LINCOLN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
DECEMBER 16, 2008
INCIDENT REPORT
Photo by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop Publisher's
Note: Crimestoppers of Lincolnton/Lincoln
County will pay a reward of up to $1,000
for an anonymous tip that leads to an
arrest in any crime. Call the tipline at
704-736-8909.
2008-09083 Breaking & Entering,
Larceny
Assigned: Detective Powell
Location: 804 Cedar Grove Ch. Rd.
Victim: Kenneth Sigmon
Suspect took 1 Dewalt Drill, 1 Saber Saw,
1 Skill Saw, and 6 rings
Date Reported: December 06, 2008
District A
J.J.
Tindall, owner of Tindall's Professional
Photography on East Main Street in
Lincolnton, talks with a customer on the
phone. Photo by Jon
Mayhew/TCS
By
Jon Mayhew
For 15
years, J.J. Tindall saved lives as a
paramedic with Gaston County EMS, also
known as GEMS.
He
turned in his resignation one day to
pursue his dream to save something of a
different sort: to own his own
photography studio and save family
heirloom photographs.
Since
1998, Tindall and his wife, Brandy, have
owned and operated Tindall's Professional
Photography.
Investigators are
trying to determine the cause of a fire
at Southern Fiber Mill Sunday morning. Photo
by Adam Diaz/TCS
CROUSE
-- Two days after Southern Fiber
Mill's 40,000 square-foot warehouse
burned to the ground, the investigation
into what started the fire continues.
Lincoln
County Fire Marshal Mike Futrell said
Monday night his agency has stepped aside
in the investigation into the early
Sunday morning blaze.
"The
State Bureau of Investigation and the
Lincoln County Sheriff's Department are
investigating the cause," said
Futrell.
Three
firefighters were injured while battling
the blaze; one suffered a broken ankle,
while two others suffered minor injuries.
SUNDAY
A.M. FIRE DESTROYS MILL Investigation
continuing into Southern Fiber fire
By
Jon Mayhew
Video shot by Adam
Diaz/TCS
CROUSE
-- An overnight fire at Southern
Fiber on South Grove Street Extension
totally destroyed one of Lincoln County's
last functioning mills.
Firefighters
from eight departments spent hours
battling the blaze that happened in the
wee hours of Sunday morning. Crouse
firefighters were assisted by Lincolnton;
South Fork; Hughes Pond; North 321;
Union; Denver and Howards Creek in
battling the blaze.
LINCOLN
COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
DECEMBER 15, 2008
INCIDENT REPORT
Photo by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop Publisher's
Note: Crimestoppers of Lincolnton/Lincoln
County will pay a reward of up to $1,000
for an anonymous tip that leads to an
arrest in any crime. Call the tipline at
704-736-8909.
2008-09228 Credit Card Fraud, Obtain
Property by False Pretense
Assigned: Officer Witherspoon
Location: 1349 Hardy Trl.
Victim: Gilma Mitchell
Suspect got charge card using
victim’s information
Date Reported: December 12, 2008
District B
By: Kevin Starr
N.C. Cooperative Extension Service
I want to make you aware of a book that
might be of interest to some serious home
gardeners. The book is
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden by Lee
Reich. Reich is a former researcher with
the U.S.D.A. and Cornell University. He
is now a gardener, writer, lecturer, and
consultant on gardening. The book is
readily available on the internet and
I’m sure bookstores can order it if
they don’t have it in the store.
The author discusses some of the more
unusual fruiting plants we can grow in
the garden. One of my favorites is the
persimmon. This native is often
underappreciated because it bears a small
fruit and must be completely ripe before
it’s good to eat. But there’s
nothing quite like persimmon pudding. An
easier way to become a persimmon lover is
to try the Oriental persimmons which are
sometimes sold in the store as
“Sharon Fruit”. If you
Lincoln County Sheriff's
detectives are investigating two home
break-ins that occurred off Highway 150
East on Wednesday, December 10th.
The break-ins occurred in the 2700 block
of Lippard Creek Drive between 6:00pm and
9:25 pm.
LINCOLNTON
-- It was tense moments for
police and hospital personnel at
Carolinas Medical Center Lincoln Saturday
night.
Around
9:45pm, Lincolnton police Sgt. Willie
Vaughn was preparing to leave when he was
approached by a hospital security guard
in reference to a man with a gun.
Santa Claus sat on
Dianne Poovey's lap. Poovey, of Vale, was
one of 11 vendors at Woodmill Winery's
Christmas open house.
By
Jon Mayhew
VALE
-- The third annual Woodmill
Winery open house met and exceeded
organizers' expectations.
More
than 1,200 people visited Woodmill Winery
over the two-day open house that ran this
past Saturday and Sunday at Lincoln
County's premiere winery in Vale.
Winery
owner Larry Cagle said there were three
wines
SHELBY
-- Shelby police over the
weekend arrested a former Lincolnton
resident on felony charges from
Lincolnton Police.
According
to arrest records and warrants, J.W.
Smith Jr., 56, formerly of Carwash Drive,
Lincolnton, was arrested at the Best
Value Inn at 823 W. Dixon Blvd. in Shelby
after causing a disturbance at the hotel
and refusing to leave.
Jeefrey
Lee Nolen (left) and Brandi Houser
(right) are jailed on drugs and weapons
charges. Photos
Contributed/TCS
LINCOLNTON
-- A report of a stolen firearm
leads to the arrest of a Turner Street
couple on drugs and weapons charges.
Jeffrey
Lee Nolen Jr., 23, and Brandi Houser, 28,
both of 212 Turner Street, were arrested
late last week after detectives found
four heroin baloons and a stolen gun at
their residencce.
Around
4:30 p.m. Thursday, detectives with the
Lincolnton Police Department received
word of a stolen firearm at one of the
local pawnshops.
EXCLUSIVE
VIDEO: Flames ravage vacant
residence on Maiden Highway at Pinewood
Trail
FIVE
DEPARTMENTS BATTLE FIRE Vacant
house once belonged to Carpenter family
By
Jon Mayhew
NORTH
LINCOLN -- Firefighters from
five departments battled a structure fire
at a vacant house Thursday night.
Around
8:20 p.m., a neighbor of the old
Carpenter property at Pinewood Trail and
Maiden Highway called the Lincoln County
Communications Center to reports the
residence was on fire.
Photo by Jon Mayhew/The Carolina Scoop Publisher's
Note: Crimestoppers of Lincolnton/Lincoln
County will pay a reward of up to $1,000
for an anonymous tip that leads to an
arrest in any crime. Call the tipline at
704-736-8909.
2008-09179 Simple Assault
Assigned: Deputy Milton
Location: 6471 NC 73
Victim: Sarah Homiak
Subject pushed victim with both hands
Date Reported: December 10, 2008
District C
JONES
EXXON SUSPECT CAUGHT! Edward
Franklin Case allegedly broke into Jones
Exxon in Denver four times. Photo
Contributed/TCS
By
Jon Mayhew
DENVER -- A Mount Holly
man has been charged in the four
break-ins at Jones Exxon in Denver.
Edward Franklin Case Jr.,
40, was arrested early Thursday morning
after a chase involving Lincoln
County Sheriff's deputies and Charlotte
Mecklenburg Police.
Deputy T. Parker tried to stop a dark
colored Honda CRV on
South Little Egypt Road around 2:30 a.m.
and the vehicle sped
away. The officer chased the vehicle down
Highway 16 into
Mecklenburg County at speeds in excess of
100
CAUGHT! ELMORE ARRESTED
WEDNESDAY NIGHT Rasheen
Elmore's mug shot from 2007 in Catawba
County (left) and Rasheen Elmore's mug
shot in Lincoln County from his arrest
Wednesday (right). Photos
contributed/TCS
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON -- An
18-year-old Gastonia man is arrested
after a
Friday night purse snatching and early
Saturday morning chase
in Lincolnton.
Rasheen Elmore turned himself into
authorities after detectives
with Lincolnton Police learned he was
staying at a residence
near Cherryville.
VALE -- Take children's
Christmas stories, the West Lincoln
Chorus, the opportunity to purchase
Christmas gifts from
vendors and the chance to visit with
Santa Claus himself and
what have you got? Two days of family fun
at Lincoln County's
original winery.
It's the third annual Woodmill Winery
Christmas open house.
The event starts at 11 a.m. Saturday and
1 p.m. Sunday at the winery.
By
Jon Mayhew
LINCOLNTON -- The four new
Lincoln County Board of
Education members were sworn in Wednesday
night, where the
board then elected a new chairman and
vice-chairman.
Both Tommy Houser and George Dellinger
are returning to the
board; new to the board but not to
education are former LCS
employees Kelly Childers and Ed Hatley.
School board attorney
"Arrested
Developments" THE
OFFICIAL LINCOLNTON POLICE BLOTTER
Lincolnton
Police detective Sgt. Matt Painter. Photo
by Jon Mayhew/TCS
December
9 - 10, 2008
Dec
9, 2008
5:10am
-- Damage to property; attempted breaking
and entering: 1114 S. Aspen Street.Sgt.
Jeremy Wilson said someone broke
off a metal object in a door lock.
The Lincoln County
Board of Commissioners will meet Monday
at 6:30 p.m.
in the Board of Commissioners' Room on
the third floor of the James W. Warren
Citizens Center
at 115 W. Main Street.
The citizens of Lincoln County are always
encouraged to attend. The following is
the agenda for
this meeting
LINCOLN
COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
DECEMBER 15, 2008
6:30 PM Call to Order
6:31 PM Invocation – Reverend J. V.
Allen, Boger City Wesleyan Church
6:32 PM Pledge of Allegiance
1. 6:33 PM Adoption of Agenda
2. 6:34 PM Consent Agenda
- Tax Requests for476 Refunds – More
than $100
- November 9 – 23, 2008
- Budget Adjustment No. 21, 40 - 44
- Approval of Minutes
- December 1, 2008
gardeners. The book is
Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden by Lee
Reich. Reich is a former researcher with
the U.S.D.A. and Cornell University. He
is now a gardener, writer, lecturer, and
consultant on gardening. The book is
readily available on the internet and
I’m sure bookstores can order it if
they don’t have it in the store.
