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  • New sheriff, deputies take oath of office

    It looks like any other badge.

    But the badge former sheriff John Carr Davis passed down to Sheriff John Ingram on Friday represents an island of integrity amid a sea of scandal that has plagued the office of sheriff for the past 25 years.

    “I wore this badge for 11 and a half years,” Davis said. “It is untainted.”

    After passing the badge to Ingram, Davis said, “You, John, be the best sheriff we’ve ever had.”

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  • Ingram names Miller chief deputy

    A new but familiar face was among the crowd of sheriff’s deputies sworn in by District Judge Marion Warren on Friday morning.

    After taking the oath of office, Brunswick County Sheriff John Ingram had a brief meeting with his staff where he announced the sheriff’s office new chief deputy, Charlie Miller.

    Miller, 42, who has been serving on the Brunswick County Board of Education since being elected in 2006, previously worked for the sheriff’s office before owning and operating his own business.

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  • It's time for the sheriff's office to move forward

    It took several hours Saturday for the Brunswick County Democratic Party Executive Committee to select its nominee for sheriff. After former sheriff Ronald Hewett resigned from the post following local grand jury indictments on four charges, the Party had 30 days to name a successor.

    The field of candidates was diverse. While some had much experience and others less, all candidates vowed they wanted the same thing—to serve and protect the people of Brunswick County.

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  • Ingram nominated for sheriff

    The fourth time was the charm Saturday for John Ingram.

    The 100 or so members of the Brunswick County Democratic Party Executive Committee cast their votes in four ballots before Ingram secured the necessary 89 votes to be named the party’s nominee for sheriff.

    Before voting, Phil Perry, a retired captain with the sheriff’s office, told voting committee members Ingram was the most qualified of all the candidates to take the reins of the sheriff’s office.

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  • Former sheriff faces federal criminal charge

     

    The other shoe has dropped. Eleven months, almost to the day, after the first surge of subpoenas swept through the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, former sheriff Ronald Hewett has been charged in federal court.

    Hewett’s charge was filed in U.S. District Court on May 8. The first subpoenas served on the sheriff’s office were on June 7, 2007.

    Hewett has been charged with one felony count of obstruction of justice and will be arraigned before U.S. District Judge W. Earl Britt at 9 a.m. June 2 at the Federal Courthouse in Raleigh.

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  • Ronald Hewett's federal charges

     

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  • Hewett to be arraigned June 2

    Former Brunswick County Sheriff Ronald Hewett is scheduled for arraignment in federal court June 2. Hewett is set to appear before Judge W. Earl Britt in Raleigh.

    Eleven months, almost to the day, after federal agents first subpoenaed the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office, Hewett is facing a criminal charge in federal court. Hewett has been charged with one felony count of obstruction of justice, according to court records.

    Hewett’s criminal information was filed in U.S. District Court on May 8.

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  • Sheriff's office changes

    BOLIVIA—Acting Sheriff Greg White has been busy since being named acting sheriff two weeks ago.

    White, the county coroner, assumed all duties of sheriff when Ronald Hewett was suspended March 27 following district attorney Rex Gore’s petition to remove Hewett from office.

    A May 5 hearing is slated to determine whether Hewett will be permanently removed.

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  • Operation N.C. Gateway stings Brunswick's former sheriff in early 80s

    Ronald Hewett’s suspension as Brunswick County Sheriff is not a first for Brunswick County.

    More than 20 years ago, former Brunswick County Sheriff Herman Strong was ousted, opening the door for an eager young law enforcement officer named Ronald Hewett.

    In July 1983, the walls surrounding a drug-smuggling operation in Brunswick County came crumbling down as more than a dozen people were convicted or pleaded guilty for their roles in the smuggling operation.

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  • Federal investigation into Hewett has spanned 10 months

    Since first being subpoenaed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office on June 7, 2007, Brunswick County Sheriff Ronald Hewett has maintained he did not know the scope or nature of the federal investigation surrounding him. He always asserted his innocence.

    Hewett indicated through it all he would fully comply with the investigation. Deputies, family members and seemingly unrelated individuals traveled to Raleigh during the past nine months to testify before the federal grand jury; all the while Hewett remained steadfast at the helm of his office.

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