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INCIDENT REPORT
August 27, 2008


2008-06377
Disorderly Conduct By Fighting
Assigned: File Only (White)
Location: Vendor area at Tucker’s Grove Camp Meeting
Victim: State of N.C.
Suspects fighting at Camp Meeting
Date Reported: August 24, 2008
District C

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HOMEOWNER CLAIMS NEIGHBORS "PICKING ON" HER
Vicki Rauch responds to search warrant service

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

DENVER -- While authorities said Tuesday that Vicki Rauch was being "somewhat" cooperative regarding the seizure of more than 100 animals from her Petite Lane residence, Rauch is speaking out about what she calls harrassment from her neighbors. The seizure, dubbed "Operation Noah's Ark" because of the rain moving through the area, brought together law enforcement, emergency service workers and volunteers to help care for the most innocent of victims, the animals.

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REMNANTS OF FAY MOVING THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

LINCOLN COUNTY -- If you like lots of rain, then the next couple of days are just for you. The remanents of Tropical Storm Fay are moving through the greater Charlotte area, including Lincoln and surrounding counties.

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"GRAB THE GOLD" AT THE BUSINESS EXPO



By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

LINCOLNTON -- Wednesday marks the fifth annual Lincolnton/Lincoln County Chamber of Commerce Business Expo. The event gets underway with a "Get Up and Network" event at 8 a.m. at the James W. Warren Citizen's Center in downtown Lincolnton.

According to Lisa Wallace with the Chamber, 45 vendors are taking part in the event this year that's themed "Grab the Gold," to coincide with the Olympics.

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SUPERINTENDENT VISITS SCHOOLS ON THE FIRST DAY OF CLASSES

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher



LINCOLNTON -- When first bells rang in schools across Lincoln County Monday morning, the Lincoln County School system welcomed more than 11,600 students to the first day of school.

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Coast to Coast to Perform in Downtown Lincolnton


Staff Reports

LINCOLNTON -- Downtown Lincolnton will be shagging to the sounds of Coast to Coast as the Griffin Insurance Agency/Nationwide Insurance Alive After Five concert series continues on Thursday, August 28, 2008.

Coast to Coast, a hometown favorite based out of Lincolnton, will be presented by Bank of America. The self-proclaimed "beach, boogie, and blues band"

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INCIDENT REPORT
August 26, 2008

2008-06292
Shoplifting
Assigned: File Only (B. Posey)
Location: 7131 Hwy 73
Victim: Wal-Mart
Suspect took personal property from store
Date Reported: August 21, 2008
District C

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AUTHORITIES INVESTIGATING VEHICLE BREAK-IN

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

LINCOLN COUNTY – Authorities with the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department are investigating an overnight vehicle break-in that happened in the parking lot of Cataler North America in the Lincoln County Industrial Park.

What is concerning detectives about this particular break-in is what was taken from the vehicle; an AR-15 assault rifle with ammunition. Lincoln County officials

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Raid on East Lincoln Residence Nets Drugs,
Money and Firearms


Two Arrested Including Fugitive from Michigan

Staff Reports

STANLEY -– Armed with a search warrant and arrest warrants, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office Tactical Response Team raided a residence on Old Plank Road Friday, August 22, 2008.

Narcotics investigators conducted a month long undercover operation after getting information that drugs and stolen property were at the residence at

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ONE WRECK VICTIM AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL

Duke Energy utility truck involved in evening wreck

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

LINCOLN COUNTY -- A Duke Energy utility truck and Chevy Cavalier were involved in a head on collision Sunday night in the western part of Lincoln County. The accident happened on Magnolia Grove Road, off Philadelphia Church Road, around 8:45 p.m.

Initial radio traffic indicated one vehicle had run on top of the other, pinning one person inside and leaving that person unconcious. Dustin Lee Baker, the passenger in the Chevy driven by Christina Chaney,

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INCIDENT REPORT
August 25, 2008


2008-06304
Breaking & Entering MV, Larceny
Assigned: Sergeant Cody
Location: 1356 Willow Ridge Rd.
Victim: Rhett Cody
Suspect entered vehicle and took 1 JVC CD player, and 2 Panasonic Digital Cameras
Date Reported: August 22, 2008
District B

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Sexually Assaulted Children: National Estimates and Characteristics a bulletin by The National Incidence Studies of Missing, Abducted, Runaway, and Thrownaway Children (NISMART) has been released.

Key Findings

• In 1999, an estimated 285,400 children were victims
  of a sexual assault1 and 35,000 were victims of some
  other type of sex offense.

• An estimated 44 percent of the child victims of sexual assault and other sex offenses experienced an act of sexual penetration.

• Sexual assault victims were disproportionately female
  (89 percent) and ages 12 to 17 (81 percent).

• Most (95 percent) of the sexual assault victims were assaulted by a male. Almost three-fourths (71 percent)
  were assaulted by someone they were acquainted with or knew by sight; 18 percent were assaulted by a complete stranger, 10 percent by a family member.

• Twenty-nine percent of the sexual assault victims were assaulted by youth age 17 or younger.

• Police were contacted in regard to only 30 percent of the sexually assaulted children.

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Around 8:45 pm Sunday South Fork firefighters responded to Magnolia Grove Rd. near Philadelphia Church Rd. Authorities on the scene reported a pickup truck has crashed on top of a Chevy Cavalier. One person was believed to be unconscious and pinned inside the wreckage.

Firefighters on the scene had originally called for two Med Center air helicopters from Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte. However, as of around 9:05pm the patients were reported to be free from the vehicles and around 9:10pm the helicopters were cancelled.

The accident is under investigation by trooper Powell of the North Carolina Highway Patrol.

Authorities had to shut down Magnolia Grove Rd

LINCOLNTON POLICE MAKE DRUG BUSTS

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

LINCOLNTON -- Friday marked the start of high school football in Lincoln County, and city police scored a touchdown without even being at a game. Authorities
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TWO PEOPLE FOUND DEAD IN GASTONIA HOME
Investigation into incident continued Sunday

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

GASTONIA -- Authorities spent a large chunk of their Saturday investigating the deaths of two residents at a Gastonia home.

And the investigation may continue Monday.

Sunday, 1117 Jannee Court resembled a crime scene, with yellow tape cordoning off the residence and police cars around.

"Something's going on down there," said an anonymous caller to The Carolina Scoop.

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Tropical Storm Fay caused ominous clouds, rough seas and strong undertoes at Surfside Beach, SC Saturday
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HOUSE BEING MOVED
FROM MECKLENBURG TO LINCOLN

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

DENVER – If you thought you saw a house moving down the road in east Lincoln while on the way to church, then you’re not seeing things. And the house moving this morning may have affected your commute to church.

Around 7:15 a.m., Lincoln County Communications notified emergency service workers and law enforcement of the plans to move a 35-foot-wide house from Highway 73 in Mecklenburg County to Webbs Road in Lincoln County.

The house move started on Highway 73 in Mecklenbury County. The movers turned the house

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LINCOLN LETTER CARRIERS PARTICIPATE IN SCHOOL TOOLS

Schools in Lincoln open Monday



By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

LINCOLNTON – Saturday marked a special day for WSOC-TV’s “School Tools” campaign, as letter carriers from across Lincoln County were picking up school supplies donated by their customers.

Postal customers left school supplies at their mailboxes and were picked up by letter carriers throughout the day. The supplies are going to be distributed locally.

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Local and Statewide
High School Football Scores

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Two-Year-Old Child Dies from Injuries

LINCOLNTON -- The Carolina Scoop has learned a 2-year-old Vale girl has died from injuries received in a tractor accident according to a hospital spokesperson at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte.

Detective Mark Stamey identified the young Hispanic female as Adamaras Garcia whose

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REVIVAL COMING TO LINCOLNTON?

HEAVEN'S GATES, HELL'S FLAMES AT NEW VISION MINISTRIES
Exclusive Video of the play's opening

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

LINCOLNTON -- A revival is something New Vision Ministries pastor Scott Mann has been praying for, along with other pastors across Lincolnton.

And if the crowds to this year's performance of Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames are any indication, revival may indeed spread through central Lincoln County.

New Vision Ministries, located on Clark's Creek Road, is hosting the program this year. Last year, the program ran several nights over a two week period and literally drew hundreds of people to the

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A South Carolina man is fed up with people stealing from him, so he put a sign in his yard warning would be theives.
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Josh Ferree Memorial Softball Tournament Saturday
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West Lincoln Emergency Services Appreciation Dinner

Reepsville Baptist Church, Daniels Lutheran Church and other churches in western Lincoln County are hosting the first annual West Lincoln Emergency Services Appreciation Dinner at Reepsville Baptist, 1513 Alf Hoover Road in Vale on Monday, September 8, 2008 at 7 pm.

NC Highway Patrol, West Lincoln Rescue, Lincoln County EMS, Union VFD, Northbrook VFD, Howard’s Creek VFD and the western division of the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Department are invited to attend and share a meal with devotions.

Call Pastor Jeff Hull at 704-276-3803 to RSVP.

TRAFFIC SLOWING AROUND COURT SQUARE?

By Jon Mayhew
Publisher

LINCOLNTON -- In the days after a deadly accident at the intersection of East Court Square and East Main Street, motorists are using extra caution when pedestrians are in crosswalks in downtown Lincolnton.

Monday morning, 78-year-old Virginia McAlister was struck by a pickup driven by Timothy Biggerstaff, 47, of Lawndale, as she crossed the street. Biggerstaff cflipped McAlister. She was taken to Gaston Memorial Hospital, where she died around 9 a.m. A memorial service was held for McAlister Wednesday at Lincoln Avenue Baptist Church on South Grove Street.

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