September 17, 2014
THE NEWS-JOURNAL
Raeford, N.C
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Obituaries
Missie S. Black
Missie Sanders Black, 87,
of 1201 Fulton Street, formerly
of Red Springs, died Thursday,
September 11, 2014.
She is survived by nieces and
nephews.
The funeral will be held at 1:30
p.m. Wednesday, September 17 in
St. Joseph Learning Center in Red
Springs. Burial will be in St. Joseph
Memorial Gardens in Red Springs.
Amelia A. Moody
Infant Amelia Ann Moody of
Raeford passed away Saturday,
September 6, 2014 in Cape Fear
Valley Medical Center.
She was preceded in death by
her paternal grandfather, Randy
Webb.
Survivors include her parents,
Zachary and Olivia Moody of the
home; her maternal grandmother,
Connie Walling of Fayetteville;
her maternal grandfather, James
D. Howard of Fayetteville; herpa-
ternal grandmother, Lisa Moody
of Fuquay-Varina; her maternal
great-grandparents, Alton and
Mary Helen Howard; her paternal
great-grandparents, Ralph and
Sarah Webb of Fayetteville; her
paternal great-grandmother, Lu
cille Moody of Fuquay-Varina;
and her paternal great-great-
grandmother, Agnes Spaulding
of Fuquay-Varina.
The funeral was held at 1
p.m. Saturday, September 13 in
LaFayette Funeral Home with the
Rev. Dr. Alton Howard officiat
ing. Burial was in Cumberland
Memorial Gardens.
Vester E. Sasser
Vester Edward (Junior) Sasser
Jr. of Raeford, died Sunday, Sep
tember 7, 2014 at Cape Fear Valley
Medical Center at the age of 51.
He was born November 1,
1962 in Columbus County, North
Carolina. He was the owner and
operator of L&S Auto Salvage
in Raeford.
He was preceded in death by
his brother, Jimmy “Cricket” Lee
Sasser.
He is survived by his wife, Bar
bara W. Sasser; adaughter. Crystal
Vester E. Sasser
District Court
Recent cases heard in Hoke
County District Criminal Court:
Sept. 9
Judge Regina M. Joe presiding
•ChiquitaNichole Allen, 24,202
Woodrow Lane, Raeford, exceeding
posted speed, court costs
•JosephAlbertColemanbodden,
24,3561 Dorado Circle, Fayetteville,
improper equipment—speedom
eter, $25 fine and court costs
•AvalandriaN. Epps-Melvin, 38,
316 Whippletree Lane, Fayetteville,
driving while license revoked, prayer
for j udgment, court costs; expired or
no inspection, voluntary dismissal
•T^ieyiaDiannaFoster, 28,4640
McNeil Road, Fayetteville, speeding
69 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone,
$75 fine and court costs
•Jessenia Jasmine Garcia, 20,
1805 O’Bannon Drive, Raeford,
no operator’s license, prayer for
judgment, court costs
•Jake Barry Maynor, 37, 802
N. Fulton St., Raeford, assault on a
female, not guilty
•Audrey Johnson McLean, 53,
4003 Daniel McLeod Road, Red
Springs, speeding 29 miles per
hour in a 20-mph zone, $75 fine
and court costs
•Brandy McLeod, 45, 24601
Gorham Circle, Wagram, improper
equipment—speedometer, $35 fine
and court costs
•TavonTriamaine McPhatter, 20,
1501 Clan Campbell Drive, Raeford,
no operator’s license, 45 days sus
pended, six months unsupervised
probation, $50 fine and court costs
•Marie Powers, 28, 107 Mill
St., McColl, S.C., improper equip
ment—speedometer, $25 fine and
court costs
•Devon Michelle Stewart, 32,
1521 Roberts Ave. West, Im-
mokalee, Fla., improper equip
ment—speedometer, $69 fine and
court costs
•Tina T. Wesley, 29, 707 Filter
Plant Drive, Fayetteville, speeding
54 miles per hour in a 45-mph zone,
$50 fine and court costs
•Rodgerick Duane Weston, 31,
6176 Foxberry Road, Fayetteville,
driving while license revoked, prayer
for judgment, court costs
Sept. I I
Judge William C. Mcllwain
presiding
•Kevin E. Brice, 38,6671 Whis
pering Drive, Rural HaU, improper
equipment—speedometer, $25 fine
and court costs
•Sytara Neshay Buie, 26, 326
Stubbs Road, Raeford, failure to stop
at stop sign or flashing red light, $50
fine and court costs
•Jason B. Bums, 34, 305 Mc-
Fayden Road, Fayetteville, improper
equipment—speedometer, $50 fine
and court costs; no operator’s license,
voluntary dismissal
•Nicholas RoccoFazzio, 23,133
Haywood Drive, Raeford, speeding
64 miles per hour in a 55-mph zone,
$50 fine and court costs
•Willie Lamont Freeman, 41,
360Purvis Court, Raeford, improper
equipment—speedometer, $25 fine
and court costs
•James Earl Harris, 24,1675 Fort
Bragg Road, Southern Pines, driving
while license revoked, $ 100 fine and
court costs
•Alysha Erin Howland, 25,2114
W. 27th St., Erie, Pa., improper
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Red Springs officer arrested for drug trafficking
The North Carolina State
Bureau of Investigation arrested
a Red Springs police officer last
week for allegedly obtaining
drugs by falsely complaining of
pain to multiple doctors.
Officers with the SBI arrested
George “Tommy” Thomas Wright
Jr., 48, of Laurinburg, on Septem
ber 10 on charges of level 1 traf
ficking by possession of opiates,
four counts of level III trafficking
and five counts of obtaining a
controlled substance by fraud.
Wright is employed by the Red
Springs Police Department as a
lieutenant. The department placed
Wright on unpaid administrative
leave in July, when the SBI ar
rested him on similar charges in
Cumberland County. At that time,
Wright was charged with four
counts of obtaining a controlled
substance by fraud, three counts
of level 1 trafficking by posses
sion of an opiate and one count of
level II trafficking by possession
of an opiate.
Wright is accused of alleg
edly visiting multiple doctors and
dentists in Hoke, Cumberland,
Robeson and Scotland counties
complaining of back, neck or
tooth pain to obtain hydrocodone.
Wright was held under a
$25,000 bond.
Jailed man arrested for break-ins
Sasser; and a son, Vester Edward
(Eddie) Sasser III, all of Raeford;
and his father and mother, Ed and
Evelyn Sasser of Clinton.
The funeral was held at 5
p.m. Friday, September 12 at
Crumpler-Honeycutt Funeral
Home in Clinton. Burial was in
the Clinton City Cemetery.
Online condolences may be
made at www.crumplerfuneral-
home.com.
Purcell
Officers
with the Hoke
County Sher
iff’s Office
charged a man
already in cus
tody with fraud
offenses unre
lated to previ
ous alleged crimes.
Investigators charged Sher
man Lee Purcell, 22, of the 100
block of Summerwood Drive
with breaking or entering a mo
tor vehicle, financial card theft,
unauthorized presentment of card
and misdemeanor larceny. He was
held under a $5,000 secured bond.
Authorities with the sheriff’s
office reported that Purcell al
legedly stole a financial card
from a vehicle and used it in
multiple locations in Hoke and
Cumberland counties. Purcell
was served the warrants while
in custody at the Hoke County
Detention Center.
Man arrested in scaffolding theft
equipment—speedometer, $25 fine
and court costs
•Felicia Antoinette Legrand, 33,
120 Jones St., Hamlet, speeding 64
miles per hour in a 55-mph zone,
$25 fine and court costs
•James Vonnie Locklear, 44,
2279 Blue Springs Road, Red
Springs, driving while license re
voked, $100 fine and court costs;
canceled, revoked or suspended
registration card or tag, voluntary
dismissal
•Thaddeus McFayden Jr., 21,
150 Chapel Hill Drive, Raeford,
speeding 64 miles per hour in a
55-mph zone, no operator’s license,
$76 fine and court costs, judgments
consolidated
•Leroy Jermaine McGeachy, 26,
544 Haire Road, Raeford, driving
while impaired. Level 3,60 days in
prison, credit for time served
•Shemetica Lynette McIntosh,
33, 300 Cockman Mill Road, Ra
eford, improper equipment—speed
ometer, $25 fine and court costs
•Melvin Lee Minnick, 35, 188
Golf Course Road, Raeford, speed
ing 44 miles per hour in a 35-mph
zone, $25 fine and court costs
•Shakray Malika Paul, 18,1983
Westcliff Road, Fayetteville, im
proper equipment—speedometer,
$25 fine and court costs
•Jennifer Suzanne Perkins, 34,
2508 Bethpine Lane, Fayetteville,
improper equipment—speedom
eter, $25 fine and court costs
•Evelyn Rodriguez, 32, 795
Algood Ave., Hope Mills, speeding
44 miles per hour in a 35-mph zone,
$50 fine and court costs
•Amy Edwards Scott, 30, 922
McKimmonRoad, Fayetteville, im
proper equipment—speedometer,
$25 fine and court costs; expired
registration card or tag, voluntary
dismissal
•Tarsha Linette Vance, 43, 621
Dashland Drive, Fayetteville, driv
ing while impaired. Level 5,60 days
suspended, 12 months unsupervised
probation, $ 100 fine and court costs,
surrender operator’s license
•Theresa Williams, 28, 405
Seabiscuit Drive, Raeford, driving
while impaired. Level 5, 60 days
suspended, 12 months unsupervised
probation, $ 100 fine and court costs,
surrender operator’s license
•Jackie Wilson, 49,2504Alpine
Road, Bennettsville, S.C., driving
while license revoked, 30 days
suspended, one year unsupervised
probation, $100 fine and court
costs; expired registration card or
tag, voluntary dismissal.
Ailing
Deputies
with the Hoke
County Sher
iff’s Office ar
rested a man
last week for
reportedly steal
ing scaffolding
equipment from a
constmction site.
Authorities charged Jeffery Bur
ton Ailing, 46, of the 2800 block of
Rockfish Road on acharge of larceny
from a construction site. He was held
under a $3,000 secured bond.
Investigators arrested Ailing on
September 11 after Sunbelt Rentals
contacted the sheriff’s office report
ing that a suspect had stolen the
scaffolding equipment. Surveillance
video allegedly showed the crime
in progress.
Ailing was arrested during a
traffic stop. Officials said there is
another ongoing investigation into
suspected additional larcenies con
nected to the suspect.
Man charged with stealing gun
Shaw
Deputies
with the Hoke
County Sher
iff’s Office ar
rested a man
this week for
allegedly steal
ing a gun from
a vehicle.
Officers arrested Paris Quincy
Shaw, 23, of the 100 block of
South Vass Road on a charge of
larceny of a firearm. He was held
under a $1,000 secured bond.
James Hollmond reported to
the sheriff’s office that he gave
a ride to three people, including
Shaw, in a car where he kept a
handgun. Shaw was left alone in
the car at one point and Hollmond
reported that when he returned to
the vehicle, he saw Shaw leaving
the car with the handgun. Hol
lmond reportedly chased Shaw
and then called 911.
Investigators arrested Shaw
September 15. The alleged
incident reportedly happened
February 6 in the vicinity of
Mockingbird Hill Road.
Sheriff Blotter
The Hoke Sheriff’s Office reported
the following recent incidents:
September I
Larceny, 6100 block of Calloway
Road
Larceny, 400block of North Horace
Walters Road
Breaking/entering and larceny, 300
block of Beagle Drive
Assault on a female, 600 block of
Rockfish Road
Assault on a female, 400 block of
Willis Circle
Breaking and entering, larceny, 100
block of Reservation Road
Breaking and entering, larceny,
4500 block of Fayetteville Road
Simple assault, 100 block of Bostic
Road
Breaking and entering, larceny, 100
block of Robin Place
Assault on a female, 3000 block of
Boahn Court
Breaking and entering a motor
vehicle, larceny, 7100 block of Rock
fish Road
Arrests: Johnnie Berry, 200 block
of Tyler Lane, communicating threats,
failure to appear; Diamond Clark, 100
block of Bostic Drive, simple assault
abuse; Aaron Jermell Smith, 100 block
of Paraclete Drive, possession of stolen
goods, obtaining property by false
pretense; Jaelan Rashaud Johnson, 100
block of Paraclete Drive, possession
of stolen goods, obtaining property by
false pretenses
municating threats, injury to personal
property
September 2
Larceny, 300block of Beagle Drive
Larceny of a firearm, 100 block of
Dalmation Drive
Breaking and entering, larceny, 200
block of Lawrence McCollum Road
Breaking and entering of an automo
bile, 100 block of Furlong Lane
Larceny, 500block of Inverary Drive
Breaking and entering, larceny, 100
block of Cross Creek Drive
Assault with a dangerous weapon,
simple assault, child abuse, 100 block
of Manteo Drive
Injury to personal property, 300
block of Beagle Drive
Injury to real property, 100 block
of Calvert Drive
Harassing phone calls, 100 block of
Natchez Drive
Communicating threats, 100 block
of McDougald Drive
Possession of stolen foods, obtain
ing property by false pretense, 100 block
of Paraclete Drive
Arrests: Diala Boyard Jeune, 100
block of Manteo Drive, assault with a
deadly weapon, simple assault, child
September 3
Assault on a female, 700 block of
Cope Road
Breaking and entering a motor
vehicle, larceny, 400 block of Eques
trian Way
Breaking and entering a motor
vehicle, larceny of a firearm, 500 block
of Equestrian Way
Larceny of a firearm, 900 block of
Gold Hill Road
Breaking and entering a motor ve
hicle, larceny, 300block of Porlock Way
Larceny, 100 block of Paraclete
Drive
Injury to personal property, 100
block of Antiocb Mobile Home Park
Breaking and entering of a motor
vehicle, larceny, 600 block of Eques
trian Way
Simple assault, injury to personal
property, 200 block of Blue Road
Assault on a female, 200 block of
Springer Drive
Arrest: Waleid Hamoudi, 700block
of Cope Road in Red Springs, assault
on a female
September 5
Larceny, 4500 block of Fayetteville
Road
Breaking and entering, larceny of a
firearm, 400block of Queenmore Road
Breaking and entering, larceny, 600
block of Chason Road
Injury to real property, 1000 block
of Chason Road
Larceny, 500block ofinverary Drive
First-degree trespassing, 100 block
of Jefferson Drive
Simple assault, assault on a female,
100 block of Club Forge Lane
Arrests: Teena Ferguson Gales,
100 block of Club Forge Lane, simple
assault; Christopher Lee Gales, 100
block of Club Forge Lane, assault
on a female
September 4
Stalking, 100 block of Spangler
Drive
Communicating threats, assault
with a deadly weapon, assault by point-
ingagun, 100 block of Antioch Mobile
Home Park
Larceny, 5200 block of Pittman
Grove Church Road
Simple assault, 100 block of Lucy
Lane
Larceny of canine, 1200 block of
South Parker Church Road
Larceny, 8300block ofRedSprings
Road
Breaking and entering, larceny,
3600 block of Fayetteville Road
Simple assault, communicating
threats, 1100 block of Fairfield Circle
Larceny, 1400 block of Scott Cur
rie Road
Arrest: Carole Walker, 100 block
of Lucy Lane, simple assault, com-
September 6
Simple assault, intersection of
Windlock Drive and South Old Wire
Road
Assault on a female, 400 block of
Noble Drive
Assault on a female, injury, 100
block of Watersplash Drive
Simple assault, 500 block of Ranch
Road
Assault on a female, 400 block of
Oakdale Gin Road
Assault on a female, 100 block of
Joseph Drive
Assault on a female, 4000 block of
Fayetteville Road
Breaking and entering, 2600 block
of Oglesby Drive
Simple assault, 4500 block of Fay
etteville Road
Second-degree trespassing, 4600
block of Fayetteville Road
Possession of stolen property, 100
block of Paraclete Drive
September 7
Possession of stolen goods, 100
block of Paraclete Drive
Assault on a female, simple assault,
100 block of Shady Lane
Injury to personal property, injury
to real property, 6200 block of Turn
pike Road
Breaking and entering, larceny,
6000 block of Philippi Church Road
Larceny, 100 block of Sunflower
Street
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