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(Publisher's note: Barry Schrum resigned as Crimestoppers president on Monday, after his father passed away several weeks ago. An editorial ran two weeks after his father died, taking the position Schrum should resign for comments he made during a Chamber event in Vale which were anti-law enforcement. Schrum apologized for his words Saturday to publisher Jon Mayhew, two days before he resigned. Despite the inflammatory language in M. Wilson's letter, we choose to run the letter unedited because we believe in giving the readers the whole story, fair and truthful.)

To whom it may concern, (and it is a concern & injustice),

I have to say...As a friend of several families down Trinity Farms subdivision I am appalled by the actions of these "neighbors". The Melby's. I am also appalled that the Carolina Scoop actually published misquoted information from the Crimestoppers organization, even after being contacted and given the truth 'from the horses mouth'.

Mr. Mayhew was given the true quotes but obviously printed slander anyways....."In
> fact, at the grand opening for a new medical facitlity,
> Barry actually told Mayhew who was also at that opening that
> he thought Sheriff Daugherty and Chief Abernathy were doing
> great jobs. "

This makes some of us wonder about the true intentions of Mr.Mayhew himself??!

After all of the harassment and fake crimestopper & Lincoln County Sheriffs Office letters (containing Crimestoppers letter head) from the Melby's you would think they would realize that this was illegal and unethical. But yet they continue to get free advertising from places like The Carolina Scoop????
The Melby's are slandering their neighbors and misrepresenting Crimestoppers & the Sheriff's office by using their logo for their personal agendas and slander.

Most of us thought that the Melby's deserved to be ticketed for their misuse of organizational logo's and misleading the neighborhood into believing that Crimestopper were vindictive and arrogant. If The Carolina Scoop is going to allow these law breakers to post on their website then WE feel that this website should be boycotted.

The Melby's have single-handedly caused the resignation of good people from the Crimestoppers organization. And that is sickening. Seems they would rather resign then listen to and be smeared by individuals whose moral compass is broken.

The Melby's caused this mess by fraudulently using the Crimestoppers and Lincoln county Sheriff's Office logo's in accusing and threatening letters that they distributed throughout their own neighborhood.

People, like myself, are outraged and offended by the Melby's sick misrepresentations of good people. We will be trying to gather signatures from neighbors to stop the garbage that is being printed by the Carolina Scoop. This couple should be taken to court not printed by The CS.

Maybe some of your advertisers need to hear of the slander you are publishing that has caused the resignation of good folks in the Crimestoppers organization?!

We have opinions too. The Melby's may be louder and more arrogant but we have something to say about them and what they have caused and are still causing.

A friend of the GOOD people in Trinity Farms & the good people of Crimestoppers (Barry and Sharon) who were pushed to resign by the melby's misrepresentations and moral wrong-doings....

M. Wilson
Iron Station

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