Coast Guard Aids Nine
People From Two Boats In
Distress On The Cape Fear
Nine people were transported to
safety by vessels from the U.S.
Coast Guard Station at Oak Island
last week in two incidents involving
pleasure boats operating in the Cape
Fear River.
According to a report from Sta
tion Chief BMCS J.D. Arndt, the
first of the two calls came in at
about 6:30 p.m. Feb. 20 from a boat
reporting itself aground near river
buoy number 37.
Determining that the situation
was not immediately life-threaten
ing, the station first issued a Marine
Assistance Radio Broadcast
(MARB) to determine if any com
mercial salvors or private vessels
were available to help the boat.
The station also launched its 21
foot inflatable fast-response boat be
cause there was a report of people
on the bank of the river. Arndt said.
When the boat arrived, the crew
found the stricken vessel washed up
on the beach with all eight passen
gers safe on shore.
Coast Guard personnel took six of
the people on board and transported
them to the nearest safe haver, at
Carolina Beach State Park marina,
where they planned to get further as
sistance, said Arndt.
On Feb. 23 at about 5 p.m., the
station was called hy a private citi
zen reporting a vessel adrift in the
Cape Fear River near Walden Creek.
The caller said there were three peo
ple on board waving orange life
jackets in apparent distress.
The station launched its 21-footer,
which arrived a short time later to
fiuu a 24-fooi pieasuie boat disabled
and adrift with three persons aboard.
A MARB was not issued because
the vessel had no radio, Arndt said.
Instead, the 21-footer towed the
vessel to the Southport Boat Basin,
the nearest safe haven, where all
nelsons were s;tft*lv nut ashore.
On Feb. 25 at about 7:30 a.m. the
station was notified by the New
Hanover County Sheriff's Depart
ment that a 17-foot boat was adrift
just south of the Wilmington State
Ports with no one on board.
The boat was eventually found
1.5 miles north of Snows Cut, off
the Cape Fear River. It appeared to
have been hot-wired and stripped of
all equipment, the sheriff's depart
ment reported.
Winnabow VFD
Serves Barbecue
Winnabow Volunteer Fire De
partment will serve barbecue on
Saturday, March 5, from 11 a.m. un
til 5 p.m.
Plates will consist of pork barbe
cue, potato salad, coleslaw and hush
puppies. Cost will be $3, or $4.50
for a "super plate."
The department is on Governor's
Road off U.S. 17 in Winnabow.
Tutor Training Slated
Soldier Bay Baptist Church in
Ash will be the site of a free tutor
training workshop March 18 and 19,
sponsored by the Brunswick County
Literacy Council.
The workshop will take place
from 6-^:30 Friday, March IS, and
from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday,
March 19. The church is on N.C.
130 at the caution light in Ash.
Participants will cam their
Laubach tutor certification and will
be able to work one-on-one with
someone who wants to improve his
or her reading and writing skills.
Workshop participants must pack
a lunch for the Saturday session.
Beverages and snacks will be pro
vided by the Literacy Council.
To pre-register, call the Literacy
Council office at 754-7323.
Man Who Abducted Daughter
Surrenders Following Standoff
Sheriff's deputies were hiding in child did not appear to be in any
the woods within a few feet of a danger, except for the cold."
man who had reportedly kidnapped Robinson said he could hear the
his baby daughter early Saturday father, Mark Berlin Koon, 28,
morning when he finally agreed to yelling from the woods when he ar
surrender after a three-hour standoff. rived at the scene.
"We were in position and waiting Hostage negotiator Lt. David
for the signal to jump him. But we Crocker arrived a short time later
wanted to make sure the little girl and began trying to talk Koon out of
didn't get hurt," said Detective Mike the woods. Crocker kept up a con
Speck, head of the sheriff's depart- versation with Koon for more than
menl emergency response team. two hours, allowing the other
The girl's mother called 911 at deputies to pinpoint his location and
about 2:45 a.m. to report that the 21- close in around him.
month-old girl's father had taken the The team had been given the go
toddler and run into the woods out- ahead to retrieve the child and sub
side her trailer in the Churchill due Koon when he agreed to come
Mobile Home Park at Village Point, out voluntarily. Perry said. Neither
The child was dressed in only a dia- Koon nor the child was hurt in the
per and T-shirt, according to Deputy incident.
Randy Robinson's incident report. Koon could not be charged with
"We determined that the father kidnapping because the child is his
was having problems with the moth- daughter. Perry said. Instead he was
er and took the child and ran into the arrested on one count of misde
woods," said Detective Capt. Phil meanor child abuse and later freed
Perry. "He was not armed and the on a $3(M) bond.
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BCSD Answers More Than 250
Domestic Culls Dunny January
Brunswick County Sheriff's Dc- Deputies served 287 civil papers and
partment deputies answered 257 do- summoned 283 witnesses. Ten men
mestic disturbance calls in January, tal and inebriate papers were served,
an average of more than eight per along with 227 local warrants,
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John C arr Davis. county. The department used 6,475
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month. There were 345 investiga- Sheriff's personnel spent two off
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Approximately $15.089 worth of division activities, courtroom hours
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Holden Beach Man Arrested
On Insurance Fraud Charge
One man faces fraud chargcs and
more arrests are possible in an insur
ance scam allegedly perpetrated by
an Elizabethtown man currently liv
ing near Holdcn Beach, a Brunswick
County sheriff's detective said Mon
day.
Rodney Dale Britt, 25, has been
charged with one count each of forg
ing a certificate of title, obtaining
property by false pretense, posses
sion of stolen goods and failure to
appear in court. He is also likely to
face a charge of resisting arrest. De
tective C'apt. Phil Perry said.
Britt allegedly used another man's
birth certificate and Social Security
card to obtain a driver's license
bearing his picture and another
name. Perry said. The false identifi
cation was then allegedly used to
obtain financing to buy a 1W7
Oldsmobile from a Wilmington car
dealer.
Last October, Britt allegedly re
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ing lot of a Wilmington department
store. Perry said. Six weeks later it
was found burned to a total loss in
Horry County, S.C. Britt is believed
to have filed an insurance claim for
which he was paid $4,(MX).
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Meanwhile, Perry said he was in
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al vehicle that turned out to he
stolen. That inquiry intersected with
the insurance fraud investigation and
eventually led to Britt's arrest.
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where in the state that may foe relat
ed. Perry said. ITiere is a possihility
that other local people will he
charged in the incidents, he said.
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