Man Says
He Was Hit On Head By Woman
Who Propositioned Him
An 89-ycar-old Shallottc man told
police he was hit on the head with a
lamp by one of two women who
propositioned him for sex Saturday
afternoon, according to a crime re
port on file at the Brunswick County
Sheriff's Department Monday.
The victim told Depuiy Phil
Bryant that two females came to his
home on Old Shallotte Road and en
tered "without being invited."
One of the women "asked the vic
tim to take her upstairs and go to
bed with her," Bryant reported. Then
she "began to undress and expose
herself."
Later, both females asked the man
for $200, but the man "advised he
did not have it." Then one of the
women asked him for $1(X). After
the victim again "advised he did not
have it," the report said "one of the
females hit him over the head with a
glass lamp "
Bryant said he interviewed anoth
er witnevs who told him two women
and a man left his home at around 3
p m and "said they were going to
borrow some money from the vic
tim." They returned at about 7:20
and said they had beaten the victim
"real bad" and left him unconscious
One of the suspects was described
as being a 30-year-old white female,
4 feet 6 inches tall, weighing 105
pounds, with shoulder-length dark
brown hair with "one white eye and
one green eye "
An investigation is continuing
In other crime reports
? A Holden Beach building con
tractor told Deputy Malcolm l>ong
that someone stole a tractor from be
CRIME REPORT
side his business on Sabbath Home
Road Friday night. The vehicle was
described as a Massey Ferguson
diescl tractor with a front-end loader
and a box blade. It was valued at
S 15.5 1 3.
? Someone pried open the door
of a construction company office on
Chapel Loop Road in Leland and
stole more than $5,500 worth of of
fice equipment and other items
Saturday night. An employee told
Deputy Robert Long that she dis
covered the break-in Sunday after
noon. Missing was a copy machine,
a facsimile machine, a telephone an
swering machine, a refrigerator, a
typewriter, two telephones, three
adding machines, assorted snack
foods and an undetermined amount
of change.
? The owner of a motel on U.S.
17 south of Shallottc identified a
former tenant as the person who
stole a dump truck, a refrigerator
and a color television Saturday
night. He told Deputy Randy Robin
son that the refrigerator was re
moved from the room the renter nor
mally used, while the TV was taken
from another room The 1976
International truck was valued at
about 54,500 The other items were
estimated to be worth about $350.
5 More :har. S3.0SS! worth of
property was stolen from a storage
building outside a home on Meadow
l.ark lane, off Shell Point Road, last
week The Ramfclman man who
owns the home told Deputy Rebe
kah McDonald that a neighbor con
tacted him and said he found the
door to the shed laying in the yard.
Missing from the building were a
riding lawn mower, a grass trimmer
and two rods and reels. The deputy
found no tracks leading from the
shed, indicated that the theft oc
curred "before the last rain."
? A computer, a television set
and a videocassette recorder were
stolen from a home on U.S. 17 near
Hickman's Crossroads recently. The
woman who lives there told Deputy
Robinson that someone pried open
the back door to get inside. The val
ue of stolen property was estimated
to be $2,550.
? Someone broke into the home
of a man on Grissett Road in the
Cedar Grove area of Supply and
stole a 19-inch color television last
week Deputy Malcolm Long found
no sign of forced entry. He estimat
ed the television to be worth about
S5CMI.
? The owner of a heating and air
conditioning business on Holden
Beach Road near Civietown report
ed the theft of an air conditioner
from the front of the store last week.
The man's wife told Deputy
McDonald that she noticed the unit
missing several days ago, but she
thought it had been sold. The owner
believes the air conditioner, valued
at SI 50, was taken Wednesday
niuht
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? It appears that someone tried to
break into at least five mobile homes
in the Erwin Street area of Seashore
Kstates recently. A Rockingham
man arrived at his trailer there
Saturday afternoon and found that
the someone tried to pry open the
rear door, near the lock. There was
no sign of entry and nothing miss
ing. Deputy McDonald reported
finding four other homes damaged
nearby The owners had not arrived
to determine if anything has been
taken, the report said.
? A man made off with about
$2,700 worth of building materials
from a mobile home office on Mt.
Misery Road in Leland Wednesday
afternoon. The owner told Deputy
Brian Sanders that a man entered the
business at around noon and told the
secretary he was there to pick up
some metal scrap. When the owner
returned at about 1 :30, he found that
the man had taken an aluminum
awning, a "wrench pump" and some
miscellaneous scrap.
? Detective Gary Shay took a re
port of a tool box being stolen from
a truck parked outside a home on
Route 3, Shallotte last weekend. The
tools were estimated to be worth
$6(X). A possible suspect was identi
fied.
? A 12-gauge shotgun, a micro
wave oven and a grass trimmer were
stolen from the home of a woman
who lives on Rock Creek Road in
Leland at different times during the
past three weeks. She told Deputy
Sanders that she "feels her son may
be responsible" for the thefts.
? There was an estimated $100
damage, but nothing found missing
in a break-in lhat occurred on Box
wood Lane in the Coastal Retreat
subdivision last weekend. Someone
apparently forced his way in through
a side window. Deputy Malcolm
Long reported.
? Someone forged a name on an
income tax refund check for $180
and cashed it at a convenience store
on Kirby Road last week. The store
owner told Deputy I^ewis Ward that
this is the second time such an inci
dent has occurrcd at the store.
? It appears that someone used a
vehicle to break through the gate of
a hunting club on N.C. 211 near
Midway Road last week. A Long
Beach man told Deputy Cathy Ham
ilton that he saw a black 4x4 pickup
truck coming out of the woods near
by after he discovered the damage,
estimated to be about $208.
? A lawn mower valued at $129
was stolen from outside a home on
Lanvale Road, Leland, recently. The
owner told Deputy Sanders that he
discovered the mower missing from
his yard Saturday evening.
? There was about $190 damage
done to a vacant mobile home at the
Old Mill Mobile Home Park in
Leland last week. The park manager
told Deputy Sanders that he was
checking the trailers last Tuesday af
ternoon and found that someone
broke out two windows and kicked
holes in the sheet rock walls in two
rooms. Nothing was reported miss
ing.
? A .25-caliber autoloading pistol
was stolen from a car parked on Mt.
Misery Road near DuPont Road
Friday evening. The owner told
Deputy Ward that he got a flat tire,
left the car there and called his
cousin for help. They removed the
tire and left for Wilmington at about
5:30 to get it fixed. When they re
turned five hours later, the man dis
nwpfpH thnt his pisto! hsd been rc
moved from the glove compartmtfot.
It was valued at about $64.
? Someone broke into a home on
Lock wood Folly Drive in Sunset
Harbor and apparently spent the
night last week. There was about
$10 damage and nothing reported
missing. The owner gave Deputy
Ward a list of possible suspects.
? Detective Charlie Miller also
took a report from a Delco man who
owns a mobile home on Lockwood
Folly Drive. The man said someone
stole the outboard motor off his boat
sometime in the past week. The boat
was parked near the waterway with
the engine unlocked The motor was
valued at $ 1, 4(H).
? A $900 color television was
stolen from the home of a woman
who lives on Mt. Misery Road
Friday night. She told Deputy
Michael Cicrpiot that she returned
the next day to find her rear window
partially open and the screen thrown
into a nearby field. Also missing
were four rental videocassettes enti
tled "Chiller," "Celia ? Child of
Terror," "Bad Dreams" and "Au
topsy."
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Next Course Begins In January
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All 20 students taking the Shallottc Kivcr Power
Squadron's fall boating course successful completed the
examination
They arc Charles and Su.san Collier. Ronald and
Ijnda Speakman. David and Molly Frederick. Raymond
and Sandra DeVries. Nathan Canlrell and Andrea Harris,
all of (X~can Isle Beach
Also, Alan and Barbara Paynter. Jim and Polly
Milloskv and Stewart Snow don. all of Calabash. Gerard
Mutschinski of Sunset Beach. Charles Shackctt of Ijttle
River. Dianne 1 ?>ck of Supply and Fred and bthclann
Stumpp of Southport
lite squadron's next eight-week boating course will
take place on Saturdays at V a m from Jan 21 through
March II at Atlantic Telephone. NC 130 West. Shall
ot te
The course oilers information and the opportunity to
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learn the basics of boating from knowledgeable inland
and coastal boaters The course covers topics like rules
of the road, engine troubleshooting, marine knots,
weather and basic boat handling.
The major causcs of fatalities on the water are capsiz
ing and falling overboard All these factors are related to
operator preparation and attention to safety. According
to Richard Dan/, education officer of Shallotte River
Power Squadron. "The upward spiral of accidents, com
bined with the increasing number of boats on the water,
should alert everyone that without proper education the
number of fatalities will not begin to decrease."
Instructional materials, a workbook, dividers and a
plotter for charting arc available at a cost of approxi
mately $25.
For more information or to register contact Gran/ow
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