County crime roundup

Brunswick County Sheriff’s deputies investigated the following incidents last week, which are taken directly from sheriff’s office incident reports:

•Larceny of utilities on Eagles Nest Drive in Leland; suspect tampered with power meter box.

•Larceny on Myrtlehead Road; suspect took items from victim’s vehicle.

•Communicating threats on River Road in Leland; suspect left a threatening message on victim’s phone.

•Property damage on Quail Hollow Road in Leland; suspect struck victim’s mailbox with vehicle and drove off.

•Breaking and entering and larceny on Zack Street in Sunset Harbor; suspect entered victim’s residence, possibly with a key, and stole several bottles of medication, a black watch band and $50 worth of quarters.

•Breaking and entering and larceny on Long Beach Road in Southport; suspect entered victim’s business and stole a flat-screen TV and about $7.20 in change.

•Breaking and entering and property damage on Long Beach Road in Southport; suspect attempted to pick rear doorknob of a business.

•Larceny on Wonderland Drive in Ocean Isle Beach; suspect removed keys and a key chain from victim’s residence without permission.

•Larceny on Pine View Drive in Supply; suspect stole victim’s pocketbook out of her vehicle.

•Larceny of a vehicle and property damage on Red Fox Street in Shallotte; suspect took victim’s vehicle without permission, damaging it.

•Breaking and entering on Secession Drive in Supply; suspect broke victim’s window and front door.

•Property damage and larceny on Holden Beach Road; suspect damaged victim’s truck.

•Larceny on Seagull Court in Calabash; suspect took jewelry from victim’s dresser.

•Vandalism in a parking lot on McLamb Road in Calabash; suspect spray-painted sidewalk and street.

•Larceny on Spring Mist Court in Bolivia; suspect removed signs from highway.

•Larceny on Holden Beach Road; victim left her purse in the bottom of a shopping cart.

•Lost or stolen purse on U.S. 17.

•Communicating threats on Creek Circle in Ocean Isle Beach; suspect received a threatening e-mail.

Drug report

Agents with the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit arrested Roger Allen Glunt, 42, of 1280 Stanbury Road, Supply, for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Reward offered in area larceny

The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office has offered an award of up to $1,000 for information leading to the arrest of a larceny suspect.

Sheriff’s deputies responded to a breaking and entering, property damage and larceny last Friday evening on Boverie Street in Supply. The victim reported larceny of jewelry and a handgun.

Anyone with information is asked to contact detective Tony Caison at the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, 253-2777.

Threatening e-mails deemed a hoax

Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office detectives Capt. Gene Caison says a threatening e-mail that has been sent to several Brunswick County residents is a hoax.

“If you get one, contact us or throw it away,” Caison said.

“We want to assure people that there is no one waiting to harm them,” he said.

Caison said sheriff’s detectives have contacted the FBI, who he said, has linked the e-mail scam to Nigeria.

The e-mail states that the sender has been paid to kill the recipient unless the recipient pays the sender a certain amount of money.

“It’s nothing but a scam. These letters have been going to various people at various locations throughout the county. That’s all it is—a scam.”