Photo
by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
INCIDENT REPORT
October 2, 2008
2008-07428
Larceny
Assigned: Detective Stamey
Location: 4278 Catawba Burris Rd.
Victim: East Lincoln Christian Ministry
Suspect took 1 chest of drawers, 1 tool
box, and several unknown items
Date Reported: October 1, 2008
District C
2008-07429
Breaking & Entering, Damage to
Property
Assigned: Officer Brown
Location: 2077 Bess Chapel Ch. Rd.
Victim: Johnna Heavner
Suspect kicked in door and entered vacant
residence
Date Reported: October 1, 2008
District A
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TWO ARRESTED FOR MOTEL
MISCHIEF
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- Two out-of-town visitors are
arrested after police say they were up to
no good at a Lincolnton motel.
Officers
responded to the Comfort Inn on East Main
Street around 5 p.m. Saturday to find
that a vending machine had been broken
into with money missing.
A guest
at the hotel first alerted authorities,
saying he heard loud noises outside of
his room. When the
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People danced in
the streets Monday night to the sounds of
Ocean Boulevard, part of the Alive After
Five concert series in downtown
Lincolnton. The event featured cyclists
from Cycle NC, who were passing through
Lincolnton on Monday.
Photo by
Adam Diaz/The Carolina Scoop.
WRECK SENDS FOUR TO
HOSPITAL
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON
-- A rear-end crash Thursday
around 8 a.m. sends four people to the
hospital.
Authorities
reported the accident at Laurel and
Magnolia Streets. One of the vehicles, a
small pickup, suffered heavy front-end
damage according to authorities.
A woman
and her two children were in one vehicle
and didn't suffer any injuries. The male
driver of the pickup suffered minor
injuries.
The
intersection was blocked while
authorities tended to the injuries and
cleared the accident scene.
All four
were taken to Carolinas Medical Center -
Lincoln for evaluation.
Authorities work to
free one patient from a vehicle, involved
in a three-vehicle wreck Tuesday
afternoon.
Photo by Jon Mayhew
WRECK BLOCKS
TRAFFIC, SENDS ONE TO HOSPITAL
Accident
involves two cars and a UPS delivery
truck
By Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON -- It was a
rough drive for everyone Tuesday
afternoon just before 3:30 p.m. An
accident involving two vehicles and a UPS
delivery truck blocked the intersection
of Sigmon Road and North Aspen Street
near the State Employee's Credit Union.
A man driving one of
the vehicles involved told The Carolina
Scoop he was traveling south on North
Aspen, heading towards town, when the UPS
truck appeared in front of him.
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BREAK-IN
SUSPECTS FACE SEVERAL CHARGES
The Carolina Scoop
Exclusive Follow-Up
By Jon
Mayhew
   
BOGER CITY --
Authorities arrested four people
on several charges stemming from an
incident at Food Lion on East Main
Street, where three of the suspects
actually cashed in stolen coins before
being apprehended.
Police arrested
22-year-old David Wayne Hunsucker of Huss
Street; Shannon
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by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
INCIDENT REPORT
October 1, 2008
2008-07400
Missing Person
Assigned: Officer Brown
Location: 216 Gainsville Ch. Rd.
Victim: Amanda Flowers
Missing Person
Date Reported: September 30, 2008
District A
2008-07404
Damage to Property
Assigned: Officer Brown
Location: 586 Ancroft Ln.
Victim: Joanne Finger
Suspect sprayed trees with weed killer
and removed fence from property
Date Reported: September 30, 2008
District A
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Originally
a News Alert from The Carolina Scoop
QUICK
ROBBERY CALL RESPONSE NETS FOUR BREAKING
AND ENTERING ARRESTS
Exclusive
Photographs of the Supect's Arrests
By
Jon Mayhew
One
of four breaking and entering suspects
cowardly covers up his face while being
led to jail.
Photo by Jon Mayhew
BOGER CITY --
An attentive shopper and quick law
enforcement work nab four bad guys. What
started as a possible robbery call meant
the end of the line for four males in a
breaking/entering spree in Lincolnton and
possibly Lincoln County.
The incident started
as breaking news on The Carolina Scoop
around 4:15 p.m.Tuesday, when a shopper
at the Food Lion on East Main Street
noticed three males -- two black and one
white -- pile out of a car, open the
trunk and remove a black bag.
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MOTORIST
HELPS ELDERLY LADY FIND FAMILY
Woman found
wandering on Salem Church Road
LINCOLNTON -- An unidentified
motorist helps an elderly lady who
appeared to be wandering around Salem
Church Road.
The man brought the woman to the
Lincolnton Police Department on Tuesday,
and told Lt. Tony Hallman that he found
the woman walking down the road towards
High Shoals. She was hitch-hiking
according to the man.
"She was close to home in all
actuality," said Hallman, after the
woman's son came to the department and
picked her up. "She just forgot
where she was."
Several department employees welcomed the
woman and talked to her, learning her
name was Grace Keener. The unidentified
man brought Keener inside and sat her
down at the conference table inside the
department.
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NC
High School Football Rankings
September 30, 2008
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Rocky
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New 6
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Independence
(Charlotte)
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Southwestern
4A
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Dudley
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Triad
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Millbrook
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CAP 7
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Newton-Conover
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whole high school football ranking
CYCLE NC MAKES STOP IN
LINCOLNTON
Cyclists
spend night in "tent city" at
Betty Ross Park
By Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON --
It looked more like a Woodstock
Concert than more than 1,000 bicyclists
camping out at Betty Ross Park.
The tent city,
catering by Melamoose Scoops and Java,
Alive After Five; all events centered
around Cycle NC's visit to Lincolnton
Monday.
Rick Presnell with Cycle NC said
Lincolnton was very hospitable.
"This is really
nice," said Presnell, while taking
pictures at Melamoose Monday night.
Seranading the
bicyclists were the beach band Ocean
Boulevard, who put on a special concert
on the Court Square for participants, as
well as a reschedule from an earl+ier
Alive After Five that was rained out.
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INCIDENT REPORTS FOR
SEPT. 30.
From the
Lincoln County Sheriff's Office
Publisher's
Note: Crimestoppers of Lincolnton/Lincoln
County may pay a reward of up to $1,000
for any information leading ot an arrest
in any crime. Tipsters remain anonymous.
Have a tip? Call 704-735-8909.
2008-07296
Simple Assault
Assigned: Officer Rex
Location: 803 N Aspen St.
Victim: Danterrias Dorsey
Suspect struck Victim
Date Reported: September 26, 2008
District B
2008-07308
Assault
Assigned: File Only (Milton)
Location: Optimist Club Rd.
Victim: Juvenile
Suspect hit Victim in face
Date Reported: September 26, 2008
District C
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STRANDED
MOTORIST ATTACKED IN NEWTON
By:
Jon Mayhew
Severo
Martinez Martinez
NEWTON
- A motorist with car trouble
claims he was assaulted by a total of
five hispanic males in two separate
incidents. The suspects are in the
Catawba County Jail on several charges.
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GAS
PANIC CONTINUES IN LINCOLN
AAA Urges
Residents to Remain Calm
Photo
by Adam Diaz/The Carolina Scoop
By Adam Diaz and Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON --
Residents of Lincoln County have
been lining up for gas. Some stations
have a limited supply, while others are
out of gas.
The Raceway, on East
Main Street near Highway 321, had cars
lined up as early as 8 p.m. Sunday,
waiting for a shipment of gas.
Motorists were still
waiting for the shipment of gas as of 2
a.m. Monday.
Most of the cars
waiting were on "E" on empty;
they had no other choice but to wait.
"We have to wait
since we have no choice," said one
motorist.
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Walgreens Pays
U.S. $9.9 Million to Settle Medicaid
Prescription Drug Allegations
Staff
Reports
WASHINGTON ,
DC – Illinois-based
national retail pharmacy chain Walgreens
has paid the United States and four
participating states $9.9 million to
resolve allegations of falsely billing
the Medicaid program, the Justice
Department
Walgreens submitted
claims to Medicaid agencies in four
states for prescription drugs dispensed
to persons covered both by Medicaid and
by private third-party insurance. The
retail pharmacy chain allegedly charged
the four state Medicaid programs the
difference between what the private
insurance companies paid for the drugs
and what the state Medicaid programs
would have paid for the drugs in the
absence of private insurance.
The government
alleges the claims were false because the
drug chain was entitled to reimbursement
from the Medicaid programs only for the
amount the Medicaid beneficiary would
have been obligated to pay Walgreens had
the claims been
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For What It's
Worth
9/29/08
PEOPLE ACTING
STUPID REGARDING GAS
By
Jon Mayhew
Over
the last two weeks, I’ve heard of
people getting in fistfights and verbal
arguments over the lack of supply in gas.
While this isn’t astonishing to me
as a newspaper publisher or journalist,
as a person I think we all need to
“get a grip” and get a handle
on the situation.
The fact is, the supply is going to take
time to
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INVESTIGATORS
BACK OUT AT SITE
What
caused the spark that killed Nate?
By
Jon Mayhew
DENVER
-- Investigators will return to
Westport Marina on Monday, the site of a
deadly June boat explosion that killed a
popular Denver teenager.
Nate
Coppick, 19, died while refueling the
Lake Norman cruise boat
"Championship II," which is
owned by Cliff Champion.
Authorities
tell The Carolina Scoop that they know a
spark is responsible for causing the
explosion. They are still trying to
determine, however, if the spark came
from the engine of the boat or
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by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop
INCIDENT REPORT
September 29, 2008
2008-07297
Trespass, Larceny, Damage to
Property
Assigned: Officer Frye
Location: 2671 Philadelphia Ch. Rd.
Victim: Bobby Huss
Suspect breaking cable and taking wiring
from house
Date Reported: September 26, 2008
District B
2008-07304
Damage to Property
Assigned: File Only (Hargrave)
Location: 7570 Cottonwood Rd.
Victim: Diamond K Hauling
Suspect put sugar in fuel tank
Date Reported: September 26, 2008
District C
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LINCOLN
TOASTMASTERS TO REPRESENT
CLUB AT DISTRICT COMPETITION
By Jon
Mayhew
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Carolyn Agosta ..
.. .. .. .. .. .. Brewster
Strope
LINCOLNTON -- Four
Toastmaster clubs from three counties,
including Lincoln, recently met to
compete for top honors and to see who
would represent area Toastmasters' clubs
in a district competition.
Two members of the
Lincolnton Toastmasters are going to
district.
Carolyn Agosta won
first place in the Evaluation contest,
while Brewster Strope won second place in
the humorous speech contest.
Both will compete in
the district competition, scheduled for
Hendersonville next month.
Lincolnton
Toastmasters meet every Monday at 7 p.m.
in room 319 at the Lincoln Seniors Center
on the Lincoln campus of Gaston College.
Toastmaster Jim Rhine
served as contest master. Strope's speech
was entitled "The $1,500
Speech."
"At
Toastmasters, members learn by speaking
to groups and working with others in a
supportive environment. Our Toastmaster
Club
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NCAA
College Football Rankings
September 28, 2008
AP Top 25....
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USA TODAY TOP 25
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| Oklahoma
(43) 4-0 ..1,599 |
1 |
Oklahoma
(57) 4-0 ..1,520 |
| Alabama (21) ..5-0 ..1,565 |
2 |
LSU (1).........4-0 ..1,399 |
| LSU
.............4-0 ..1,466 |
3 |
Missouri
,,,,,,,4-0 .. 1,389 |
| Missouri (1) ....4-0 ..1,453 |
4 |
Alabama (2) .,5-0`.-1,350 |
| Texas
,,,,,,,,,,,4-0 ..1,362 |
5 |
Texas
,,,,,.,,,,4-0 ..1,310 |
| Penn State .....5-0,,1,252 |
6 |
Penn State ....5-0,,,1,146 |
| Texas Tech.....4-0...1,105 |
7 |
Brigham Young
4-0, 1,054 |
| Brigham Young
4-0,,,1,098 |
8 |
Texas Tech ,,,,4-0 |
| USC/////////./2-1 ..1,087 |
9 |
USC/////////./2-1 .9 990 |
| South Florida...5-0.. 1,035 |
10 |
Georgia , , ,. , 4-1 .. 888 TIED South
Florida 5-0 888 |
| Georgia..........4-1...1,018 |
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| Florida......./...3-1.....,.914 |
12 |
Ohio State......4-1.,,,,854 |
| Auburn...........4-1......860 |
13 |
Florida . .. .. ..3-1 .. 832 |
| Ohio State......3-1.,,,,,,790 |
14 |
Auburn , , . / , 4-1 .. 776 |
| Utah............ 5-0 ,,,,,713 |
15 |
Utah..... ...... 5-0 ,,,684 |
| Kansas ..........3-1 .....650 |
16 |
Kansas ..........3-1 ...555 |
| Boise State ....3-0 .....549 |
17 |
Wisconsin / / /3-1 .,.521 |
| Wisconsin ......3-1. ....520 |
18 |
Boise State.....3-0.,,,,446 |
| Vanderbilt ..... 4-0. /...459 |
19 |
Vanderbilt .... 4-0. ...351 |
| Virginia Tech... 4-1. /..290 |
20 |
Oregon , , ./ , 4-1 .. 286 |
| Oklahoma
State 4-0. /..277 |
21 |
Fresno State . .3-1 . .280 |
| Fresno State ....3-1. /..232 |
22 |
Oklahoma
State 4-0 . 299 |
| Oregon.......... 4-1. /..199 |
23 |
Connectcut .... 5-0. .180 |
| Connecticut,,,, 5-0. |
24 |
Virginia Tech .. 4-1 . 161 |
| Wake
Forest ....3-1 ...107 |
25 |
Wake
Forest . . 3-1 . 148 |
Others
Receiving Votes
Maryland 46, Michigan State 42,
Kentucky 40, Ball State 38,
Northwestern 32, Tulsa 32, TCU
30, Illinois 24, North Carolina
21, Florida State 14, Mississippi
13, Georgia Tech 10, California
5, Nebraska 5, Oregon State 3,
Boston College 3, Colorado 2
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Others
Receiving Votes
Northwestern 98, Michigan State
88, Kentucky 86, Ball State 43,
Maryland 40, Tulsa 38, Florida
State 31, TCU 25, California 20,
Georgia Tech 18, Illinois 14,
Nebraska 8, Oregon State 6, North
Carolina 5, Clemson 5, Notre Dame
3, Cincinnati 2, Duke 1,
Ole Miss 1 |
Dropped
From Rankings
Clemson 20, Illinois 22, East
Carolina 23, TCU 24 |
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Dropped
From Rankings
Clemson 19, Illinois 21, TCU 23 |
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AUTHORITIES
INVESTIGATING CONVENIENCE STORE BREAK-IN
By Jon Mayhew
DENVER – Authorities are
investigating an overnight break in at an
Eastern Lincoln County convenience store.
Around 4:30 a.m. Sunday, Lincoln County
Communications were notified of a
break-in at the Cornerstone Store located
on Highway 150 in Denver.
Radio traffic indicated someone smashed
through a window and made entry into the
store. It’s not know what, if
anything, was taken. However,
investigators called in found an
important clue to aid in their
investigation: lots of blood.
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FALL BRINGS
CHANGE OF PACE
By
Kevin Starr
Summer is over and fall has
arrived. In the garden and
landscape, that usually means a
little slower pace. But
there’s  still
plenty of chores to do.
Fall is the best time of the year
to establish or renovate tall
fescue lawns. It’s
also time to fertilize.
Remember to mow your fescue at
about 3-3½ inches.
This is a good time to clean up
the landscape and to replenish
the mulch if needed.
Tracy
Jenkins, county horticulturist,
and her crew did an outstanding
job with these tasks around the
courthouse and Citizens Center
prior to the Apple
Festival. I heard several
positive comments about how good
the grounds looked around these
buildings. It’s always
amazing how quality mulch and
clean bed lines can improve the
appearance of a landscape.
We get a lot of questions about
pruning. Pruning
invigorates plants. At this
time of the year, we want plants
to slow down and begin the
process of hardening off before
cold weather comes. So
while it’s fine to do some
light pruning on a
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The
Legend of 'Machine Gun Kelly'
|
 75 years ago
on September 26, 1933, wanted
gangster George “Machine
Gun” Kelly and three others
were captured by Bureau agents
and local police.
That
date might not have meant much to
history except for the reporting
that followed. As the
legend goes, the surrounded and
frightened Kelly shouted
something like, “Don’t
shoot, G-Men, don’t
shoot!” Originally slang for
all government agents, the term
“G-Men” soon became
synonymous solely with FBI
special agents.
Did Kelly
really say those words? Probably
not—it appears to have been
manufactured by the media. But it
quickly grabbed hold of the
popular imagination as Hollywood,
the press, the American people,
and even the FBI accepted it as
fact.
Here’s
the story behind the myth and how
it grew. On July 22,
1933, George Kelly and his gang
kidnapped Charles Urschel, a
wealthy oil magnate. After
Urschel’s family paid a
hefty ransom, he was freed. Over
the next few months, our
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CHERRYVILLE
WOMAN CLAIMED TO BE A HOSTAGE; ARRESTED
By Jon Mayhew
CHERRYVILLE – It’s the
call that no law enforcement officer
wants to hear. A man is armed with a gun
and is holding a woman hostage.
That’s the scenario that Jody Beam
Browne, 47, outlined for Gaston County
authorities last weekend.
After Cherryville Police started their
investigation, Browne went from being a
victim, to a suspect.
According to Det. Mike Allred with
Cherryville Police, Browne said she was
being held at gunpoint and suddenly
yelled while she was on the phone.
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TWO
MEN ARRESTED IN ATTEMPTED BANK ROBBERY
Suspect
literally “scared neighbor to
death” per authorities
By Jon Mayhew
GASTON
COUNTY – Some Lincoln
County drivers along I-85 in Gaston
County couldn’t help but notice
authorities on the side of the road,
pointing rifles into the woods.
Authorities in Gaston County were on a
manhunt for two men who attempted to rob
a Belmont bank Friday.
Police finally located Quanterrios McCoy
and Larry Whitfield after searching all
day. McCoy is charged with attempted
robbery of the Fort Financial Credit
Union on North New Hope Road.
The 20-year-old males were sighted by
bank employees. And while the duo got
into the bank, they never made it to the
lobby. Bank employees locked the security
doors.
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ALLEGED MS-13 GANG MEMBERS IN NORTH
CAROLINA CHARGED
IN 70-COUNT SUPERSEDING INDICTMENT
Two
Members Charged with Gang-Related Murders
in Charlotte and Greensboro;
A Notice of Intent to Seek the Death
Penalty was Filed
WASHINGTON
— Twenty-six alleged
members of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13,
have been charged in a superseding
indictment that now charges 70 criminal
counts, Acting Assistant Attorney General
of the Criminal Division Matthew
Friedrich and U.S. Attorney for the
Western District of North Carolina
Gretchen C.F. Shappert announced today.
The initial indictment was filed on June
23, 2008, and charged 26 members of the
violent gang MS-13 with federal
racketeering and related crimes occurring
in the United States and El Salvador.
According to the new criminal counts,
Alejandro Enrique Ramirez Umana, a/k/a
“Wizard” and “Lobo,”
intentionally killed brothers Ruben
Garcia Salinas and Manuel Garcia Salinas
on Dec. 8, 2007, in Guilford County,
N.C., in aid of an enterprise engaged in
racketeering activity. The Department
filed a notice of intent today to seek
the death penalty against Umana for
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INCIDENT REPORT
September 26, 2008
2008-07270
Disorderly Conduct
Assigned: File Only (Rex)
Location: 803 N Aspen St.
Victim: Lincolnton High School
Student be disorderedly at school
Date Reported: September 5, 2008
District B
2008-07274
Assault on Child Under 12
Assigned: Detective Etters
Location:
Victim: Juvenile
Assault on Child under 12
Date Reported: September 25, 2008
District C
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GAS LINES FORM AROUND LINCOLN -- AGAIN
Stations
Again Running Low or Out of Fuel
By Jon
Mayhew
LINCOLNTON --
For the second time in about two
weeks, motorists spent their Wednesday
afternoon and evening lined up at the gas
pump.
And while stations
across Lincoln County were running low on
gas or even out of gas, the prices were
remaining stable.
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September 26, 2008
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