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APRIL 18, 2012 - APRIL 24, 2012
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2nd suspect sought in April 9 murder
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
Police are still searching for
a second suspect in the slaying
of 19-year-old Tre Brothers who
was shot to death April 9 during
a reported dispute over alleged
stolen property.
Perquimans County Sheriff
Eric Tilley said one suspect was
arrested last week but a second
suspect is still being sought. Til
ley would not disclose the sec
ond suspect’s name or suspected
whereabouts but said warrants
are expected to be taken out on a
male suspect who reportedly has
fled the state.
According to
Tilley, Yanaula G.
Stratikis, 24, of
the 100-block of
Fourth Avenue,
faces a murder
charge in con
nection with the
death of Broth
Stratikis
ers who was shot in the face with
a shotgun around midnight at a
home located on Albemarle Road
near Harvey Point Road. She is
being held in Albemarle District
Jail without bond.
Tilley said their investigation
showed that Stratikis had origi
nally left the state and travelled
up north, but her family was
able to convince her to return to
Virginia where she apparently
met with an attorney who con
tacted the sheriffs department
to arrange a meeting.
Tilley and investigators met
Stratikis at the Currituck Coun
ty Courthouse last Thursday af
ternoon and listened to what she
had to say, he said.
“Based on her story, which
corroborated what the evidence
shows, we believe her involve
ment rose to the point of the
statute which says she is to be
charged just like the person who
actually pulled the trigger,” Til
ley explained. She was served
with a murder warrant there and
immediately taken into custody.
Tilley says their investiga
tion shows Stratikis aided and
abetted the male suspect being
sought before, during, and after
the shooting.
While he can not confirm the
information, Tilley says he has
heard that both Brothers and the
male suspect are members of the
same gang, but that the shooting
was not gang related.
According to court records,
both Brothers and Stratikis were
awaiting trial in Elizabeth City
on unrelated charges at the time
of Brothers’ death. Stratikis
was charged with driving while
impaired on Jan. 22. Brothers
was charged last August with
felony forgery of an instrument
and felony uttering of a forged
instrument. In October, he was
charged with possession with in
tent to sell and deliver cocaine.
Brothers reportedly travelled
back and forth between the Per
quimans County residence and a
home in Goldsboro, said Tilley.
Investigation into the shoot
ing is continuing by the sheriffs
department assisted by the State
Bureau of Investigation.
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Rose
Pointe
to be sold
at auction
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
STAFF PHOTOS
BY CATHY WILSON
The 2012 Week
of the Young Child
Children’s Festival
was held Saturday
at the Perquimans
Recreation Center.
The event was
sponsored by the
Chowan/Perqui-
mans Smart Start
Partnership. There
were lots of activi
ties for children
and their parents.
Emergency fees OK’d
for HI camp residents
NEW WinfallCouncilman
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
The North Carolina Utili
ties Commission has approved
an emergency assessment and
temporary surcharge totaling
$55.62 each month for the next
three months for utility cus
tomers at the camping sections
at Holiday Island.
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The funds collected through
the emergency assessments
will go towards repaying a loan
made by the Holiday Island
Property Owners Association
to pay for improvements made
to the antiquated sewer plant
which services utility custom
ers. Funds collected through
the surcharge will help keep
the plant operating and create
a reserve fund to pay for any
repairs needed until the cus
tomers can create their own
sanitary district and take over
operation of the plant.
The commission’s approval
follows action taken earlier
this month when county com
missioners took the first step
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STAFF PHOTO BY CATHY WILSON
New Winfall councilman Preston Tyrone White (center) is sworn in by Magistrate
Billy Winslow (right) while White’s wife Anita holds the Bible, last week. Council
appointed White to fill the unexpired term of Frankie Etheridge, who resigned
from the board before moving outside town limits.
A 600-acre tract of land
that was to become a large
planned housing develop
ment in the Old Neck area
of Perquimans County will
be sold in a bankruptcy
auction on Thursday.
Approximately 586 acres
that includes almost two
and a half miles of water-
front property will be auc
tioned off at the Bundys
Road property beginning
at 2 p.m. The auction is to
satisfy an order from the
United States Bankruptcy
Court in Greenville re
garding the Chapter 11
bankruptcy of owner Blue
Water Land Development
LLC (BWLD).
The property is known
locally as the Rose Win
slow property that sold
to BWLD in 2006 for $13
million with future plans
calling for a large hous
ing development complete
with marina, clubhouse,
and sub-divided lots much
like Albemarle Plantation,
only smaller.
But Rose Pointe, as it is
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One-stop
voting
begins
Thursday
By CATHY WILSON
Staff Writer
One-stop absentee voting
for the May 8 primary elec
tion begins Thursday.
Residents who are quali
fied to vote but missed
the April 13 registration
deadline may register and
vote at the same time from
April 19-May 5 at the coun
ty board of elections office.
While next month’s elec
tion will include several
national and state party
primaries and a state con
stitutional amendment,
only one local contest is on
the ballot.
Three candidates seek
ing three seats on the
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