Public Safety

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

•Lost phone at Urgent Care on Main Street in Shallotte; victim reported losing an iPhone.

•Robbery with a dangerous weapon on Ocean Highway West in Carolina Shores; suspect entered victim’s business and pointed a gun at an employee.

•Assault by pointing a weapon on Bayshore Court in Sunset Harbor; suspect brandished a firearm at victim and threatened to use it on himself.

WINNABOW—A Winnabow man has been arrested for a weekend murder.

John Patrick Heller, 22, of 6149 Sawdust Lane, Winnabow, has been charged with the murder of his father, former Oak Island attorney Tom Heller, Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Sgt. April Stanley said.

Stanley said sheriff’s deputies responded to the rural Winnabow home around 1:30 a.m. Saturday, May 14, after a taxicab driver called to report John Heller was refusing to pay him after receiving his services.

SUNSET BEACH—Police have made several arrests and charges in the past few days.

On May 9, David Sanchez-Raminez, 19, of Ocean Isle Beach was charged with DWI, no operator’s license and no insurance.

On May 8, Alan David Pheimer Jr., 49, of Sunset Beach, was arrested on two outstanding warrants from another municipality during an officer service call at Bridge Grill. He was taken to Brunswick County Detention Center on $1,500 secured bond.

Agents with the Brunswick County Vice Narcotics Unit made the following arrests last week:

•Mary Lee Hargrove, 72, of 2573 Oak Shore Drive, Supply, was arrested May 3 for trafficking Hydrocodone. Hargrove has been charged with three counts of trafficking opium or heroin, maintaining a dwelling for the purpose of distributing controlled substances and possession of drug paraphernalia. She was taken to the Brunswick County Detention Center, where she was placed under a $100,000 secured bond.