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P The ERQUIMANS Weekly FEB 1 C REC‘0 Habitat For Humanity prepares to buiid new home, 3 530^(33 l3RB!lfeFaB03aDai(lail,© "News from Next Door" FEBRUARY 13, 2013 - FEBRUARY 19, 2013 50 cents Two arrested for stealing lottery tickets By PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Two men were arrested last week for the burglary of a store in Perquimans County and the theft of more than 1,400 scratch- off lottery tickets. One of the men tried to redeem at stores in Elizabeth City. Perquimans County Sheriff Eric Tilley said Daniel Al- exander Staffelli, 23, 2316 Edgewood Drive, Eliz abeth City, was arrest ed Wednes day. Arlen L m ml Colson Staffelli The two have been charged with breaking into the New Hope Country Store on Jan. 25. Ross Colson, 24, of 437 Hog Neck Road, Hertford was arrested the following day. They used an axe to get in side and 1,457 scratch off lottery tickets and some cigarettes were stolen, Til ley said Friday. The bur glary happened about 4 a.m. TiUey said as soon as the theft was discovered, the state lottery office was notified and the registra tion numbers for the lot tery tickets were flagged as stolen. Once that happened Til ley said he started getting reports of someone trying to cash them in at stores in Elizabeth City. The stores have surveillance cam eras so he could see who was trying to exchange the tickets for cash. Tilley said Staffelli was observed on tape as try ing to cash in the tickets at first and then other people were seen doing it. Tilley said some of those people told lawmen that Staffelli offered a winning ticket to them in exchange for cash that was less than the winning amount. His story was he couldn’t get to the store to cash the ticket in. When the unsuspect ing person found that the ticket was no good, they cooperated with lawmen See LOHERY, 3 aM v»ii{i iniai Da* 1 im Bethel Fire Nixon pose Department Assistant with the station’s new PHOTO COURTESY PAM HADDEN Chief Tom Ponte (ieft), Chief Ray Copeland, Assistant Chief/Vice President Donaid Hobbs and Captain/President Jonathan 2013 tanker truck (right) and say goodbye to the 1974 tanker on Sunday. See full story inside page 2. Group compiles facts on liquor sales By PETER WILLIAMS News Editor While Perquimans County debates lowing alcohol sales in a county- owned recreation center, some residents are moving to get liquor by the drink approved in the Town of Hertford. The lack of liquor sales in town was one of the neg atives pointed out in an in tensive survey of the area constructed in the past two years. The STEP program was aimed at getting com munity leaders to identify issues that were holding the area back and tackle them. MurieUe Harmon is one of the STEP members in volved in the alcohol issue. Her committee is plan ning another meeting next month. At this point they are gathering information See LIQUOR, 6 Steinburg meets with sheriffs from region Layden to play role for Steinburg, Cook By PETER WILLIAMS News Editor \ Sheriffs from a six-county area met in Hertford last week with their new repre sentative in Raleigh. Perquimans County Sher iff Eric Tilley said Rep. Bob Steinburg (R-Chowan) asked for the meeting in order to talk about issues that are fac ing law enforcement. Tilley said Hertford was picked as the site because it provides a central location. Tilley as well of sheriffs from Curri tuck, Pasquotank, Chowan, Camden and Tyrrell coun ties attended. One of the big issues for Tilley was the lack of treat ment facilities for people with mental issues. Tilley said deputies are sometimes forced to spend an entire day driving a person who needs care to Winston-Salem or Durham. “I know I’ve done it, and Steinburg 89076 4 7144 it’s four and a half hours there and you stick around for 10 or 15 min utes and its four and a half hours back. We also have mental health is sues in our jails. Everything comes down to how much manpower it takes and what you’re taking off the road” when transporting people. Perquimans has 12 sworn officers. Medicare or Medicaid re imburses law enforcement agencies for their transpor tation costs, but Tilley stiU loses the services of a deputy for a solid day or longer. “It’s obvious that our men tal health system is broken,” Tilley said. “Mr. Steinburg admit ted he was a rookie and he was learning,” Tilley said. “That’s why he called this meeting. We also talked about our schools and the is sues we have going on with See SHERIFFS, 6 By PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Newly elected state rep resentative Bob Steinburg knows that with the General Assembly in session and six counties in his district, he won’t be as available as he’d like to attend meetings in Perquimans County That’s where Dianne Layden plays a role. She’s going to be an unpaid liaison in Perquimans Coun ty for Steinburg and Sen. Bill Cook. Steinburg is quick to point out Layden’s job isn’t to be a gatekeeper, but attend things in Perquimans Coimty that he simply cannot. “Given the district, it is lo- gisticaUy impossible for me to be everywhere, particular ly while the General Assem bly is in session,” Steinburg said Monday. “Dianne can be my eyes and ears when I can’t be there.” Layden is the chairman of the Republican Party in Perquimans County. She switched from being a Demo crat in 2009. “In this county you had to register as a Democrat in order to vote in the primary But just because I was affiliated as a Demo crat that doesn’t mean Layden I always voted that way In the south, that was the way it was. There have been times when if you wanted to get a job you had to be a registered Democrat or otherwise they wouldn’t hire you. But thank fully those times have been changing.” She quickly rose to vice chairman of the county party and then chairman. “The first thing you have to look at is the actual size of the districts,” Layden said. “Rep. Steinberg has got six counties and Sen. Cook has eight.” Wake County alone has 11 different house members to represent it and five different state senators. “It’s vital in these areas to let them know what’s going See LAYDEN, 2 SUBMITTED PHOTO t Sheriff Eric Tilley (left), Julie Roberts and Linda White greet students at Perquimans Central recently. Schools, sheriff seek 2nd officer By PETER WILLIAMS News Editor Perquimans County is looking to hire a second full-time school resource officer as soon as possible and the school system hopes to find a, way to continue the job next year as well. The schools presently have one full-time officer. Deputy Stacey Mitchell, based at Perquimans County High School. She also visits the other three schools in the dis trict as needed. The plan is to add a second officer to serve Perquimans County Middle School and Perquimans Central School. The sec ond officer would at this point be paid a See 2ND OFFICER, 7 Home on 1 Acre Lot . Forbes ^Country Realty ^ *' & Auctions, 252-426-1380»www.forbesuc.com [ 304 Harvey Neck Rd, Hertford 1600-1700 square feet Like New Condition Distant Views of Sound Home compieted 2008 3 Bedrooms, 2.5 Baths 1st Fioor Master Bedroom Wrap Around Porch Listed at $185,000 Featured Properly of the Week I www.forbesuc.com 252-426-1380
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