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Two charged with smuggling contraband
Chief Lane says assistance is needed
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Two more are
behind bars charged with
trying to smuggle illegal con
traband into Bertie Correc
tional Institute (BCO-
In the wake of yet anoth
er arrest on those charges,
Windsor Police Chief Todd
Lane says help is needed to
resolve the issue.
Two days before Christ
mas, Windsor Police Det. Ed
die Hoggard and Officer A.J.
Lanitf# responded to BCl on
Cooler Hill Road after re
ceiving a call about a suspi
cious male subject.
Once on Cooper Hill Road,
Officer Lanier spotted a Toy
ota vehicle leaving the area
of the prison with five occu
pants, including one which
matched the description of
the subject.
Det. Hoggard arrived at the
scene and began interview
ing the occupants individu
ally. A search of the vehicle
also revealed a bag contain
ing cell phones.
“The cell phones had sand
glued to them in an attempt
to conceal the cell phones,”
Chief Lane said. “This is a
common method for con
cealing items thrown onto
the prison property.”
After completing the inter
views, two suspects were ar
rested.
Arelia Cooper, 31, of 212
West Kornegay St. in Dover,
and Jamal Rouse, 30, of West
Vernon Ave. in Kinston were
charged with charged with
attempting to furnish cell
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PREPARE FOR A WINTER WONDERLAND
year
Businesses
grow by
double digits
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - Growth
in business reached
double digits in Bertie
County last year.
Windsor/Bertie Cham
ber of Commerce Execu
tive Director Lewis Hog
gard said it was a good
year for business open
ings and expansions
throughout the county.
“We reached double
digits in business open
ings and expansions
last year,” he said.
“That number does not
include flood-related
renovations and open
ings.”
Among those busi
nesses were two new
operations in Aulander
and the opening of a
pharmacy in Colerain
as part of Colerain Pri
mary Care. In addition,
Windsor saw the open
ing of Duck Thru No. 55
and the reopening of
what is now the Bertie
County Public Library.
Hoggard said he count
ed 10 new businesses in
the county, all of which
are store fronts and not
home businesses which
would make the count
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If the weather forecast remains, Bertie County’s iittie ones wiii have the opportunity to piay in the snow this week.
Snow in tonight’s forecast
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
Confidence is growing
that snow will accumulate
throughout Bertie County.
According to the report is
sued by the National Weather
Service in Wakefield, Va., Ber
tie County is expected to see
snow showers late Wednes
day into Thursday morning,
and could see four to six inch
es of snow.
A coastal low will produce
accumulating snow and gusty
winds from North Carolina
through Maryland.
According to Bertie County
Emergency Management Di
rector Mitch Cooper, snow
will likely begin around 4 p.m.
today (Wednesday, Jan. 3)
with initial accumulations of
less than one inch.
“Snowwill continue Wednes
day night, mainly before 1
a.m. with new accumulations
of three to five inches,” added
Cooper.
Hazards with the storm in
clude snow, hazardous travel
and wind.
Before the storm strikes.
citizens should make sure
homes, offices and vehicles
are stocked with supplies
needed. People should make
sure farm animals and pets
also have the essentials need
ed during a winter storm.
The primary concern at
home or work during a winter
storm is loss of heat, power
and a shortage of supplies if
the storm conditions contin
ue for more than a day.
The following is a recom
mended list of supplies pre-
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charge
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - A Windsor
man was severely beat
en, and ended up being
treated at Vidant Bertie
Hospital on Christmas
Day.
Windsor Police Chief
Todd Lane said his of
ficers were dispatched
to the hospital after a
patient was admitted
with severe facial and
jaw injuries.
Cpl. Jason Thomas
went to the hospital
and attempted to inter
view the victim, but was
unable to communicate
effectively with the vic
tim.
“Cpl. Thomas was
able to determine the
victim was jumped on
Cedar Street near Cher
ry Street by a group of
four or five guys,” Chief
Lane said.
The assault case was
then assigned to Sgt.
Justin Jackson of the
Windsor Police De
partment for further
. investigation: The Sgt.
interviewed the victim,
community members
and witnesses and was
able to determine a sus
pect in the case.
Sgt. Jackson was able
to obtain a warrant for
the suspect - Glenn
Bond Jr. - and Cpl. Frank
Ratzlaff arrested the
subject.
Bond, of 402 Cedar
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Steinburg blasts administrators. Hunter unsure
JON HAWLEY
The Daiiy Advance
State Rep. Bob Steinburg
is blasting North Carolina’s
prison administrators “from
the top down,” citing claims
from correctional officers
that prison managers are al
lowing and concealing dan
gerous conditions, including
In this edition —
threats and violence from
inmates.
In an interview last week,
Steinburg, R-Chowan, said
correctional officers have
reported to him dire condi
tions across many of the
state’s 55 prisons. The cor
rectional officers, speaking
to him, he said, on the condi
tion of anonymity, have also
claimed that administrators
often do nothing about the
problems they report, and
suffer threats to their jobs if
they report those problems
beyond the prison walls.
Steinburg also claimed
prison management often
operates as a “closed circle”
or “secret society,” allowing
managers to foil oversight
and accountability from sys
tem officials. Steinburg made
similar claims in an op-ed he
wrote that was published in
the North State Journal on
Dec. 5.
As Steinburg stated in that
column, he’s calling on the
Joint Legislative Oversight
Committee on Justice and
Public Safety — to which he
was recently appointed as
an advisory member — to
launch an investigation of
the state prison system, in
cluding exercise of subpoe
na power.
Steinburg and other law
makers are focused on the
prison system following a
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