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Man linked to alleged shootings, home invasion
Banquet pays tribute
The Henry Over
ton Football Banquet
honored the past, paid
homage to the present
and served as a pep rally
for the future. — 1B
Death penalty sought
Craig Wissink is of
ficially facing the death
penalty. Last week,
Judge Quentin T. Sum
ner ruled there were
aggravating factors
in the homicide case
against Wissink, who
is charged with the
murder of Sgt. Meggan
Callahan. — 2A
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
An Edenton man, who
was charged with attempted
homicide, is being held on
more than a $3 million dol
lar bond in Chowan County
Jail.
Chowan County Sheriffs
Office arrested Dremale K.
Vanterpool, 19, on Dec. 21
at his residence located at
2125 John Hill Lane.
Deputy/lead investigator
John McArthur said when
Vanterpool was ar
rested, an investiga
tion linked him to
an alleged shooting
and home invasion
Dec. 7 in Chowan
County. He was
charged two counts
of attempted first
degree murder, two
VANTERPOOL
counts of felony conspiracy,
first degree burglary, pos
session of burglary tools
and fleeing to elude arrest.
Later after further investi
gation into another reported
shooting,Vanterpool
was charged with at
tempted first degree
murder, assault with
a deadly weapon
and discharge of a
weapon into an oc
cupied velucle from
incident stemming
from an alleged
shooting at Lynnhaven mo
bile home park on Dec. 4.
Two 17-year-old teenag
ers, who were linked to the
alleged shooting and home
invasion Dec. 7, were also
charged with attempted
first degree murder, felony
conspiracy and first degree
burglary when they were
arrested Dec. 7. Both teens
are being held in Chowan
County Jail one with $1,550
million bond and the other
with $750,000.
Sheriff Dwayne Goodwin
praised witnesses who have
come forward with informa
tion about these incidents.
“We are proud of the com
munity for being willing to
come forward with informa ¬
tion to assist law enforce
ment and making Chowan
county a safer place,” he
said.
When Vanterpool was ar
rested at his residence on
John Hill Lane, McArthur
said, a man and woman
who were living with him,
were also arrested on un
related charges. Moments
before deputies were about
to arrest Vanterpool, they
saw Vanterpool’s mother,
See SHOOTINGS, 2A
Pets of the Week
Check out some of
the pets the Tii-County
Animal Shelter offers
that would love to
start the new year in
a home of their very
own. —6A
Missing skull found
A resident in New
Hope discovered a
human skull Saturday
on the shore near Web
Street, Perquimans
County Sheriff Shelby
White said Tuesday.
— 2A
PHOTOS BY KIM ULLOM
After every Aces football game, Aces’ Coach Paul Hoggard talks about what’s important while instilling life lessons
that players can carry forward long after graduation.
Hoggard named Football Coach of Year
Swimmers get titles
Like Olympian
Michael Phelps surging
past his rivals, the Aces
made their mark on the
competition and scored
conference success,
including coach of the
year and conference
titles.— 1B
Artist has no peer
Bertie County artist
Pearless Speller will be
the featured artist for
the month of February
at the Chowan Arts
Council Gallery in
downtown Edenton.
A reception to kick off
the exhibit will be held
Feb. 8 at 6 p.m. — 4B
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
John A. Holmes coach
Paul Hoggard has been
named North Carolina
Football Coach of the Year.
The Holmes teacher and
head coach was nominated
by the North Carolina High
School Athletic Associa
tion as being the “most de
serving recipient of this
award.”
A crowd gathered re
cently for the Henry Over-
ton Football Banquet
cheered loudly when Eden
ton-Chowan Schools Su
perintendent Rob Jackson
announced Hoggard had
won the award.
During the last two foot
ball seasons, Hoggard led
the Aces to a 25-5 record,
the greatest two-year win
total in Aces history. The
two-year stint includes
back-to-back appearances
in the regional finals and
a finish as runner-up in the
state championship game
in 2016. The NCHSAA will
hold an official ceremony
in May to honor Hoggard.
“This group — juniors
and seniors — has had
John A. Holmes High School Coach Paul Hoggard was
recently named as North Carolina Football Coach of the
Year at the Henry Overton Football Banquet in Edenton.
The NC High School Athletic Association will have an
official ceremony in May to honor Hoggard.
tremendous success,”
Hoggard said at the ban
quet. “Dr. Jackson did that
‘coach of the year’ thing —
I appreciate that — but you
all who have been around
me for awhile know that is
not me.”
With trademark humility,
Hoggard gave credit to the
people who make the Aces
a top-tier football team.
“The reason for success
has nothing to do with me,
it’s because of all the people
in this room — the players,
coaching staff, our com
munity; it’s all those things
that make it successful,” he
said. “It has been an amaz
ing run — 25 and 5 over the
last couple of years. Our se
niors are leaving with that
record. There have been so
many records broken.”
Before Hoggard came to
Holmes, he was racking up
more than a few victories
for Richmond Senior High
School. During Hoggard’s
eight-season tenure as
head coach with the Raid
ers, he compiled an 88-19-
1 record. Hoggard also led
Richmond to its seventh
state championship in 2008
when the Raiders rallied to
defeat Jack Britt 38-35.
In March 2015, Hoggard
gave up the pine needles
in Rockingham to move to
Chowan County. Jackson
told the story of how he
See HOGGARD, 6A
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BY REBECCA BUNCH
Staff Writer
A tough day was ahead
that Chowan County Depu
ty Sheriff Edward “Scooter”
Basnight knew was coming
for a while but that knowl
edge, when it arrived, didn’t
make it any easier. That day
(Jan. 22), Rico, his former
K9 partner at the sheriff’s
office for 10 years, died at
the age of 13. Once Rico’s
law enforcement days were
behind him, Basnight re
quested, and was granted,
the opportunity to keep the
canine at his family’s home
where he had spent the final
three years of his life.
The deputy made the
depth of their relationship
clear when he shared the
news with the community.
“He was truly a great
partner, friend and protec
tor,” Basnight said. “He was
as gentle as a Lamb with
children and the elderly but
once the leather went on
he was as fierce as a lion.
There will never be another
like Rico, a partner I loved
See FRIEND, 6A
Harrell
docks
in God’s
marina
BY MILES LAYTON
Editor
Joseph Scott Harrell,
Sr., a local businessman
who left a legacy of boat
build
ing and
a marina
died last
week.
Harrell
passed
away Jan.
23 — he
was 90
HARRELL
years old. See the obitu
ary page A3 and related
remarks on page B4.
By all indications from
folks passing by Edenton
Baptist Church on Satur
day morning, a big crowd
attended the memorial ser
vice with Reverend David
Brooks officiating.
In 1951, Harrell found
ed Edenton Tractor and
Implement, the beginning
of a lifelong love affair
with tractors. In the early
1950’s, he began carving
out Edenton Marina from
a run of Pembroke Creek.
In 1978, Scott founded
Albemarle Boats, and a
legacy of fine offshore
fishing boats lives on.
Mayor Roland Vaughan
described Harrell as
the “grandfather” of the
boat building industry in
Chowan County.
“All those plants trace
See HARRELL, 2A
EDITOR’S
NOTE
Due to a lot of late break
ing news in this edition, an
article about state Senator
Erica Smith, D-Northamp-
ton talking about the Equal
Rights Amendment, will not
appear this week, but in
the Feb. 7 edition. Thanks
for your patience.
SUBMITTED
PHOTO
Chowan
County
Deputy
Sheriff
Edward
“Scooter”
Basnight
mourns the
passing of
Rico, his K9
partner at
the sheriff’s
office for
10 years.
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