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"News from Next Door"
FEBRUARY 8, 2012 - FEBRUARY 14, 2012
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STAFF PHOTOS BY CATHY WILSON
“Apparently, no one
realized the vehicle had
been stolen until the
trooper pulled it, and it
wrecked down there. ”
Tim Hickman
Captain, Edenton police
Now blind, Hudson Mimlitsch holds tightly to what he loves dearly - his mother Brittany and his toy cars. Hudson, 7, has neuroaxonal dystrophy,
a rare and fatal degenerative neurological disorder for which there is no treatment or cure.
Stolen car
wrecks;
driver runs
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
The driver of a stolen vehicle ran
from a North Carolina Highway Patrol
man Monday afternoon after wreck
ing the vehicle in a residential yard on
Snug Harbor Road.
Sheriff Eric Tilley
said Trooper J. Bray
attempted to stop the
white Jeep Cherokee
for speeding around
3 p.m. while traveling
northbound on U.S. 17.
Trooper Bray followed
Parents seek joy for sick son
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
L oving Hudson Mimlitsch is
not hard to do.
■ The seven-year-old is
a cute little boy with a mop
of fuzzy brown hair that
caresses his pretty brown
eyes and soft, pale cheeks.
He loves SpongeBob, Bob the
Builder, and his little toy cars.
Wearing his bright yellow
SpongeBob pajamas, he sits in
the middle of the living room
rug, playing with his toy cars
while listening to a children’s
show on television.
At first glance, he appears
much like any other normal
little boy.
But Hudson is far from
normal. He suffers from
neuroaxonal dystrophy, a fatal
degenerative neurological
disorder for which there is no
treatment and no cure.
In less than two years, par
ents Brittany and Jerry Mim
litsch have seen their once
active little boy regress to age
one, both mentally and in his
physical abilities. Hudson has
lost much of his eyesight and
his ability to walk. He can’t
swallow correctly anymore
Hudson laughs as his father Jerry plays a hand game, while mom Brittany watches. Hudson has good days
and he has bad days. This was a good day.
the vehicle which Tilley
turned off Hwy 17 onto Snug Harbor
Road.
Tilley said once the vehicle turned
onto Snug Harbor Road, it sped up,
turned right, skidded on wet grass in
a residential yard and crashed into a
tree. The black male driving the vehicle
jumped from the vehicle and ran, said
Tilley
Tilley and other deputies responded
to assist Trooper Bray A tracking dog
from the Chowan County Sheriffs De
partment was called in and tracked
the trail across Hwy 17 into the Bear
Swamp side of the roadway before los
ing the scent.
Captain Tim Hickman with the Eden
ton Police Department said the vehicle
was stolen from the 500-block of South
Broad Street behind the Albemarle
Bank and Trust building. The vehicle is
registered to Kermit Layton, Jr., also of
Edenton. Capt. Hickman said the owner
last saw the vehicle that morning be
tween 9 a.m. and noon.
“Apparently, no one realized the ve
hicle had been stolen until the trooper
pulled it and it wrecked down there,” he
added.
As of Tuesday morning, no arrest had
been made. Investigation is continuing.
and is now fed through a tube
inserted into his stomach. He,
suffers seizures.
After once running and
playing on a soccer field with
his tiny team mates, Hudson
now toddles when both hands
are held, much like a little
one learning to walk. He
crawls across the floor or is
ferried on wheels. He’s back
in diapers, has started suck
ing his thumb, and is fed baby
formula through his feeding
tube.
“Each challenge is harder
and harder, but you get used
to it,” said Jerry, 31, in his
Winfall home. “Dealing with
each challenge is tough, but it
eventually becomes the norm
as we go down this road.”
See HUDSON, 8
Parrish
facing 3rd
complaint
By WILLIAM F. WEST
The Daily Advance
A Perquimans County man
who claims to have had a ro
mantic relationship with a
Currituck woman who later
became a murder suspect is
the third person to file a sworn
statement seeking the suspen
sion or dismissal of District
Attorney Frank Parrish.
In an affidavit filed in Pasquo
tank Superior Court last week,
Steven Magaro accuses Parrish
of failing to properly investi
gate his claims that Lateisha
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Wish granted for third-grader
Bryant, 9, is going
to Disney World
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Nine-year-old Jahyeir
Bryant didn’t crack a smile
as his excited classmates at
Hertford Grammar School
threw up their hands and
yelled, “Surprise! You’re go
ing to Disney World!”
Instead, he bashfully cov
ered his face and finally
agreed to a grin amidst
much coaxing from family
members, his teacher, and
school principal.
Julie Roberts’s third
grade class tried to spring
a surprise on the youngster
last week as volunteers with
the Make-A-Wish (MAW)
Foundation of Eastern
North Carolina visited the
classroom for a special Wish
Delivery.
Bryant suffered end-stage
kidney failure in 2010 and
was a candidate for a kid-
STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON
Wynne Fork
Court site of
shots fired
From staff reports
. No one was injured Jan. 31 when
shots were fired in the area of Wynne
Fork Apartments.
According
to the Hertford
Police Depart
ment, Patrolman
G.E. Needham
was checking
an abandoned
vehicle on Com
merce Drive
around 8:35 p.m.
when he heard
what sounded
like gun shots
near Wynne Fork
Court. Central
911 Communica
tions advised the
officer they had
received numer
ous calls of shots
Police
discovered
two spent
shotgun
shell
casings
and five
9mm shell
casings
in the
parking
lot.
Third-grader Jahyeir Bryant (right) and his family are going to Disney
World, thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Bryant suffers from
kidney disease and received a kidney transplant from his mother.
Family members (l-r) Kenneth Lee Graham, Kenneth Lee Jr., Maken-
zie Graham, and mother Andrea shared in the Make-A-Wish celebra
tion last week at Hertford Grammar School.
ney transplant, explained ney to save her son’s life,
his mother Andrea Graham.
She lovingly donated a kid- See MAKE-A-WISH, 4
fired in the back and front of the apart
ment complex.
Police discovered two spent shotgun
shell casings and five 9mm shell cas
ings in the parking lot.
When Officer Needham arrived on
the scene, he saw several cars attempt
ing to exit the parking lot.
Needham stopped the cars from leav
ing the area and began asking driv-
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