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June 8, 2005
Vol. 73. No. 23 Hertford, North Carolina 27944
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Hertford man arrested for EC robbery
Incident
similar to
Hertford
break-ins
ERIN RICKERT
Police arrested a King
Street man in Elizabeth
City recently who may have
ties to a string of robberies
in Hertford.
Devon Emmanuel
Thatch, 19, of 113 King St.
was charged with attempt
ed armed robbery after
Capt. G.F. Koch with the
Elizabeth City Police
Department said he tried to
rob the Food Lion on West
Ehringhaus Street May 27
— a robbery attempt
Hertford Police Chief Dale
Vanscoy said resembles
two successful robberies
that occurred at the
Hertford Food Lion and
another at the former
Frankie’s Hertford Cafe
last year.
In the May incident,
Koch said Thatch entered
Food Lion in the early
morning, around 1:46 a.m.,
and approached one of the
store’s cashiers disguised
in a hooded sweatshirt with
what appeared to be a
weapon demanding money.
“We found something
that may have resembled a
weapon,” Koch said. “He
was carrying a metal object
wrapped in cloth.”
Yet before Thatch could
collect any money some
thing happened that caused
him to flee the grocery
store on foot.
Though Koch could not
comment on what forced
Thatch to leave empty
handed, he said police were
able to radio Thatch’s
description to on-duty offi
cers in the vicinity
A short time later, a
Pasquotank County deputy
on patrol in the area spot
ted Thatch in the Southgate
Mall parking lot and after a
brief foot chase, Koch said
Thatch was apprehended
and taken into custody
behind JC Penney — a
series of events very simi
lar to the Hertford rob
beries in 2004.
Vanscoy said last year,
during the early morning
Continued on page 7
Devon Thatch
County lifts Dec.
development halt
Are we having fun yet?
ERIN RICKERT
Though the six-month
moratorium county com
missioners passed last
December on subdivisions
two lots and larger was lift
ed Thursday, new regula
tions and a more formal
review process will now
designate how developers
may construct subdivisions
in Perquimans County
Perquimans County
Manager Bobby Darden
said commissioners origi
nally implemented the
moratorium to provide
time to deal with the rapid
growth occurring across
the county.
During a public hearing
last Monday evening, com
missioners agreed to pass
changes to the regulations,
fees and the review process
DA: Harvin
acted in
self-defense
' CHRIS WHIPPLE
The Daily Advance
A Hertford man acted in
self-defense when he shot
and killed a female friend
of his ex-wife in April, the
district attorney said
Friday.
Thomas Harvin III was
ambushed on the morning
of April 7, shortly after
arriving at his ex-wife's
house, according to an
investigation by J. Winslow
of the Camden County
Sheriffs Office.
Harvin had apparently
Forum looks at economic
development in area
ERIN RICKERT
Even though guest
speaker North Carolina
Representative Howard
Hunter (Dem.-Hertford)
failed to show, close to 70
elected officials and other
guests gathered for the first
annual Regional
Community Forum at
Perquimans County High
School Saturday.
Sponsored by the
Restoration Community
Development and
in an attempt to deal with
the rise in development.
Darden said new rules
now state a subdivision’s
preliminary plan may not
be approved unless ade
quate public facilities such
as law enforcement,
schools, water, fire and res
cue are available.
Developers must also
make sure cul-de-sacs and
dead end streets are no
longer than 1,000 feet to
help prevent, as Darden
said “long runs of dead end
water lines.”
Rules also state all subdi
visions, major or minor,
must connect to the coun
ty’s water system and the
number of road front lots
included in subdivision
plans is now limited based
on acreage.
Continued on page 7
Hertford man will not'
face murder charges
come to Dawn Teachey's
house, at 261 Ivy Neck Road
in Camden County, to take
their child to an appoint
ment, District Attorney
Frank Parrish said. While
walking toward the house,
Harvin noticed movement
in some nearby foliage.
Then a shot rang out.
“It appeared there was
some disturbance in a
brushy area near where
this occurred,” Parrish
said, “which would suggest
to anyone looking and
exerting common sense
that someone was perhaps
lying in wait.”
The buUet fired from the
brushy area struck Harvin
in the mouth, severely
injuring his jaw, Parrish
said.
Continued on page 7
PHOTO BY ERIN RICKERT
Empowerment Initiative,
Inc., the event, with the
theme “The New Paradigm:
from Poverty to
Prosperity,” featured music
and a panel discussion
focusing on issues sur
rounding past and future
economic growth in the
area.
Rev. RE Smith, founder
of RCDEI, said even though
Hunter got the time wrong
for the event the turnout
was still a success.
Continued on page 7
Don Williams, Deb DeWeese and Carol Klasing work together Saturday morning to
construct a tunnel — just a portion of the nearly $10,000 playground going up off
Navajo Trail at the Snug Harbor waterfront park(above). Scortt Evans (below) dons
mud boots to help measure for the foundation of the new equipment. Several
Snug Harbor residents came out to help construct the playground Saturday.
Playground component of ongoing
community upgrades in Snug Harbor
SUSAN HARRIS
A group of Snug Harbor
residents worked Saturday
to begin setting up about
$10,000 in new playground
equipment in the communi
ty’s waterfront park.
Purchased with dona
tions and the proceeds of
ongoing fund raisers, the
equipment replaces the
original park equipment
that was outdated and no
longer safe.
The treed park also has
picnic tables, a pier, a swim
ming area, restrooms, and a
shuffleboard court.
Continued on page 10
Dallas
faces
habitual
felon
charges
ERIN RICKERT
A Holiday Island man
who has committed more
than a dozen crimes in the
area was taken into custody
recently. Sheriff’s officials
said Monday.
Christopher Allan
Dallas, 44, of 116 Windward
Drive was arrested May 28
and charged as a habitual
felon in connection with
three prior felonies dating
back to 1995.
“The Sheriff’s office has
been dealing with him at
least since 1990,” said
Perquimans County Sheriff
Eric Tilley. “It’s almost on a
monthly basis unless he is
incarcerated.”
Tilley said deputies
picked up Dallas in April on
an obtaining property by
false pretense charge, but
he was later bonded out.
al history, Tilley said
deputies discovered three
past felonies, which include
forgery of an instrument in
1995, a felony probation vio
lation in 2001 and a felony
larceny charge in 2003 —
making him eligible for the
habitual felon charge.
When deputies spotted
Dallas, Tilley said they
were able to bring him in
and hopefully end his crim
inal wrongdoings.
After reviewing his crim
in'! would say Chris Dallas
Continued on page 7
Weekend
Weather
Thursday
High: 83
Low: 67
Isolated T'storms
Friday
High: 82
Low: 66
Isolated T'storms
Saturday
High: 83
Low: 68
Partly Cloudy