Man Gets 9-Year Active Term
On Forgery, Uttering Counts
An South port area man received
a split prison sentence ? nine years
active and nine years suspended ?
last week in Brunswick County Su
perior Court, after he pleaded guilty
to 128 counts of forgery and utter
ing, according to the clerk of court's
office.
Andrew Scott Hodge, 25, of
Long Beach, entered the guilty
oleas last Wednesday to 64 forgery
charges and 64 uttering charges, and
was sentenced the following day by
Judge Giles R. Clark, according to
the Brunswick County Clerk of
Court's officc.
The judge sentenced Hodge to a
nine-year active prison term on 35
forgery counts and 35 uttering
counts. On the remaining charges,
Hodge was sentenced to a consecu
tive nine-year suspended prison
term, with five years of supervised
probation.
Also, the defendant was ordered
to pay $8,370 in restitution and re
port for a menial health evaluation
within 48 hours of his release from
prison. Hodge told the court last
Wednesday thai he had committed
the offenses in order to support co
caine and alcohol use.
Court records indicated that
Hodire. was indicted last October
and December by a Brunswick
County grand jury, in connection
with forgery and uttering incidents
that occurred last September and
October. He initially was arrested
on forgery and uttering charges Oct.
12, 1989, by Long Beach Police.
Hodge admitted writing 64
checks to himself on the personal
checking account of his grandfather,
Boyd D. Phillips, of Long Beach.
Checks ranged in value from $40 to
$360.
Also during the Jan. 29 term of
Brunswick County Superior Court,
Judge Clark heard the following
cases:
?Timmy Ray Clark, guilty pleas,
larceny, false imprisonment and
seven counts of breaking, entering
and larceny, nine-year active prison
term.
?Robert Adam Corheti. guilty
plea, obtaining drugs by fraud,
three- year active prison term.
?Gary Harris, guilty pleas, two
counts of breaking and entering a
motor vehicle, four-year suspended
prison term, three years of super
vised probation, S250 fine, court
cost, restitution, attorney fees, 40
hours of community service, obtain
GED or high school diploma.
?James Raymond Jones, not
guilty plea, false imprisonment,
found guilty; guilty picas, six
counts of breaking, entering and
larceny, five-year active prison
term.
?Richie Dale Locklcar, guilty
pleas, larceny, false imprisonment
and seven counts of breaking, enter
ing and larceny, six-year active
prison term.
?Terry Naron, guilty pleas, unau
thorized use of a ronvpvpnrp and
injury to personal property, two
year suspended prison term, two
years of supervised probation, $200
fine, court cost, restitution, 40 hours
of community service.
?Laurie Nemcthvargo, guilty
plea, possession of stolen property,
three-year suspended prison term,
three years of supervised probation,
$200 fine, court cost, restitution, at
torney fees, obtain GED or high
school diploma.
?Ricky Oxcndine, guilty pleas,
larceny, false imprisonment and
seven counts of breaking, entering
and larceny, nine-year active prison
term.
?Alan Tracey Slater, guilty plea,
obtaining drugs by fraud, two-year
active prison term.
?Lois Faye Smith, guilty plea,
simple possession of marijuana,
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three years of supervised probation,
$200 fine, court cost, restitution, 40
hours of community service.
?Kenneth Paul Webb, guilty
pleas, four counts of taking indecent
liberties with a minor, nine-year ac
tive prison term, three-year sus
pended prison term, four years of
supervised probation, attorney fees.
?Terrell Scott Penley, probation
violation, motion allowed to invoke
suspended sentence, three-year a c
tive prison term.
?James Eric Hughes, guilty plea,
driving while license revoked, pray
er for judgment continued until June
11
?Kevin Andrew Kokes, probation
violation, continue probation, 10
day active jail term.
?Colston Miles Woodard, guilty
pleas, driving while impaired (level
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nently revoked, 18-month active
prison term.
?Robert Christopher Kokes, pro
bation violation, continue probation.
?Terri B. Phelps, probation viola
tion, extend probation six months,
$100 fine, attorney fees.
?Jerome Smith, probation viola
tion, complete GED or obtain high
school diploma, 40 hours of com
munity service, 10-day active jail
term, attorney fees.
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Shallotte employee Jimmy Herrin, foreground, removes dirt from around a fire hydrant installed
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Northern Brunswick Towns
Banding Together For Ciout
BY SIJSAN USHER
Town mayors in northern Bruns
wick Couniy aic joining wim uiC
Lcland Sanitary District to pool ef
forts and resources to benefit their
entire area, starting with economic
development.
"We think this is something good
for the northern end of the county,"
said Kenneth Messer, acting chair
man of the informal group. "There
are things we may be able to ac
complish together that we couldn't
do on our own."
The mayors say they hope a unit
ed front will give them more muscle
and make county commissioners
more responsive to requests for ser
vice.
Not all residents of the area live
in towns, Messer noted. Those that
do live in a town still pay county
taxes. "There are things the county
must do," he continued. "We may
be towns, but we are still in
Brunswick County. We pay county
taxes too."
At a meeting called last Thursday
by Belville Mayor Ken Messer, rep
resentatives of three of the area's
four towns and of the sanitary dis
trict decided to move quickly to es
tablish a "Committee of 25." With
representation from each town and
the district, the. panel is expected to
be patterned after the Committee of
100 that works to recruit industry to
New Hanover and Pender counties.
Lei and was the only town not re
presented; Mayor Russell Baldwin
could not be reached for comment.
Messer said an effort had been
made to hold the meeting at a time
convenient to Baldwin.
"I think it's a good idea," Sandy
Creek Mayor Ernest Grainger said.
"The others at the meeting thought
so too. I hope it works out. I think it
will if people get behind it Some
times things just need a little push."
As proposed, the committee
would be made up of a representa
tive other than the mayor of each
town and the sanitary district, as
well as other residents of each area.
Though the committee would be in
corporated as its own entity, it
would operate under the auspices of
the mayors. However, it would
work on behalf on the entire area,
including unincorporated sections.
"We think with all the mayors
working together and the Com
mittee of 25 that we will have more
clout for the things that concern
north Brunswick County," said
Grainger.
Messer, acting head of the infor
mal group, said he called the may
ors together to discuss ways to ad
dress the future of the area, to rise
to the challenge of new growth and
to identify needs in artvanw. of that
growth.
"We want to meet more often;
we've got to find a way to pull the
northeastern area together," he said.
Industrial and commercial devel
opment are just one of the areas in
which the mayors expressed inter
est: public park operation, a need
for more security or police protec
tion, and the stalled renovation of
the old Leland High School as a
community building for the elec
toral district were just two of the
other items named by mayors at
tending the session.
"We want to be able to go with
strength to the county commission
ers for the projects we're seeking,"
said Messer, citing the school as one
example.
"We will go to the county com
missioners to try to get something
done about the school," said Mes
ser. "We will ask them to either turn
it over to the mayors' council or to
motivate the group now responsible
for it to procecd with the project."
The mayors plan to meet again
Match 26, at which time they hope
to name the 25 members of the
committee and to elect officers of
the mayors' council.
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Jury Finds Leland Area Man
Guilty Of Drug Trafficking
A Lcland area man whose drug
trial was postponed in December
due to a legal error was convicted
last Thursday in Brunswick County
Superior Court for cocaine traffick
ing.
At the close of his rescheduled
jury trial, Randall Lylc Buck, 24, of
Route 1, Lcland, was found guilty
of trafficking by possession of more
than 400 grams of cocaine and
maintaining a house in distribute
cocaine, according to the Brunswick
County Clerk of Court's office.
Buck was acquitted last week on
charges of conspiracy to traffic in
more than 400 grams of cocaine and
trafficking by sale of more than 400
grams of cocaine. A charge of traf
fic by transportation of more than
400 grams of cocainc was dis
missed.
Judge Giles R. Clark continued
Buck's sentencing until the Feb. 19
term of Brunswick County Superior
Court. The defendant could receive
a mandatory minimum sentence of
35 years in prison and a $250,000
fine on the trafficking count, and a
possible maximum sentence of five
years in prison and a fine on the
other drug charge.
Buck was one of four Leland area
residents who were arrested last
June following a six-week under
covcr drug investigation in the Le
land and Maco sections of Bruas
wick County. At the lime of the ar
rests, local narcotics agents said the
probe involved drug dealers with
tics in New Hanover and Columbus
counties.
During previous terms of Super
ior Court the other three defen
dants ? Byron A. Reynolds, 42,
Sonia E. Smith, 42, and Harold Ray
Duckworth, 24, 3i! of Route 1 .
Lcland ? pleaded guilty to cocainc
trafficking charges and were sen
tenced to active prison terms and
fines.
Reynolds was sentenced to 30
years in prison and a 510,000 fine;
Ms. Smith, a 25-year prison term
and a 510,000 fine; and Duckworth,
a 20- year prison term and a 550,000
fine.
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