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Man Says Wife Traded Car For Crack Cocaine Dctectivcs are investigating a Wilmington man's claim that his wife drove his car to Navassa and ex changed it for crack cocaine last week, according to a crime report on file at the Brunswick County Sheriffs Department Monday. The man allegedly told Deputy Ixwis Ward "that his wife (street name 'Snow Queen') went to Ballard's Mobile Home Park to get some crack." The man said she agreed to trade his 1VK7 Dodge Daytona. valued at $2,800, to a resident of the trailer park for an undis closed quantity of the drug. According to Ward's report, the man said he later picked up his 30-year-old wife at a Navassa convenience store and tried to question her about the incident, but she was "too high to get any information at the time." The sheriff's department narcotics squad has been asked to look into the case. In other crimc reports: ? The owner of a company on Royster Road in Leland Told Deputy Ward that he was the victim of cor porate espionage by his former girlfriend and business partner last week. The man said the 30-year-old Wilm ington woman broke into his office and removed the deed to the business property, corporate shareholder pa pers and a "tape of her plotting to take the business." No value was estimated for the stolen items. ? A 41 -year -old Grissettown woman told Deputy Phil Bryant that a man hit her in the head with his fist after giving her a ride toward the south end of the coun ty Saturday. She said she was hitchhiking when a white male about 41 years old pickcd her up in a greenish blue Datsun automobile and "told her she could not go home." He then became very angry and hit her "because of her boyfriend's race." the report said. The woman told Bryant she ran away after being assaulted. ? More than S3, MX) worth of cash and property were stolen from a mobile home on Crest Lane in the Forest Hill subdivision of Supply last week. Deputy Malcolm Long reported that the thieves spray-painted obscenities on the walls, stabbed a pair of scissors into a kitchen wall and generally ransacked the house, causing an estimated S450 damage. They made off with a .30-06 rifle with scope. $475 cash, a half-gallon jug of pennies, $300 worth of old coins, a half-carat diamond ring, a gold necklace, a telephone and assorted silver jewelry. The intruders apparently got inside by forcing open a rear window. ? A 15-horsepower Evinrude outboard motor was stolen from a storage building outside a home on Bay shore Drive, off Sunset Harbor Road, recently. The Clinton woman who owns the home told Deputy Rebekah McDonald that she noticed the shed lock had been cut when she arrived at the home Friday morning. CRIME REPORT j TV (hifvfs may also hsvc nisdc off with 2 gss tsnk for the engine, which was valued at about $2,000. ? About Si, 250 worth of property, including a mi crowave oven, a videocassctte recorder, a .22-caliber pistol and a jar of money was stolen from a mobile home in North Ridge, off Seashore Road, last week. A 45-year-old Dallas man told Deputy Long that a neigh bor who lives near their summer residence called his mother Sunday to report that the trailer had been broken into. It appeared that the intruders forced their way in by prying open a rear door, causing an estimated $160 dam age. ? A large horse trailer valued at about SI, 200 was stolen from a stable on Hickman Road sometime in the past month. The 34-year-old Supply woman who owns the trailer told Deputy Keithan Home that the stable owner told her it had been gone for "two to three weeks." The owner apparently thought the trailer had been removed by '.he owner, the report said. It was de scribed as a white two-room horse trailer with attached tack room, bearing Virginia registration. ? Two lawn mowers were stolen from a mobile home in the Dolphin View subdivision off Taft Road re cently. The 61 -year-old Columbia. S.C., man who uses the trailer as a summer residence told Deputy Long that a push mower and a self-propelled mower were re moved from under the home, where they had been stored beneath a sheet of plastic. The machines were valued at S678. ? Another lawn mower and a grass trimmer were stolen out of a storage shed outside a home on Mea dowlark Lane in Shell Point Acres sometime in the past two weeks. Deputy Ward determined that the thief or thieves entered the shed by cutting through a screen over the shed's back window, then left by prying open the shed door. He valued the stolen items at S193. ? Someone pried open the side door of a mobile home on Evans Circle, in the Pine Haven subdivision near Shallottc. and stole a microwave oven valued at about S200. Deputy Long estimated that the thieves caused about $175 damage during the break-in. ? Four rods and reels, a grass trimmer and three lawn chairs were stolen from a storage shed outside a home in the Holiday Ranch subdivision off N.C. 130 re cently. The Burlington man who owns the home told Deputy Ward that bolt cutters had been used to cut the lock off the shed door. The value of stolen items was es timated to be about $555. Reading Program Will Begin July 14 'Dive Into A Book" will be the theme for this year's summer read ing program offered by the West Brunswick Branch Library, tem porarily housed at Resort Plaza in Shallotte. The program is open to children of all ages and will begin Thursday, July 14, and continue through Aug. 18. Children may register at any time during the program. Kids ages 6 and under will be placed in the listener group called the "Sunfish." Children ages 6 to 9 will be in the easy-reader "Dolphin" group. Boys and girls 10 and over will be in the "Sharks" group. The groups will meet every Thursday with the Sunfish meeting at 10 a.m., the Dolphin at 2 p.m. and Ctftii udy 'b pro last approximately 45 - - C I I uiv ^iiaina ai j p.m gram will minutes. Each member of the Sunfish and Dolphin groups will receive one sand dollar for every five books he or she listens to or reads. Each Shark will receive a sand dollar for every 20 pages read. The sand dollars may be used to purchase prize and games at a Pirate Party that will be held Thursday, Aug. 18. The "Big Fish Awards" will be given at that time for the top readers in each group. Each child that par ticipates will receive a certificate signed by the governor. PAYING TOO MUCH? AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE DWI? TOO MANY POINTS? 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