Teen Admits Buying Drugs, Stealing Money

A Wilkes family will be working through several issues in the next little while, after the 14-year old boy admitted to taking drugs and to stealing from his sister. The boy, whos name isn't being released because of his age, faces juvenile court proceedings.



Deputies were called to Wilkes Regional medical Cneter yesterday afternoon about 4:30. The boy's mother had takne him to the emergency room after he admitted to taking zanax. He was found to have two pills in his possession. He said he'd bought the drugs from another student at Wilkes Central High School. When quesitoned about where he got the money for the illegal purchase, the boy admitted he'd gone into his sister's room without permission and taken 30-dollars form her wallet. The boy will face charges of breaking and entering, theft, and drug possession.

Here, Steal Me!

Sheriff deputies are on the lookout for a stolen S-U-V. The theft was reported about noon yesterday by Scotty Gregory, a 36-year old State Road man. He tells deputies he left his keys in the S-U-V, a 2002 Ford Explorer, Sunday evening. When he got up Monday morning, it was gone. The Explorer is an Eddie Bauer model, with the distinctive Green-over-tan paint scheme, with a tag number of VWM-7354. The vehicle has been entered in the national crime database, and deputies say they have no suspects at this point.

Domestic Assault

Sheriff deputies had to intervene in an argument between a boyfriend and girlfriend last night. According to a crime report, deputies went to the coupele's home on Byrd Ridge Road about 11:30pm. Donna Waite and David Hogue had been arguing, and each told deputies the other had assaulted them. Waite had a couple of marks on her arms, and Hogue had a mark under one eye. Neither needed treatment, and both were taken to jail, where they wrote out statements concerning what happened. Hogue was charged with assault on a woman, and Waite was charged with simple assault, both misdemeanors.

Stolen Comptuers Recovered

Sheriff deputies have recovered a computer stolen from a Wilkes school a little over a week ago, but in doing so they have raised even more questions in the case. That's because the laptop computer and Pocket PC reported stolen over the President's Day weekend by a Wilkes West teacher was already stolen. Deputies say they aren't sure yet how the teacher came to be using the computer, which was reported stolen from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It's possible that the serial number entered in the national crime database was transposed or had one wrong digit.



Deputies recovered the computer after a 9-1-1 hangup call at a local home. When they arrived to check out the call, they were told by a man his daughter had bought the computer for 250-dollars from another student in the West Wilkes parking lot a couple of days after it was reported stolen. The girl had paid 50-dollars at the time, and was to pay the rest this week. The computers have been recovered and are being held by police until it's determined who they actually belong to. No charges have been filed in the case.

Don't Miss an Easy $30 to $60!

Many people are leaving off an easy 30 to 60 dollar refund when they file their income tax this year. I-R-S officials say already, 250-thousand people in North Carolina missed the one line on their tax form for the one-time only telephone tax refund. Spokesman Mark Hanson says in a news release that amounts to more than 7-and-a-half million dollars in credits people are eligible for, but haven't taken.



Here's how it works: Anyone who paid long-distance excise taxes on land-line, cell phone, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), or bundled service that was billed for the period after Feb 28, 2003 and before Aug 1, 2006 is eligible for this refund. That's most of us.



You can request a refund of the actual federal excise tax you paid based upon your telephone bills for this period. Or you can request the standard refund amount ranging from $30-$60 based upon the number of exemptions you claim on your individual income tax return.



Choosing the standard amount is optional. Using this option is the easiest way to get your refund and avoid gathering 41 months of old phone records. By choosing the standard amount you will only need to fill out one line on your tax return. The standard amount is based on actual telephone usage data and reflects the long-distance phone tax paid by similarly sized families or households.

Stolen: Deer Head Yard Art

I'm sure it isn't humorous to the victim in the case, but to read the police report of a recent theft gives a small chuckle. That's because the description of the stolen property is "Deer Head Yard Art." Unless one is a hunter, it probably doesn't do much good to imagine what the thief had in mind for the deer after taking them from Carol Shuffler's garden early Saturday. The deer, worth $150, were there when Shuffler went to work late Friday night, and had disappeared during the night. No suspects have been identified, and neighbors didn't see or hear anything.

Coke Machine Vandalism, Break-Ins

The, well, frontal assault on Wilkes cola vending machines continues. Local authorities have been working a multitude of vandalism and attempted break-in cases relating to Coke or Pepsi machines. Wilkesboro Police and Wilkes County Sheriff Deputies each worked one this weekend, while North Wilkesboro Police had three cases.



Wilkesboro Police were informed by a Coca-Cola employee someone had torn up the face panel of one of their machines, at Cub Creek Park Friday afternoon. It did not appear the vandals had tried to break into the dollar bill changer or coin box, or to the interior of the machine. However, three machines were hit in North Wilkesboro early Friday, and in each case the thief broke into the money-handling mechanisms and stole cash.



A Sparta Road business owner reported an attempted drink machine break-in yesterday afternoon. Ronnie Walker told sheriff deputies he went to lock up at the Little Dipper about 3pm, and found someone had pried the lock off his drink machines, but had been unable to get into the coin boxes.



Earlier cases have seen machines tipped over on their face and having the fronts broken up -- most have not been successful in getting any money from the machines. All the cases remain open.

Local Man, Wanted by Virgina Police, Arrested

Sheriff Deputies looking for a man wanted out of Virginia has to kick in the door of his Wilkes home early yesterday. Deputies had been on the lookout for Shaun Edward Nunn, a 29-year old Wilkes man, since Virginia authorities issued a fugitive warrant on him. Their crime report doesn't say what he's accused of, but he's being held without bond on thw warrant.



The arrest is a story in itself. After getting a tip Nunn was at his home, four deputies surrounded his house, and after they saw him inside, they started pounding on doors and windows, demanding to be let in. After about five minutes with no response, a deputy reared back and kicked in the front door and the four rushed the house. They found Nunn hiding in a laundry room closet. His mother, who was none too happy with the 200-dollars damage to the splintered doorway, let loose a tirade against them, but other than that, they reported no problems arresting Nunn.



In addition to the fugitive warrant form Virginia, Nunn was served outstanding local warrants for driving without a license and resisting arrest. He was also charged with possession of drug paraphernalia, as deputies seized what appeared to be a cocaine spoon as they searched him during the arrest. He's held without bond awaiting extradition to Virginia.

She Took After Him with a Ball Bat

There's a reason domestic violence cases are some of the ones law enforcement officers dread the most. A relationship that was falling apart this weekend demonstrates why. Sheriff deputies were called to a house on Bethany Ford Road early Saturday morning. The couple, James Aldridge and Sheila Mayberry, were in the midst of a verbal argument, with her carrying around a white ball bat.



He told deputies he'd decided to pack up and leave after she'd thrown herself at two men who visited earlier in the evening, and as he was loading his stuff into his truck, she started beating him with the bat. He said she had hit him repeatedly in the back, leg, and hand -- and he had a cut on his right hand. Deputies were able to relieve her of the bat before she took a swing at them. They arrested Mayberry on an assault and battery charge.

Drug Charges

Sheriff deputies arriving at a Wilkes house to serve a warrant on a man for assault found him in the midst of a raft of drug paraphernalia. Four deputies went to Jessie Alexander's home on Wagon Ridge Road, to serve the warrant for Habitual Misdemeanor Assauly, about midnight Friday morning. They arrested Alexander without incident, but as they were searching the house, they discovered a baggie of cocaine, three baggies of marijuana, and numerous items of drug paraphernalia. Alexander was hauled to jail to face several new felony charges: possession with intent to manufacture, possession of comcaine and marijuana, and numerous misdemeanor charges of possessing drug paraphernalia.