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p The ERQUIMANS AKWkkkt.v "News front Next Door” Fundraiser has Lady Pirates in pink, 9 Attempted murder charges filed, 10 received OCTOBER 6, 2010 - OCTOBER 12, 2010 ^ j j g cent^ Police: Hispanic women may be targets By CATHY WILSON Staff" Writer Hertford police are concerned that Hispanic women in the Meads Cir cle Trailer Park area are being targeted as crime victims after three attacks — all sexual in nature — have been reported in the past month. A fourth attack was not reported to police because the victim reportedly was an illegal immigrant. School debt solution studied By CATHY WILSON Staff" Writer A committee has creat ed a possible solution that might resolve the high school’s $258,000 electric biU. Last week, two repre sentatives from each of the three entities involved — the county, town and schools — sat down and hashed out the framework of a,plan that would not only pay the, school’s debt in the long run, but also create a roadmap for both the town and schools to save money on future en ergy costs. Those involved, how ever, cautioned that the See BILL, 7 Pa. man faces sex charges From staff reports Investigation into a Holi day Island burglary even tually led police to a Phil adelphia man suspected of committing sex crimes with a 15-year-old girl. Sheriff Eric TiQey said Hamed Soukquna of the 7600 block of Malbern Ave. Philadelphia, is charged with statutory rape and taking indecent liberties with a child in Perquimans County back in 2009. Soukouna is being held in Albemarle District Jail in lieu of a $370,000 se cured bond. Weekend Weather Friday High: 71 Low: 55 Sunny Saturday High: 72 Low: 56 Sunny Sunday High: 72 Low: 58 Sunny 89076 A 7144 Chief Joe Amos said three different Hispanic women have reported in cidents involving sexual battpry and breaking and entering, including one during which the assail ant is alleged to have dis played a knife. Police believe the at tacks were committed by the same man. He is de scribed as a black male, age 25-3, 6 feet to 6 feet, 3 inches tall, and weighing 200-210 pounds. The sus pect is clean shaven, bald, and wears dark clothing. Police believe the suspect lives in the area. Amos said he considers the attacks hate crimes since the assailant appears to be targeting Hispanic women. He has requested help from the FBI. “So far, the attacks have been non-violent,” Amos said. “But the women should be concerned. With the language barrier. I’m not sure they understand the seriousness of this. With the way the attacks are happening, this may get to the point where this guy could get pretty vio lent.” The first attack report ed to police occurred on Sept. 5 when a 30-year-old female and her 8-year-old daughter, sleeping in the same bed, woke up when the woman felt someone touch her hip around 4:30 a.m. The woman discov ered a black male standing over them in the bedroom. Both mother and daugh ter screamed. The man then pulled out a knife and swung at the woman before running from the house. On Sept. 27, police were called to another residence around 10 p.m. after a 45- year-old Hispanic woman reported being grabbed from behind while walk ing up the steps to her home. Police say an assailant grabbed her breasts and crotch area while drag ging her down the steps. The man told the woman to keep quiet, but she strug gled and made enough noise to alert family mem bers inside the house. The assailant let the woman go and fled in the direction of the waste treatment plant on Meads Circle. The latest incident oc curred on Sept. 30 when See ATTACKS, 10 Fun time STAFF PHOTOS BY CATHY WILSON Attendees enjoy free food, good music and beautiful weather Saturday during the NC STEP kickoff event at Missing Mill Park. More than 500 people attended. NC STEP kickoff successful By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer O ver 500 people attended the NC STEP’S kick off event in Hertford Satur day, pleasing local officials in their efforts to find out from local residents how they think the town brings economic pros perity to the town. Those who attended chowed down on free smoked barbecue, barbecue chicken, slaw, and baked goods while a disc jockey spun the tunes. “With the weather the way it was last week, we are very pleased,” said Hertford Plan ner Brandon Shoaf. “We had a bucket full of surveys filled out by those who came. We are very happy with that much input from the citizens and how they perceive the town’s pros and cons.” In addition to filling out surveys, those who attended enjoyed the sounds of the Perquimans Senior Citizens Choir and Bell Choir as well as the Perquimans Chargers cheerleaders. Free cotton candy was pro vided to the children who also enjoyed games in the parking lot. A barbecue cooking contest deemed Lionel Bateman as champ with Marvin Sutton claiming a close second. JoAnn Muzzulin took the prize for the best cake in the bake-off with her toasted almond butter cake with cream cheese icing made from scratch. About 700 pounds of pork shoulder was smoked by five different teams and 100 whole chickens were barbecued. The event kicked off Hert ford’s participation in the North Carolina Small Town Economic Prosperity program Hertford is one of 11 com munities accepted into the NC STEP program this year. Unlike the Main Street Program, this program is not restricted to downtown im provements. As part of NC STEP, the town is eligible for planning and implementation grants of up to $125,000. Hertford received an initial planning grant of NCSTEP event at tendees (l-r) Cheyanne Story, Mela nie Kelley, Kathryn Kel ley and Ken dall Crawford enjoy sweet goodies. $25,000 that may be used for a variety of activities needed during the planning process such as assessments, feasibility studies, coordination and other activities such as the kick-off event. The program is now being implemented in 56 small towns across North Carolina includ ing Windsor, Plymouth, and Columbia. Heavy rainfall floods roads, yards, fields By CATHY WILSON Staff Writer Fourteen inches of rain fall last week sent creeks and rivers over their banks, closing roadways and local schools. Water runoff from the heavy rainfall immdated streets, yards and fields. In addition, officials for the Friends to Freedom Wagon Train slated to move through Perquimans Coimty this weekend, can celed the event because of the wet ground. It will be rescheduled in March. According to Sarah Weeks, fields and trail paths are too wet and Wagon trail canceled The Friends to Freedom Wagon Train slated to move through Perquimans County this weekend has been can celed because of the wet ground. muddy to hold horses and wagons. A new date is tentatively set for March 17-20 next year. “Fm so disappointed in this, but it give us time to make it an even better event,” said Weeks. “This is just a big old puddle in our path ... so we are just going to jump in and make a big splash for the spring ride.” While residents and mo torists dealt with water on the roadways and parking lots, no injuries were re ported locally. The neighborhood known as Woodvfile Lakes was virtually turned into a lake last weekend as wa ter runoff kept neighbors in their homes, unable to get their cars out of their driveways because of high water. Kathy Holthoff, who lives at the intersection STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON A car that stalled after trying to cross the bridge on Lake Road sits nearly submerged in water Thursday night. The unidentified driver of the vehicle managed to get out safely. of Beechwood Drive and Sunflower Lane, said she finally managed to get out to drive to work on See FLOODING, 10
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