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Recent ads• We have just received acarloadof mules,ages4-6,allwellbrokeatA.B.JacksonStables,DeweyCoxManager• Tobacco Canvas now atnew low prices---J.M. Soles,Co.• Announcing the NewDeSoto now on display atWhiteMotorSalesof TaborCity• New Tabor Theatre nowshowingLucilleBallandWil-liamHoldenin“MissGrantTakesRichmond.”
RememberingJasmineTharatarallySaturdaywere(fromleft)brotherLutherGeath-ers,classmatesAlexisPhiferandAlexandriaCruz,motherCarllettaMcNeil,andsistersRaquelandWhitleyGeathers.(DeuceNivenphoto)
About 70 gather at rally for JasmineBy DEUCE NIVEN
Family, friends, andpeopleJasmineTharnevermetgatheredinChadbournSaturdaytorallyforjusticefortheCharlotteteenkilledinabizarrepre-Christmasincidentthatsawtwootherwomen also injured by asinglebullet. Justwhatjusticemeansisn’tyetclear,civilrightsactivist John C. Barnetttold about 70 people whogathered in the WestsideCommunityBuilding. Barnett and familymembershavepreviouslycalled for the arrest of JamesAnthonyBlackwell,23, whose high-poweredrifle fired that shot thatkilled Thar. InvestigatorsandDistrictAttorneyJonDavid have said they arestillworkingtodetermineexactlywhathappened,andif theincidentwastheac-cidentBlackwelldescribed,orsomethingelse. Complicating the is-sueisthefactthatdozens
of lawsuits are pendinginvolvingthetypeof rifleBlackwellowned,eachal-leging that the rifle firedwithoutatrig-gerpull.Rem-ington, thegun’s manu-facturer, hasrefuted thoseclaims.
Emotional mo-ments Thar, whowas 16, wasloved by herfriends at Ar-dreyKellHighSchoolinCharlotte,class-mateAlexisPhifersaiddur-inganemotionalmomentof therally. “Jasminewasoneof mybest friends,”Phifersaid.“Shemeantalottome.It’shard.Ishouldbehangingoutwithher.” Barnettsaidtherewillbe additional rally’s, onesetfornoononJune30attheWhitevilleCityParkonNolanAvenue.
Barnett was joined byotherswhosaidtheyhavebeenthevictimsof racialdiscrimination through
intimidation byauthorities inlawenforcementand bail bondregulators, andbywrongfulter-mination fromjobs.Support B a r n e t tasked for sevenleaders to stepupandgetorga-nized in Chad-
bourn, and found 13 vol-unteers, most local, whosaid they would work todrawattentionnotonlytotheTharcase,buttootherissuestoo.
NAACP leaders fromJohnstonCountysaidtheywould be in contact withtheir Columbus Countycounterparts,whodidnotattend the rally, seekingsupport.
TCFD Asst. Chief charged with DWI Jeff Fowler, Tabor City’sveteran assistant fire chief,wasarrestedonadrivingwhileimpairedchargedbytheSouthCarolinaHighwayPatrol. Fowlerhasbeensuspendedform driving town ownedvehicles, Fire Chief JerryHodges said Tuesday.HodgessaidhewouldmeetwithTownManager Al Leonard today(Wednesday) to decide if anyadditional action should betakenbeforethecasemakesitswaytocourt. Fowler,onTuesday,saidheregretted his arrest, but wasnotguiltyof thecrime. “Iwasnot drunk,”Fowlersaid. “I just want this thingclearedup.” Fowler said he had con-sumedalcoholFridayevening,butwasnotimpaired.
Arrest made in kidnap, rape case
By DEUCE NIVEN
ATaborCitymanwas ar-rested last week in a kidnapandrapecasethatoriginatedinHorryCountyonMay6,Sgt.Robert Kegler of the HorryCounty Police Departmentsaid. Anthony Jamel Grate, 32,was arrested on an assaultchargeinColumbusCountyonMay10,recordsattheColum-busCountyDetentionCentershow. GratewasbroughtbacktoHorryCountylastTuesdaytoface charges of kidnapping,first degree criminal sexualconduct, and armed robbery,Keglersaid. Grate was held withoutbond. The woman, a 47-year-oldfrom Horry County, told in-vestigators that she had lefthervanunlockedthatSundayeveningwhileshewentintotheWilco-Hess convenience store
inLoris. Afterleavingthestore,“anunknownmaleappearedfromthe back of her van and toldherhejustneededaride,andwasnotgoingtohurther,”anHorry County Police Depart-mentreportsaid. Unfamiliar with the area,thewomantoldpoliceshewasnotsurewherethemanhadherdrive, but that hefinally toldhertostopandturnthelightsoff.At thatpoint, thewomantoldpolice,themanforcedhertocommitasexactandrapedher. She told police the manmighthaveleftDNAevidenceonaseat. After getting dressed, themantoldthewomantocontinuedriving,tellingherthewaytoTaborCity,andheeventually“toldhertoslowdownandhejumpedoutof thevanandthevictimkeptdriving.” ThewomandrovetoTaborCity,whereshesoughtmedicalattentionandcontactedpolice.
Strangulation charged Arrestsforassaultbystran-gulationanddrivingwhileim-pairedareincludedinreportsonfileattheTaborCityPoliceDepartmentthisweek. Thosereportsinclude:• James Manley Raynor, 24,of March Ave., was chargedby Det. Christopher Hilburnlast Tuesday with assault bystrangulation.Heisaccusedof attackinghisgirlfriend,Shan-tellDozier,33,placinghishandsaroundherthroatandleavingnailmarksandscratchesonherneckonthedayhewascharged.• TerranceKeithRowell, 29,of West3rdStreet,waschargedby Lt. Ronnie Carroll Fridaywith drivingwhile impaired,drivingwitharevokedlicense,operatingavehiclewithficti-tious tags, and an inspectionviolation.Abreathalcoholtestshowed Rowell with a bloodalcohol content between .36and.37,morethanfourtimesthe.08statestandardforlegalintoxication.HewasadmittedtoColumbusRegionalHealth-care until his blood alcohollevel dropped low enough toallowhimtobebookedattheColumbus Detention Center.Rowell’sarrestfollowedanautocrashonSchoolStreet.• Warrants charging twocounts of obtaining propertybyfalsepretenseshavebeenob-tainedforChristopherMincey,32,of SunLitMeadows,Loris,Lt.DetectiveJerrySarvissaidMonday. Detectives with theHorry County Police Depart-mentlinkedMinceytothetheftof a Wii game system and achainsawwhichwerepawnedbyMincey at Pawn South inTabor City on March 14 andApril 10, a report by Sarvissaid.Minceyprovidedasignedconfession,thereportsaid,buthas not been charged on thenewlyobtainedwarrants.
DWI suspect requires hospital
• AwarrantchargingMalickJeter,18,of West6thStreet,withmisdemeanorlarcenyhasbeenobtainedinconnectionwithatheft lastMonday of chickenwingsworth$3fromtheVascoonFairBluff Road.• TiffanyNanceThomas,34,of ParkwoodRoad,Shelby,wascharged by Capt. Dean FoleyThursdaywith possession of marijuana, driving with anexpired licenseplate, andop-eratinganuninsuredvehicle.• Christopher David Lloyd,23,of RoughandReadyRoad,Whiteville, was charged byOfficer Jeff Grainger lastWednesdaywithdrivingwitha revoked license and failingtostopforastopsign.• Terry Thomas Clowdiss,52,of RollingMeadowsRoad,Randleman, was charged byOfficerChristopherCottonlastWednesday with possessionof drugparaphernaliaafteraspooninhispossessiontestedpositiveforcocaine.• Four inmates at TaborCorrectional Institutionwerecharged last Wednesday andThursdaywith possession of a controlled substance,mari-juana,byaninmate.TheyareChristopherAllenVaughan,30;ByronScottSmall,28;CharlesWhimple, 30; and ReginaldJenkins,25.• Bridgett Williams, 38, toldOfficerMichaelJamisonSun-daythatsomeonethrownrocks,breaking twowindowsatherPineStreethomeasthefamilyslept.• RaheemJameseRiggins,26,of Grace Street, told OfficerJamisonFridaythatsomeoneapparently bumped into his2008DodgewhilehewasparkedattheVascoonFairBluff Road,causing$500damagetoareardoor.
- Deuce Niven
Cocaine found during car search Officers on the hunt for abreachof trustsuspectinLorisFridayfoundher,andmadetwoarrestsforcocainepossession,areportbySgt.AdamBellandOfficerGregDewittof theLorisPoliceDepartmentsaid. Britney Kiensha Jackson,20, who shows addresses onAshmun Road in Longs andinColumbia,waschargedonwarrantswithbreachof trustwithfraudulentintentwithavalueof $5,000ormore,andbyLorispolicewithpossessionof crack cocaine and having anopencontainerof alcoholinhervehicle.SheremainedheldattheJ.ReubenLongDetentionCenternearConwayonTues-day under bonds that totaled$4,915. Dewayne Long, 29, of Un-derwood Road in Longs, apassengerwith Jackson, wascharged with possession of crack cocaine and having anopencontaineroralcohol.HewasreleasedfromJailonSat-urdayafterbondsthattotaled$1,762.50wereposted.
OtherreportsonfileattheLoris PoliceDepartment thisweekinclude:
• DerrickLamonteCurtisII,21,of HarrelsonAvenue,waschargedbySgt.BellFridaywithdisorderly conduct, accusedof using profane language ataSuggsStreethome.MikellaShavonJarretttoldpoliceshewantedCurtisplacedontres-passnotice,andhewasadvised,thereportsaid.• AngelaMarieDuncan,37,of OliveDrive,waschargedbySgt.AdamBellFridaywithdrivingundersuspension.• StephenDevonWilliams,40,of Westmoreland Road, Con-way,apassenger inDuncan’scar,was charged by Sgt. Bellwithhavinganopencontainerof alcoholinthevehicle.• AMainStreetwoman toldOfficersEricStevensandBlakeJackson last Tuesday that amancutatireonhervehicleduring an argument. Policelocated the man, who saidhe had stabbed the tire after
Hunterdidthesametohiscar.Bothsaidtheywouldworktheirissuesout,andwouldseparatefromeachother.• Kimberly Ann Sims, 19,told Officer Alicia Miler lastWednesdaythatsomeonebrokeinto her Harrelson Avenuehome and took several itemsandcashworthatotalof $250.• Tokyo Express employeeRoy Paul told Officer MattMahonSaturdaythatsomeonebroke a front window of theBroad Street business witha rock, broke into two candymachines located inside thedoor,andtookanestimated$10.• ShirrinaEquannaJackson,22,of CedarBranchRoad,toldOfficers Jackson and StevensSaturday that someone hadtakenherwalletwhileshewasclockinginatworkattheLorisIGA.• Tianna Tremaine Brooks,33, told Officers Stevens andJacksonSundaythatsomeonetookabicycleworth$100fromthe frontyardof herChurchStreethome.
Columbus-Brunswick theft ring arrests made At least three ColumbusCounty men and a fourthfromBrunswickCountyareaccusedinaseriesof theftstotalingmorethan$30,000intheAsharea,DelRouthof theBrunswickCountySheriff ’sOfficesaidFriday. Two men have alreadybeenarrested,includingtheowner of Whiteville basedRight Way Vinyl Construc-tion, Routh said, and twomorearesought. InvestigatorsbelieveRightWay trucks were used totransportpropertystolenbythemen,Routhsaid. Right Way owner Chris-topherLeeHines,37,of the16000blockof PeacockRoad,Chadbourn,wasarrestedonThursday. He was chargedwithfelonylarcenyandpos-session of stolen propertyandheldundera$12,000bond. James Alfred Blackwell,47, a Right Way employeeof the3,000blockof HappyHomeRoad,Nakina,wasar-rested Wednesday, chargedwithfelonylarcenyandchopshop activity theft. He washeldundera$25,000bond. Warrants charging two
moremen in the theft ringwere still un-served lateFriday, Routh said. Theyare Cory Carroll Faircloth,29,of the3000blockof OldCribbtownRoad,Chadbourn;andWilfordBenardGore,29,of the 1900 block of CordisTrailinSupply.Atleastoneof thosemenisalsoaRightWay employee, Routh said,but he did not knowwhichone.
Chevy stop Sheri f f ’s de tec t iveslaunched their investiga-tionafterSpecialOperationUnitsstoppedablackChevyS-10, and discovered stolenpropertyinit,Routhsaid. Investigators believe thethefts began several weeksago,andrecoveredmorethan$30,000 in stolen property,some in Columbus County,Routhsaid. Agencies assisting theBrunswickCountySheriff ’sDetective Division includ-ing the Columbus CountySheriff ’sOffice,theShallottePoliceDepartment, and theNCDMVLicenseandTheftBureau.
AlexisPhifer
There will be no four-daywork week at the ColumbusCounty Health Department,county commissioners saidMonday. Commissioners spoke justbrieflyabout therequest fromHealthDirectorKimSmith,firstpresented during their May 7meeting, before rejecting therequestona6-1vote. “I think we ought to givetheman opportunity to try it,justtoseeif itwillwork,”saidcommissionerEdwinRuss,whocastthelonedissentingvote. “I feel like if wedo foronedepartment,we’vegottodoforother departments the samething,” said commissionerJamesPrevatte. Smith, earlier this month,told commissioners that afour-day work week would al-lowforlaterclosingtimesthatcould make health care moreaccessible for many residentsof North Carolina’s most un-healthycounty. ColumbusCounty, for threeyearsrunning,hasbeenrankedthe state’s most unhealthycounty in studies released bythe University of Wisconsin’sPopulation Health Instituteand theRobertWood JohnsonFoundation.
4-day work week nixed at Health
