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12-03-2025
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Hamlet woman charged with larceny from Lowe's
A 53-year-old Richmond County woman was charged with felony larceny and felony conspiracy stemming from July 5, 2024. Angela Diane Evans was indicted Feb. 10 for stealing 17 boxes of Pergo flooring, two cordless Bluetooth speakers, a 3,000-lumen work light and an indoor/outdoor fan from Lowe's Hardware. Evans, who has an address in Hamlet, allegedly conspired in the illegal activity with Sir Hamp Bell and Kanisha McBryde, according to eCourts. An arrest warrant was issued Aug. 14, 2024, but Evans wasn't arrested until Feb. 3. She was issued a $20,000 secured bond on Feb. 4. It was unclear if she had posted the bond, according to eCourts. Evans is set for an administrative hearing in Lee County Superior Court on March 24.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
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Sanford man charged with discharge of firearm
An 18-year-old Sanford man faces a felony charge for allegedly discharging a weapon into an occupied property on Oct. 10, 2024. Jay'veon Malik Sweet was indicted Nov. 4, 2024. However, no information about the incident was available on eCourts. Sweet turned 18 on Oct. 26, 2024. He is also charged with felony conspiracy. Sweet lives in the 500 block of Beulah Brown Road, off Minter School Road southeast of Southern Lee High School. He was arrested Nov. 15, 2024, and posted a $200,000 secured bond that day when Stephanie Reed paid $12,500 and promised to pay $2,500 for Sweet's release. He has an administrative hearing set for March 24 in Lee County Superior Court. Sweet was found guilty of failure to wear a seat belt as a front seat passenger in a red 2016 Cadillac SUV stemming from Nov. 27, 2024, on NC 78. He was cited by Trooper Caleb Gaster and assessed a $180 fine.
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13-02-2025
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Former middle school teacher gets 18-26 years for indecent liberties
Feb. 13—A 34-year-old former teacher at SanLee Middle School was sentenced to 18 to 26 years in the North Carolina Department of Corrections on Monday, Feb. 10 for sex offenses. Andrew Braxton Allen of Siler City was set to go to trial on that date, but instead pleaded guilty to all six felony offenses involving two minor victims, including two counts each of indecent liberties, first-degree statutory sex offense and sexual activity with a student. Allen, who was arrested on Nov. 14, 2022, has been held in the Raleigh Central Prison under a total bond of $3 million. In a search warrant, Detective Lt. Megan D. Rosser said she found at least two typed letters to a seventh-grade boy, to whom Allen allegedly gave 10 gifts. She referred to such activity as "pedophile grooming" in a court document. One student said that a sexual act was committed between him and Allen while other students were at recess, according to a court document. Sexual jokes were exchanged with students and photos of a student were allegedly found on Allen's cell phone. Drawings of male genitalia by students were allegedly found inside Allen's classroom closet, and a sexual conversation with a student was allegedly found on Allen's Google Drive account. Allen was ordered to have no contact with the two victims and not be employed in the education of minors when he is released from incarceration. He will have to register as a sex offender for 30 years, according to a court document. Lee County Superior Court Judge C. Winston Gilchrist ordered that all of Allen's electronic devices involved in the two cases to be destroyed. The dates of the offenses ranged from Sept. 1, 2017 to June 1, 2018 with one victim and Sept. 1, 2021 to Nov. 1, 2022 with another victim. Allen was represented by defense attorney Norman "Chas" Post Jr. The prosecuting attorney was Tiffany Marie Bartholomew. Post noted that Allen had no prior criminal convictions.
