Courts

The Aggressive Criminal Enforcement (ACE) Team is a support unit, whose primary functions are traffic enforcement and assisting in the apprehension of drug traffickers in the county. The ACE team conducts driving while impaired, driver’s license and criminal information checkpoints, as well as street-level investigations on controlled substances. The ACE team works with the sheriff’s office K-9 Enforcement Team and Drug Enforcement Unit to apprehend narcotics suspects as well as saturating hot spots where criminal activity is reported.

The following cases were adjudicated over four days of District Criminal Court on Feb. 18, 19, 23 and 24 in Bolivia.

Wednesday, Feb. 18

Judge Marion R. Warren presided over the following cases with prosecutor Cathi Radford and courtroom clerk and Michelle Warth:

Andrew Martin Albright, two counts shoplifting concealment goods, Brunswick County Jail 10 days, suspended sentence 24 months, unsupervised probation 24 months, $25 restitution, not go about Walmart.

The following cases were adjudicated over five days of District Criminal Court on Feb. 4, 5, 6, 9 and 10 in Bolivia.

Wednesday, Feb. 4

Judge Bruce Morton presided over the following cases with prosecutor Cathi Radford and courtroom clerk and Michelle Warth:

Bobby Ray Anderson, expired registration card/tag, driving while license revoked, both voluntarily dismissed.

Peter Cinelli, simple assault, communicating threats, both voluntarily dismissed per plaintiff.

Kedra Denise Farlow, second-degree trespass, voluntarily dismissed.

The Ocean Isle Beach Police Department investigated the following incidents last week. All information is taken directly from police incident/investigation reports.

•Property damage on East Third Street; suspect used a large piece of asphalt to break several windows.

•Breaking and entering and larceny on East Second Street; suspect entered home and stole a DVD player, 13-inch color TV and a 13-inch color TV with a DVD player, valued at $400.