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Public Safety

  • Contractor charged with forging county projects bids

    An Ocean Isle Beach fencing contractor has been charged with forgery and is accused of submitting fraudulent bids for county parks and recreation fencing projects.

    Scott Aaron McLamb, 48, of 78 McLamb Court, Ocean Isle Beach, was charged with four counts of misdemeanor common law forgery.

    McLamb was charged Monday and released on a $5,000 unsecured bond, according to a release order.

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  • Gov. Easley signs Jessica Lunsford Act in North Carolina

    GASTON COUNTY—With Mark Lunsford, father of slain 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford, by his side, N.C. Gov. Mike Easley singed the Jessica Lunsford Act into law on July 28.

    The Jessica Lunsford Act, named after the 9-year-old Florida girl who was raped and murdered by a sex offender in February 2005, strengthens punishments for certain sex offenses, including life imprisonment without parole.

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  • Crime report

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

    •Breaking and entering to an auto, larceny of a firearm and property damage on Mount Zion Church Road in Ash.

    •Breaking and entering and larceny on Pine Bur Circle in Sunset Beach; suspect broke into victim’s shed and stole a tool set and a box with nails and screws.

    •Counterfeit money on Sabbath Home Road in Supply; suspect attempted to pass a counterfeit $20 bill at a local business.

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  • Sunset Beach crime report

    Police investigated a rash of car break-ins reported July 29. About 90 percent of the items were recovered following the arrest of two teens who were charged the same day, police said. See a related story on page 16A.

    •Money, a global positioning system and a telephone were reported stolen from a vehicle on Canal Street.

    •An IBM computer notebook and air card reported stolen from a vehicle on 28th Street were later recovered.

    •A GPS and digital camera in a black case reported stolen from a vehicle on 32nd Street were later recovered.

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  • K-9 Enforcement Team Round-up

    The Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office recently launched its newest law enforcement initiative, the K-9 enforcement team.

    The team, comprised of five K-9 officers and their dogs, is similar to the sheriff’s office community policing program, which targets areas with high crime and drug activity, but the K-9 enforcement team is its own patrol division. The K-9 enforcement team answers calls, conducts driver’s license checkpoints and assists with other agencies when K-9s are needed.

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  • OCEAN ISLE BEACH CRIME REPORT

    Ocean Isle Beach Police officers investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests last week. All information is taken directly from patrol activity reports.

    •Larceny at Ocean Point; victim reported $200 bicycle missing.

    •Larceny on Jan Street; victim reported a 24-inch, 18-speed mountain bicycle and three fishing rods and reels missing, totaling $580.

    •Larceny on Concord Street; Victim reported a woodgrain skimboard and a black boogie board missing.

    •Larceny at Waves on Causeway Drive; the cash register was $100 short.

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  • Former deputy clerk pleads guilty

    Former Brunswick County deputy clerk of court Sherry Lynn Carmichael pleaded guilty to two counts of embezzlement July 28.

    According to district attorney Rex Gore, Carmichael pleaded guilty before Superior Court Judge Gary Locklear. Locklear sentenced Carmichael to a probationary sentence, which included $3,400 in restitution, Gore said.

    Carmichael was arrested and charged with two counts of embezzling state property May 8, 2007. She was employed as a deputy clerk of court from Aug. 20, 2000 until she was terminated April 16, 2007.

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  • Two charged with Sunset Beach car break-ins

    SUNSET BEACH—Police have arrested two teenagers and recovered numerous items in connection with a rash of recent car break-ins, most of them on the Sunset Beach island.

    Justin Darriel Carver, 17, of 1105 North Shore Drive W., Sunset Beach, and Dakota Alexis Reyna, 18, of 98 Field Planters Circle, Calabash, were each charged July 29 with seven counts of breaking and entering to a motor vehicle, seven counts of larceny from a motor vehicle, and one charge of larceny of a firearm.

    Each is on a $73,000 bond at Brunswick County Detention Center.

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  • Leland Crime report

    Leland police officers investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests last week. All information is taken directly from patrol activity reports.

    •Larceny on Reed Road; suspect stole $50 worth of meat from Food Lion.

    •Timothy Barton Smith, 44, of 301 Savanna Branch Road, Leland; charged with driving while impaired.

    •Larceny of mail on Stone Bridge Lane; suspect stole various pieces of mail from victim’s mailbox.

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  • Holden Beach crime report

    Holden Beach police officers investigated the following incidents and made the following arrests. All information is taken directly from police incident reports.

    •Vandalism on Blockade Runner; suspect damaged an oil reservoir.

    •Vandalism on Ocean Boulevard West; suspect damaged victim’s mailbox.

    •Joseph Raymond Montgomery IV, 18, of 4629 Buckline Circle, Atlanta; charged with possessing/concealing stolen property.

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