
ton police and the U.S.
Coast Guard assisted with
the recovery.
employment, housing, and child
custody
“Today’s event is to empower
you to know your rights,” ex
plained attorney Kari L. Hamel,
Legal Aid. ‘This is the equivalent
of a medical checkup.”
Among the legal tools available
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