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Mystery solvedAcoinchangerrecoveredbyTaborCityPolicefromapondjustacrossthestatelinelastmonthwasoncethepropertyof aRobesonCountycompanythatdealsinthemachines,Capt.DeanFoleysaidTuesday.Thoughcompanyofficialssaidtheyknewthemachinehadbeentaken,theycouldnotprovebywhom.Waterheavilydamagedthemachine,whichisworthnomorethanthescrapmetalnow,Foleysaid.(DeuceNivenphoto)

LPD: Student struck teacherPolice Reports

By DEUCE NIVEN Aviolentencounterbetweena student at teacher at LorisHighSchoollastweekresultedin the arrest of a teen fromLongs, aLorisPoliceDepart-mentreportsays. DeontrayTydrezWilliams,18,of FreemontRoadinLongs,was charged by Officer MattMahon last Tuesdaywith as-saultandbatteryinthethirddegree.Hewasheld at the J.Reuben Long Detention Cen-ter near Conway for about aday,releasedjustbeforenoonlastWednesdayafterpostinga$2,000bond,jailrecordsshow. Teacher Jessica Handee,23, told police that Williamsbecame angry when she re-fusedhisrequest togo to thebathroom, “because he hadalready gone once,” and thatthe teen cursed as he got up

andapproachedheratthedoor,shovedherintoaconcretewallbefore forcing the door openandenteringahallway. Another student held Wil-liams back as he “started tocomeatheragain,”thereportsaid. Handee had an apparentminorinjuryasaresultof theattack,thereportsaid.Elsewhere OtherreportsonfileattheLoris PoliceDepartment thisweekinclude:• Patricia Good, 29, of KingCrestDrive,waschargedbySgt.RichardKostaneklastTuesdaywithdisorderlyconductfollow-inganincidentatthePizzaHutonU.S.701.StoremanagerTinaMorgantoldpolicethatGoodcame to the store to talk toamaleworkershehasarelation-shipwith,wasbangingatthe

front door, and when deniedentry punched in a code onthe door keypad and walkedin.Goodarguedwiththeman,LeesheausBryant, inside thestore,andrefusedtoleave.GoodwasheldatJ.ReubenLongfromearlyTuesdayafternoonuntilFridaymorning.• Tyronda S. Bellamy, 32, of Alex Drive, and Latrice Vac-caroHemingway,35,wereeachchargedbyLt.KarenShepherdFriday with disorderly con-ductaftertheofficerfoundthewomenshoutingateachotherintheroadwayonMapleStreet.• JenniferMarieNoyola,28,of SweetBodyLaneinAsh,waschargedbyLt.ShepherdThurs-daywithshoplifting,accusedof switchingpricetagsonitems,andplacingsomeitemsinsideotherpackagesat theFamilyDollardonBroadStreet.

Arrests for resisting, fleeing from police: TCPD Arrestsforresistingarrestandfleeingfrompolicearein-cludedinreportsonfileattheTaborCityPoliceDepartmentthisweek. Thosereportsinclude:• Kevin Lawrence Gerald,25,of RamseyFordRoad,waschargedbyDetectiveSgt.Chris-topherHilburnlastWednesdaywithassaultonanofficerandresistingarrest.Heisaccusedof attacking Det. AnthonySpiveyastheofficerattemptedtoservewarrantscharginghimwithfailingtoappearincourtto answer charges of drivingwitharevokedlicenseandop-eratinganuninsuredvehicle,andresistingHilburnby“notcomplying with verbal com-mandsandrefusingtoprovidedateof birth,”warrantssaid.• TerryNathanDuncan,20,of OldStakeRoad,waschargedbyOfficerJeff GraingerlastTues-dayonawarrantobtainedbyOfficerEricGausewithfleeingtoeludearrest.Duncanisac-cusedof fleeingfromGauseonAug.9astheofficerattemptedtopullhimoverforrunningastopsign.• Terry Lemont Riggins, 31,of Miller Road, was chargedby MSGT Michael JamisonSaturday with driving whileimpairedandwithdrivingwith

arevokedlicense.• BrendaWardBatten,32,of Old Stake Road, Chadbourn,waschargedbyMSGTJamisonlast Wednesday with drivingwitharevokedlicense.• Lashonta Lashell McCray,26,of MollieRoad,waschargedbyDet.KenElliottlastWednes-day with driving without alicense and with having anunbeltedjuvenilepassengerinthevehicle.• Amber Williamson, 23, of LakeTaborDrive,waschargedby Officer Matthew TurnerFridaywithoperatinganun-insuredvehiclewitharevokedlicenseplate.• LindsayDanielleHoneycutt,25, of Savannah Road, wascharged by MSGT JamisonSundaywithoperatinganun-insuredvehiclewitharevokedlicenseplate.• DaultonRenoDuncan,18,of SandyBluff Road,waschargedbyLt.RonnieCarrollSaturdaywithpossessionof spirituousliquorbyapersonyoungerthan19.• ChristopherLeeByrd,30,of BlueSkyDrive,waschargedbyLt.CarrollFridayonawarrantobtainedbyDet.Hilburnwithseconddegreetrespassing.Heisaccusedof remainingontheLive Oak Street property of

PamelaYoungByrd, 53, afterbeingtoldbytheownernottoenterorremainthere.• MalcolmAndra Smith, 24,whoislistedashomelessandwith addresses on AutumnChase Drive and JerniganStreet,waschargedbyMSGTJamison last Monday withsecond degree trespass on acomplaintfromBettyJohnson,noageoraddresslisted.• Heather Davis Faulk, 31,an employee of WaterbrookeAssistedLivinginTaborCity,toldDetectiveLt.JerrySarvisFriday that a male residenttherehitherinthechestwithhisfistaftershetoldthemanthatblowinghisnoseintohisshirtwas“nasty”andsheof-feredpapertowels.• Laquanna Laquay Boone,19, of Pine Circle Drive, toldLt.CarrollSaturdaythathomefurnishings, a TV and otheritems worth a total of $1,335hadbeentakenfromaunitatModernSelf StorageonMainStreet. Police were unable tolocate the lock for the unit,whichwasmissing.• Analarmalertedpolicetoanapparentbreak-inattheSchoolStreethomeof JohnJohnson,aSept.28reportbySgt.Hilburnsaid. Police found entry to adoor,butcouldnotdetermine

withcertaintyif anythingwasmissing,becausetheownerwasnothome.Arelativedidarrive,andthehousewassecured,thereportsaid.• LillyMaeSmith,77,of Ox-fordVillageApartments, toldOfficerTurnerlastWednesdaythatherSocialSecuritycheckhadbeenstoleninanapparentcaseof identitytheft.• Vasco employee BenjaminHardie told Officer Graingerlast Monday that a man andwoman who had gone into arestroomtheretogetherbrokethesink,possiblywhilehavingsex, inside theEast 5th Streetbusiness.• Lt.CarrollandaColumbusCountyAnimalControlOfficerfoundabulldogonachainbe-hindaSingletaryStreethomelast Tuesday, with no accessto shelter or water, Carroll’sreportsaid.Noonewashome,andtheAnimalControlOfficerleftanoticegivingtheowner72hourstosecurearabiesvac-cination,andorderingthatthedogbegivenaccesstoshelterandwater.• An employee of SuperiorWholesaleinCharlottetoldLt.SarvisFridaythataTaborCitymerchant had that had beenbuying tobacco products andpaying through a bank draft,

hadreceivedmorethan$10,000inproducts,butthatthedraftshowinsufficientfunds.• TerryLewis,noagelisted,of Elizabethtown,toldOfficerChristopher Cotton on Sept.11thatsomeonetookaheaterworth $200 from theWest 2nd Street home of her brother,NormanMcNeil.• Justin Tyler Hines, 19, of WoodrowCribbRoad,Claren-don,toldOfficerCottononSept.11thatsomeonebrokeintohis1996ChevrolettruckwhilehewasatworkatAtlanticCorp.on East 5th Street and took acellphoneand$20incash.• KeithMercure,45,of Hwy9 East, Longs, told OfficerGraingerSept.13thatsomeonethrewabottleatasidewindowof his2003Fordtruck,breakingthebottlebutnotdamagingthevehicle.• A car owned by YvonneMoore Johnson, 48, of BruceStreetinFairBluff,wasdam-aged, apparently by a rockthrown through both frontwindows,while itwas in theFoodLionparkinglot,areporttaken Sept. 20 by Capt. DeanFoley said. A store managersaid the car, now missing aradio,hadbeenparkedinthelotfor“acoupleof days,”thereportsaid.

Shots from a car land Bell in jail

By DEUCE NIVEN

Gunfire on Queen StreetlandedalocalmaninjailFri-daynight,aTaborCityPoliceDepartmentreportshows. BrianJacquar“B.J.”Bell,20,of SealS t ree t ,w a schargedb yM S G TMichaelJamisonwithdis-c h a r g -i n g aweaponinto oc-cup i edproperty following the 8:15p.m.shootingintotheValerieBryanthomeonQueenStreet,Jamison’sreportsaid. BellwasheldattheColum-busCountyDetentionCenterinWhiteville under a $50,000securedbond. Bryantshowedrespondingofficers a bullet hole in herbedroomwall.Thebullet“camethroughherbedroomwallandhitawallinthehallway,”thereport said. “Thebullet is lo-catedsomewhereinthehallwaywall.” Two men were standingoutside,onthecorner,whenawhite “Kia Sonata” drove by,andBell‘startedshootingoutof thecar,”Bryanttoldpolice.Anotherwitness echoed Bry-ant’sstory,thereportsaid. JamisonspottedaHyundaiSonata at aBayStreet home,with the door open, andmetwithCapt.DeanFoleynearby.Officers watched as the cardrove away, and stopped theHyundaionWateringStreet. Bellwasinthebackseatof thecar,withCharlesBillingsJr., the report said. LouannLocklear was driving, withAmandaRizzoalsointhefrontseat,thereportsaid. Policefounda9mmhandguninthecar,nearBell,thereportsaid.Thegunwasloaded,witharoundinthechamber. BothwomentoldpoliceBellhad fired shots from the car,Jamisonwrote in his report.However,thewomeninwrittenstatementsdidnotsayBellhadbeenshooting,only“thattheydidn’tknowwhoshotfirst.”

“B.J.”Bell

“There were Tupper-warecontainersallovertheplacepacked fullof pills,”Det.AaronHerringof theColumbusCountySheriff ’sOfficesaidof ahomeonMillBranchRoadinTaborCitylastweek. “There were so many,postalinspectorstookthemtoawarehouseinCharlottetocount.I’veneverseensomany pills,” the narcoticsdetectivesaid. JamesDouglasCorbett,44,andCorbett’swife,StacyHardwickCorbett,41,wereeachchargedwithonecounteachof possessionof ana-bolicsteroidswithintenttosell,Herringsaid. Postalinspectorsseized43,536steroidpills,92310mmvialsininjectablesteroids,plus80morevialsinaUPSpackage. HerringsaidheexpectedU.S. Postal inspectors tobringmorechargesagainstthe Corbetts who were al-legedly taking part in aprogram of shipping con-trolledmedicationtopeoplewhoorderedthemfromanInternetsite.

Mailed anywhere Pillswereshippedin12to20packagesaday,andweremailedfrompostofficesin

Steroid pills, more than 43K, seized from TC area homeTaborCity,Clarendon,Shal-lotte, Leland, Wilmington,andelsewhere.Herringsaid350 packages were mailedby the Corbetts duringthe three months of JulythroughSeptember,accord-ingtopostalrecords. “TheCorbettsweremail-ingthepackagesof steroidpillsandtestosteronetocus-tomerswithbogusnames,butrealaddresses,”Herringexplained. Hesaidthemanandwifenevermet the personwhostartedtheminthebusinessin2009,andwhopaidthemfortheirshippingservice.

Return addresses PillsarrivedfromChina,GreatBritainandCanadatoaddressesinMyrtleBeachandWilmington,wheretheCorbettswouldreceivethepackages.Returnaddressesonthepackageswouldcon-sist of a bogus name of apersonorfakebusiness,buttoa correctaddress some-whereinColumbusCounty,Herringsaid. Packageswerenottobereturned to the Corbett’shome. Herring said he re-ceived a tip about the pillservicefromapersonwhoreceived a package thatcouldn’t be delivered and

was returned to the inno-centperson’shome. Herringsaidsomeof themedicationshippedconsist-edof injectablesteroids,but95percentof thebusiness

appeared to be handled inpillform. James Corbett’s occu-pation on the local arrestreportshowedhimas“un-employed.” His wife is a

phlebotomistatSoutheast-ern General Hospital inLumberton, according toHerring.

– Bob High,The News Reporter

Nine more people, in-cluding one from Loris,havebeenchargedinawide-rangingtaxfraudinvestiga-tion that became publiclyknownwiththearrestof aLoriswomanandfiveotherpeopleonAugust15,officialswiththeSouthCarolinaDe-partmentof Revenuehaveannounced during recentweeks. Tyronda Sherril Bel-

Nine more arrests brings tax fraud suspect list to 17lamy,32,of CoxRoad,Loris,wasarrestedSept.28. State revenue agentscharge that Bellamy pre-sentedafraudulentW2formforher2011incometaxre-turntoataxpreparer.Thatform,agentscharge,showedthat Bellamy worked forsomeone but was not em-ployed,andstatedearningsof $15,899with$715instatetaxeswithheld.

Coxclaimedafederalandstatetaxrefundthattotaled$8,954, andwas entitled tononeof it,thestatecharged. ArrestsweremadeSept.19,20,and21,withonemorelastMonday,bringingtoatleast17thenumberof menandwomenchargedinthecase. Others charged withforgery, assisting in thepreparation of a false tax

return, and conspiracy inthepastweekinclude:• Wanda Conyers, 31, of Conway• Amy McAllister, 26, of Conway• CrystalZimmerman,32,of MyrtleBeach• JoeLewisWilliams, 32,of MyrtleBeach• AshleyN.White, 24, of Conway• DerrickBurgress,36,of

MyrtleBeach• JermaineMouzon,31,of MyrtleBeach Shana Qwnisha Ham,20,of KnickerbackRoadinLoriswasthefirstchargedin the ongoing investiga-tion, arrested on Aug. 15.Otherschargedpreviouslyhave been from Longs,Conway,andMyrtleBeach,all charged with similarcrimes.