It’s not a rampant crime but there is probably more timber theft going than anyone realizes.
It is a crime, however, “You really need to be careful of when approached about selling timber,” says Robert Smith, a law enforcement agent with the state Division of Forest Resources.
Newspaper ads proclaim runaway slaves may have fled to Mush Island. There is documentation of one master watching his slave drift away across the river on his own barge.
These are the things that have earned the Roanoke River a National Park Service designation as a National Underground Railroad Network site.
From the Palm Beach Post
A 37-year old North Carolina man is charged with sexually assaulting a small boy and girl a decade ago when he lived in Palm Beach County, according to reports.
A man named in a New Jersey indictment with 14 other gang members for murders and racketeering was apprehended by U.S. Marshals in Weldon earlier this month, that state Attorney General’s Office confirmed today.
A natural gas leak in Weldon has been contained and an evacuation order rescinded. Incident Commander Jamie Warren of the Weldon Fire Department said crews repaired the rupture around 4:30 p.m.
