Hunters
held for
Wuifall
shooting,
robbery
Larry Donnell Hunter,
24, and Shaun Hunter, 21,
both of Elizabeth City, were
arrested over the weekend
and charged in connection
with a shooting and rob
bery that took place in Win-
fall back in December.
According to Winfall
Police Chief David Shaf
fer, three men were robbed
at gunpoint the evening of
Dec. 18 on King Avenue. Po
lice said three men drove a
truck to Winfall where they
were reportedly held up by
the two suspects with 45
caliber handguns.
Police said Charles Gray
son Dail first told his assail
ant he had no money. When
Dail refused to hand over
his money, police believe
Larry Hunter shot Dail at
point-blank range in the left
arm and then robbed him
of $200. The two other men
in the truck were robbed of
$2 before the two suspects
left the scene, police said.
Both Hunters are
charged with robbery with
a dangerous weapon. Lar
ry Hunter is also charged
with assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill
or inflict serious injury and
first-degree kidnapping.
Shaun Hunter is also
charged with two counts of
second-degree kidnapping.
The two men turned
themselves in to police on
Sunday and are now incar
cerated in Albemarle Dis
trict Jail. Police say Larry
Hunter is being held under
$65,000 bond while Shaun
Hunter’s bond is $40,000.
Hertford man
sentenced in
federal court
A Hertford man was
sentenced to 72 months in
prison Jan. 6 in connection
with an illegal drug investi
gation in Elizabeth City.
United States Attorney
George E.B. Holding an
nounced that U.S. District
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Riding into
Perquimans Weekly photo by CATHY WILSON
TOWN manager JOHN CHRISTENSEN enjoyed tooling around Hertford recently in the new plug-in hybrid electric vehicle
by North Carolina Public Power. The vehicle is one of the latest energy efficient advances among cars and can achieve ap
proximately 100 miles per gallon of gasoline.
Deputies seize over $62K m Friday raid
SUSAN HARRIS
The Sheriff’s Department
seized over $62,000 in cash,
two small safes, firearms
and 30 grams of marijuana
seeds Friday afternoon dur
ing a raid on the home of a
suspected drug dealer.
The entire sheriff’s de
partment and andSBI agent
arrived at 704 and 696 Snug
Harbor Road Friday around
1 p.m. to execute a search
warrant and took into
custody William H. “Pork
Chop” Felton Jr., 50, who
lives at 704 Snug Harbor
Road, according to Sheriff
Eric Tilley.
Based on the search and
information obtained dur
ing an investigation leading
up to the raid, Felton was
charged with possession
with intent to manufacture.
Perquimans Weekly photo by SUSAN HARRIS
THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT CONFISCATED over $62,000 in
cash and eight firearms during a raid on a Snug Harbor resi
dence Friday.
sell, deliver marijuana;
maintaining a dwelling for
the purpose of manufac
turing, selling, delivering
marijuana; maintaining
a vehicle for the purpose
of manufacturing, selling,
delivering marijuana; and
possession of firearms by a
felon.
Tilley said the investi
gation was begun after a
confidential informant con
tacted Investigator Shelby
White. During the course of
several weeks, undercover
officers made drug buys
from Felton. In fact, the
serial number on at least
one biU confiscated during
the raid matched the cop
ies made of the bills used to
make drug buys.
Felton was convicted of
felony trafficking and pos
session with intent to sell
and deliver both cocaine
and marijuana in 1995.
Tilley said the condition
of the residence led him
to notify social services
because a 4-year-old child
lived in what he described
as “filth.” Tilley said Felton,
his wife, their two grown
sons and their 4-year-old
daughter occupy the prem
ises.
Felton also has control
of the property at 696 Snug
Harbor Road, Tilley said.
Because of Felton’s prior
convictions, Tilley said the
case may be pursued by fed
eral law enforcement agen
cies.
Hill seeks to expand careers choices for teens
CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Gan HiU wants to intro
duce teenagers to more ca
reer choices. She can dress
at least half of them for pro
fessional careers as well.
The owner of Career
Awareness Development
(CAD), a combined career
development and budget
clothing center located at
405-A Grubb Street, Hill of
fers career awareness de
velopment as well as new
and used designer clothes
at below wholesale prices.
The Perquimans Chamber
of Commerce held a rib
bon cutting celebrating the
grand opening Friday.
One half of the build
ing is dedicated to career
development, a subsidiary
of Hope CD(3 (Helping Or
dinary People to Excel).
She wiU bring in profes
sionals to give seminars on
career choices teens might
not experience on a day-to-
day basis. Careers in such
fields as engineering, pho
tography, and hotel/hospi
tality management are just
a few of the career choices
teens may not experience
locally. She offers seminars,
hands-on training sessions,
and motivational meetings
to help bring more career
awareness to the local pop
ulation.
The other half of the
store is a unique boutique
dedicated to selling clothes,
shoes, accessories, knick-
knacks for the home, and
toiletries. Clothes come in
aU budget sizes including
retail and resale. While she
mainly caters to women,
she also offers some chil
dren’s clothes for resale as
well.
Hill is passionate about
helping others find unique
career choices as yvell as
finding the right outfit for
the occasion. Her family is
involved in many aspects
of helping to change lives,
and her grand opening was
no exception. Her brothers
are involved in HOPE CDC
while her sisters are expe
rienced in the fashion in
dustry. Family members as
Perquimans Weekly photo by CATHY WILSON
A GRAND OPENING RIBBON cutting ceremony was held Friday
by the Perquimans Chamber of Commerce for Career Aware
ness Development located at 405-A Grubb Street. Gail Hill has
a passion for helping others find unique career choices as well
as the right outfit for the occasion.
well as church and commu
nity family supported the
grand opening including a
sister who flew in from New
York to surprise her.
Representatives from
Perquimans County, the
town of Hertford, and the
Perquimans Chamber of
Commerce welcomed HOl’s
new business venture.
Career Awareness De
velopment is open Monday
through Friday, 10 a.m.-5
p.m. and will be open some
Saturdays.
For more information,
call 426-1154.
Sheriff:
‘Beast’
is boys
playing
dress-up
CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Rumors of a strange
creature attacking animals
in the Whiteston communi
ty have run wild around the
county recently. Some call it
el chupacabra, a bear wolf,
or even an alien being.
The county sheriff, how
ever, says his department
has seen nothing that his
officers couldn’t identify,
including two teenagers
dressed as monsters trying
to scare people.
“Rumors are rampant,
but we’re not wasting our
time looking for any el
chupacabra,” Sheriff Eric
Tilley said. “We’ve investi
gated aU calls, and haven’t
seen anything that wasn’t
confirmed.”
Tilley said the rumors
began about two weeks ago
when someone called the
Pasquotank County Sher
iffs Department reporting
attacks on hunting dogs by
an unknown creature.
Pasquotank Sheriff Ran
dy Cartwright said calls to
his office came from hunt
ers in the area known as
“the dessert’! located near
the Perquimans/Pasquo
tank county line.
“Hunters reported dogs
being attacked by some
thing they’ve never seen be
fore,” Cartwright said. “We
have not had any reports of
animals being killed.”
'Cartwright said one
hunter reportedly captured
a picture of the creature on
his cell phone, but investi
gation later showed that the
picture was actually down
loaded from the internet
rather than from an actual
sighting.
From that, rumors be
gan circulating that the
creature that attacked the
dogs was an el chupacabra,
an urban legend that origi
nated in Puerto Rico. The
chupacabra reportedly is
the size of a small bear, re
sembles a hairless dog with
a row of spines from the
neck to the tail.
Cartwright said wild
life officials and biologists
confirmed there is no such
animal as an el chupacabra,
but what may have been
seen by hunters is either a
coyote with mange, or a sow
bear with mange reacting
while protecting her cubs.
Apparently, the rumor of
the el chupacabra spread
to the Whiteston area near
Belvidere when drivers
traveling in vehicles report
ed seeing a strange creature
running in the roadway and
walking up to the car.
Tilley says his depart
ment investigated and dis
covered that two teenage
boys “were basically dress
ing up and playing in traf
fic,” scaring some drivers
into believing they were
seeing a strange creature.
TUley warned of the dan
ger of such antics. In addi
tion to the danger of play
ing in the roadway, there
is also the danger of being
mistaken for some type of
animal and being shot by a
hunter.