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Williamston man charged in car theft
THADO WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - A Williamston
man is behind bars, charged
in the theft of a vehicle.
Windsor Police Lt. Justin
Jackson said two officers
responded to S&K Logging
on South King Street after
an employee reported his
personal vehicle had been
stolen.
Windsor Cpl. Frank Rat-
zlaff and Officer Jessie Miz-
elle responded to the call,
and were informed by cen
tral dispatch the owner had
found his vehicle at Duck
Thru No. 6 near the intersec
tion of South King Street and
Cooper Hill Road.
Cpl. Ratzlaff reported to
Duck Thru, and found a ve
hicle which matched the one
reported stolen. He went
into the Duck Thru to review
video footage where he saw
a male suspect get out of the
stolen vehicle.
The description of the sus
pect was relayed to Mizelle,
who was searching for him.
While reviewing the foot
age, Cpl. Ratzlaff noticed the
suspect leave the Duck Thru
property and cross South
King St. toward Cooper Hill
Rd. He left the store an(f
headed down Cooper Hill
Road where he saw a subject
matching the description of
the suspect appear to hide
See THEFT, A6
nabs 2
Sheriff
says he is
pleased
THAOD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
POWELLSVILLE - Two
Bertie County men have
been charged by the
Down East Drug Task
Force.
Bertie
County
Sheriff
John Hol
ley said he
was proud
of the work
the task
force is do
ing, includ
ing the two
most recent
arrests.
Glen
Weaver of
N.C. 42 in
Powells-
ville was
April 3 and
with multiple
drug charges. Weaver
faces charges including
See ARREST, A6
Weaver
Dunlow
arrested
charged
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CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Bertie school superintendent Dr. Catherine Edmonds visits Classic Cutz Barber Shop.
School superintendent
tours Bertie County
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - The Bertie County
Schools Superintendent is
traveling the county to listen
to community comments.
Bertie County’s new Super
intendent Dr. Catherine Ed
monds has made two stops
on her community stops on
her “Listening Tour.”
Dr. Edmonds made her first
stop on the tour at Dolly’s
Chat and Chew Cafe in Aul-
and.er at noon Friday, March
23.
“After the first day on tour,
we all thought, ‘how can we
top this?”’ said Dr. Edmonds.
The second stops on the
tour were on Wednesday,
See TOURS, A6
Candidacy
challenge
set Tues.
THADD WHITE
Bertie Ledger-Advance
WINDSOR - The Bertie
County Board of Elec
tions officially was seat
ed Monday.
Shortly thereafter,
the board went to work
electing new officers
and setting a date to
hear a candidate resi
dency challenge.
The board should
have been appointed in
July of last year, but a
lengthy court battle be
tween Democratic Gov.
Roy Cooper and Repub
licans in the state leg
islature led to a delay.
While the matter is still
in court. Gov. Cooper
said late last month he
had decided to appoint
a state elections board,
who in turn appoints
the local board.
The Bertie County Re
publican Party nominat-
See ELECTIDN, A6
Accident blocks U.S. 17 traffic
LESLIE BEACHBOARD
Bertie iedger-Advance
MERRY HILL - An overturned
18-wheeler caused traffic prob
lems when it blocked both lanes
of U.S. 17 last week.
According to Midway-Merry
Hill Volunteer Fire Department
Chief Jodey Sary, a call was re
ceived around 7:15 p.m. regard
ing a vehicle accident on U.S. 17
in front of Quality Gas.
The accident scene was less
than one mile north of the U.S.
In this edition
17/N.C. 45 intersection at Mid
way.
“Upon the arrival of the fire
department units, they saw an
18-wheeler tractor trailer over
turned in the southbound lane
of U.S. 17, blocking traffic in
both lanes,” said Sary.
“The trailer, based out of Flor
ida, contained metal racks used
for transporting a large volume
of plants and flowers. The driver
was Latino and spoke very little
English,” he added.
According to Sary, a Hispanic
family stopped at the scene and
was able to translate.
“Through the translator we
learned that the driver said sun
light at sunset got in his eyes,
temporarily blinding him. He
swerved back onto the roadway,
causing the vehicle to flip on its
side,” he said.
A heavy wrecker was sum
moned to the accident scene to
remove the overturned big rig.
Sary said members of his de-
See ACCIDENT, A6
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/Jodey Sary
An overturned 18-wheeler stopped traffic on U.S. 17 last
week.
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