Arrests and reported crimes on Hatteras Island, provided by the Dare County Sheriff’s Office.

Sheriff’s Report
June 12, 2013

Narcotics investigation leads to Hatteras Island arrests

The Dare County Sheriff’s Office has made several arrests on Hatteras Island as a result of ongoing narcotics investigation.



On May 29, The Dare Sheriff’s Office served outstanding warrants on two Buxton residents.  Michael Dale Quidley Jr., 27, and Brooke Erin Vestal, 28, of Buxton Back Road were charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver Schedule II oxycodone and conspiring to sell or deliver oxycodone. Both were released on $1,500 bond.















On June 3, Dare Sheriff’s deputies served an outstanding narcotics warrant on a Frisco resident.  Holly Christine Marcus, 32, of Highway 12 was charged with possession with the intent to manufacture, sell, or deliver a Schedule III controlled substance, buprenorphine.  She was released on $1,500 bond.















On June 10, Dare County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a suspect on an outstanding narcotics warrant drawn by the Dare Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit.  The date of offense was March 1, 2013. Jeffrey Ray Kiefer, 24, of Crossway Road in Buxton was charged with possession with the intent to sell or deliver cocaine.  He was released on $5,000 bond.












SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

April 11- May 8, 2013
Dare County Unincorporated Areas
Felony Incidents


April 11
Embezzlement. 2000 block of Colington Road, Colington. Tools of trade taken.

April 15
Identity Theft, 1600 block of Harbor View, Colington. Personal identification stolen, used.

April 15
Breaking and Entering, Larceny, 40000 block of Tigrone Blvd, Avon.  Office entered and items stolen.

April 17
Larceny by Trick, 48000 block of Highway 12, Buxton. Payment for item sent to a fraudulent account.

April 18
Larceny of Boat Motor, 7000 block of Old Manns Harbor Road, Manns Harbor. Boat motor and gas container stolen.

April 22
Identity Theft, 200 block of Bayview Drive, Stumpy Point. Social Security number used, identity stolen.

April 24
Breaking and Entering, and Larceny, 40000 block of Highway 12, Avon. Money stolen, damage to property.

April 28
Larceny, 300 block of Mother Vineyard Road, Roanoke Island. Personal items stolen from home.

April 30
Breaking and Entering and Larceny. 20000 block of Roth Road, Salvo.  Structure broken into, entered, and business items stolen.

May 1
Identity theft. 100 block of Sunrise Lane, Colington. Fraudulent use of social security number.

May 1
Breaking and Entering and Larceny, 53000 Robin Lane, Frisco. Structure broken into, entered, television stolen.

May 3
Breaking and Entering and Larceny. 200 block Bayview Drive, Stumpy Point. Safe stolen.

May 8
Breaking and Entering of Auto. Larceny. 100 block of Scarborough Street, Roanoke Island. Car broken into, entered, personal items stolen. 

May 8
Breaking and Entering of Auto. 100 block of Scarborough Street, Roanoke Island. Car broken into, entered, nothing stolen.

May 8
Breaking and Entering and Larceny. 20000 block of South Beach Lane, Salvo. Structure broken into, entered, televisions stolen.

May 8
Breaking and Entering and Larceny. 20000 block of Sea Chest Court, Salvo. Structure broken into, entered, televisions stolen.




SHERIFF’S REPORT
May 9, 2013
  
     
Two charged with breaking and entering and larceny in Salvo

On April 29, an incident was reported at the Salvo Fire Department in which the building had been entered and significant damage had occurred.  Deputies responded to the location where a member of the Fire Department reported that there was a gouge in the concrete floor and large holes were made in the plywood wall of the fire station with a pry bar from the fire truck.  There were several other items damaged also. 

The investigation further revealed that there were also some fire equipment items missing.  Dare CID initiated an investigation of the incident.

Two suspects were charged in the incident on May 7.

They are Kieran Lee Bowman, 19, of Gondyke Way in Frisco and Steven Anthony Nelson, also 19, of Highway 12 in Frisco.

Bowman has been charged with possession of burglary tools, two counts of forced breaking and entering, two county of larceny after a B&E, two counts of possession of stolen property, damage to real property, and damage to personal property.  He is being held at the Dare County Detention Center in lieu of $37,000 bond.

Nelson has been charged with possession of burglary tools, two counts of forced breaking and entering, two county of larceny after a B&E, and two counts of possession of stolen property. He is being held at the Dare County Detention Center in lieu of $6,000 bond.





SHERIFF’S REPORT
APRIL 26, 2013


Suspect arrested in robberies and burglaries in Avon

During the week of April 22, The Dare County Sheriff’s Office received several reports regarding robberies or burglaries in the Avon area.  An investigation was opened by the Dare Sheriff’s Criminal Investigative Division.  Information regarding the incidents was developed during the course of the investigation that led to the service of a search warrant on an Avon residence.  As a result of that service, items of evidence were seized, including a firearm.

Investigators believe that there may be additional victims of similar crimes in the Avon area that may not yet have reported those crimes.  Information regarding incidents of breaking and entering or robbery that may not have been yet reported or persons having information about similar crimes, should contact Investigator Eddie Harper at 252-475-9354 or Sgt. Doug Oberbeck at 252-475-9355. 

Additional charges may be pending in this case. 

Arrested on April 24 was Jordan Lee Pickett, 25, of Watson Lane in Avon. He was charged with first-degree burglary and possession of a firearm by felon and was committed to the Dare County Detention Center in lieu of $70,000 bond.





Avon man charged with taking indecent liberties with a minor

Over the past few days, deputies from the Dare Sheriff’s Criminal Investigative Division have been working a reported indecent liberties case in Avon.  Information developed in the case led to the service of a search warrant in Avon on Thursday, April 25.  As a result of this investigation and the subsequent search, there were charges brought against Luther Grandy Hooper III, 57, of Gray Circle in Avon.

Hooper was charged with two counts of taking indecent liberties with a child and disseminating obscenity to a child. He was committed to the Dare County Detention Center in lieu of $70,000 bond.

       










SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

March 10-APRIL 9, 2013
Dare County Unincorporated Areas
Felony Incidents

March 10, 2013
Breaking and Entering of Auto, 50000 block of Highway 12, Frisco. Personal item stolen.

March 11, 2013
Animal Cruelty, 15000 block of Highway 64, East Lake. Death of dog.

March 11, 2013
Larceny at Construction Site, 50000 block of Salt Creek Court, Frisco.  Building materials stolen.

March 11, 2013
Identity Theft, 100 block of Becks Court, Roanoke Island. Debit card number stolen, used.

March 11, 2013
Breaking and Entering, Larceny after breaking and entering, Possession of Cocaine,  100 block of The Lane, Wanchese. Stolen and recovered household item and drug possession.

March 11, 2013
Robbery, Strongarm Common Law, 200 block of South California Lane, Roanoke Island. Personal property and cash stolen.

March 12, 2013
Breaking and Entering, Forced and Larceny, 600 block of E.R. Daniels Road, Wanchese. Construction business items stolen.

March 12, 2013
Identity Theft, 700 block of Sir Francis Drake Street, Roanoke Island.  Personal credit card used illegally.

March 17, 2013
Breaking and Entering Non-Forced, Larceny After B&E, Arson. 40000 block of Light Plant Road, Buxton. Musical instruments damaged, home doused with flammable liquid.

March 21, 2013
Breaking and Entering Non-Forced, Larceny After B&E. 20000 block of Colony Drive, Salvo. Household items stolen.

March 25, 2013
Breaking and Entering Forced, Larceny, 20000 block of South Shore Drive, Rodanthe.  Construction item stolen.

March 26, 2013
Breaking and Entering Forced, nothing stolen. 1000 block of E.R. Daniels Road, Wanchese.

March 27, 2013
Credit Card Fraud. 100 block of Princess Court, Colington.

March 28, 2013
Breaking and Entering of Auto, cash, medicine and personal item stolen. 50000 block of Cedar Court, Frisco.

March 28, 2013
Breaking and Entering forced, cash and medicine stolen. 25000 block of Highway 12, Waves.

April 1, 2013
Identity Theft, 500 block of Highway 345, Roanoke Island.

April 4. 2013
Sex Offense with a Child, 40000 block of Highway 12, Avon.

April 5, 2013
Larceny, gemstone stolen, 900 block of Highway 64, Roanoke Island.

April 7, 2013
Breaking and Entering Forced, Guns, credit card and personal items stolen. 100 block of Bayview, Stumpy Point.




Sheriff’s Report
March 28
, 2013

Buxton man charged in school incident

During the most recent sitting of the Dare County Grand Jury, a True Bill of Indictment was issued for Stefan Schwartz of 47537 Buxton Back Road, Buxton for the charge of false report of mass violence on educational property.  An additional $10,000 bond was added to the bond for his existing charges. Schwartz remains committed to the Dare County Detention Center.


More charges filed in Buxton domestic dispute

Dare Sheriff’s Office deputies have filed additional charges against Christopher Lee Chrobot of 47029 Bernice Lane in Buxton.

Chrobot was charged earlier this month in a March 12 domestic dispute on Light Plant Road in Buxton. After further investigation, Chrobot has been served with additional charges arising from a separate incident that occurred March 13.  This incident involved a breaking and entering at the victim’s residence and the starting of a fire. 

In that incident, Chrobot was charged with felonious breaking and entering, second-degree arson, and injury to real property. He remains committed to the Dare County Detention Center under a $24,000 bond.





Sheriff’s Report
March 18, 2013

Man is charged in domestic dispute in Buxton

On March 12, 2013, a domestic dispute was reported on Light Plant Road in Buxton. This was the second such dispute in four days at the same residence.  Dare County Sheriff’s deputies responded to both incidents and conducted an investigation.  As a result of those investigations, Christopher Lee Chrobot of Bernice Lane in Buxton was charged with domestic assault on a female and two counts of criminal trespass. A third incident that occurred at the same address is still under investigation.  The suspect was committed to the Dare County Detention Center in lieu of $1,000 bond.











SHERIFF'S BLOTTER

March 1-9, 2013
Dare County Unincorporated Areas
Felony Incidents

March 1, 2013
Breaking and entering, forced. Household items taken. 40000 block of Dory Lane in Avon.

Larceny of auto. Car stolen. 40000 block of Highway 12 in Buxton.


March 4, 2013
Breaking and entering of auto. Personal item stolen. 40000 block of Highway 12, Buxton.

March 5, 2013
Breaking and entering, forced, and larceny. Houseware items stolen. 47000 block of Crooked Ridge Trail in Buxton.

March 6, 2013
Obtaining false property. Trailer stolen. 1011 Highway 64/264 on Roanoke Island.

Obtaining property under false pretenses.  Home falsely offered for rent. 6000 block of Old Manns Harbor Road, Manns Harbor.

March 7, 2013
Statutory sex offense other than rape. 6000 block of White’s Trailer Park, Manns Harbor.

March 8, 2013
Breaking and entering non-forced, larceny after breaking and entering. Household items stolen. 40000 Block of Highway 12, Buxton.

March 9, 2013
Breaking and entering, forced. Nothing stolen. 40000 block of Porterside Drive, Avon.

Larceny. personal property stolen. 300 block of Mother Vineyard Road, Roanoke Island.




Sheriff’s Report
March 8, 2013

School incident charge against Buxton man dismissed in court, sent to Grand Jury


In the Thursday, March 7, session of the Dare County District Court, the charge against Stefan Schwartz for the Cape Hatteras Secondary School incident was dismissed.  All charges regarding the alleged school threat will be addressed by the Dare County Grand Jury on Monday, March 18. 

The two misdemeanor charges for damage to property and possession of drug paraphernalia were stipulated to and bound over to Superior Court for adjudication.  The felony charges in the 2009 breaking and entering of the Buxton Alternative School are still outstanding.

Schwartz remains committed to the Dare County Detention Center in lieu of $30,000 bond.



Sheriff’s Report
March 6, 2013


Buxton man served with additional charges

Dare County Sheriff’s Office deputies have served Stefan Gray Schwartz, 26, of Buxton Back Road with additional charges.  

Schwartz was arrested for making a false report on educational property in Buxton on Feb. 20. 

These new felony charges are not related to those on Feb. 20 and stem from an Aug. 27, 2009 incident at the Buxton Alternative School.  In this incident, the school was broken into and a small fire was started. Schwartz was also charged of a misdemeanor count of cyberstalking from earlier in 2013.

Schwartz has been committed to the Dare County Detention Center in lieu of $30,000 bond.



UPDATE:  Truck stolen at Cape Hatteras School located in Virginia Beach

The Toyota truck stolen from the Cape Hatteras Secondary School on Friday, March 4, has been recovered, abandoned, by the Virginia Beach Police Department within their jurisdiction.  Virginia Beach dispatched a forensic evidence unit to process the vehicle.  Dare County investigators are working with the Virginia authorities to identify a suspect.  Additional information will be released as it becomes available.




SHERIFF’S REPORT
March 5, 2013

Vehicle stolen from Cape Hatteras Secondary School

At about 1 p.m. on Friday, March 1, the Dare Sheriff’s School Resource Officer working at the Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies received a report from a person participating in the school’s Career Day that their vehicle had been stolen from the school parking lot. 

Upon review of video cameras in the area, it was discovered that the theft occurred about 9:38 a.m.  The suspect is described as a white male, 5-feet, 5 inches to 5-feet, 6 inches in height, with medium length brown hair, under 20 years old, wearing a brown “hoodie.” 

It was later discovered that someone fitting the above description used a credit card that was found in the vehicle in the Norfolk, Va., area. The Norfolk Police Department Auto Theft Squad was notified and is working with Dare investigators. 

The vehicle is a silver 2007 Toyota Tundra truck, N.C. registration OBX22354, and it had not yet been reported recovered on Monday, March 4. 

If the vehicle is spotted, please call Dare 911. If there are persons that have information regarding this crime, they are urged to call Dare Central at 252-473-3444 or Sgt. Doug Oberbeck at 252-475-9355.




SHERIFF’S REPORT
Feb. 20, 2013

Buxton man charged with making threats at high school

Stefan Gray Schwartz, 26, of 47537 Buxton Back Road has been arrested and charged with making a false report that mass violence was going to occur on educational property, a felony. 

Schwartz is also charged with injury to personal property and possession of drug paraphernalia, both misdemeanors.

According to the Dare County Sheriff’s Office, the Cape Hatteras Secondary School of Coastal Studies Resource Officer was made aware on September 11 of threats that had allegedly been made against persons at that school. 

The resource officer and members of the Dare Sheriff’s Criminal Investigation Division immediately opened an investigation into the threats.  Deputies had been informed as to who made the threat and a search warrant was executed on his residence.  Various items were seized as a result of the search.  No firearms or other destructive devices were seized. 

The suspect was arrested and charged when he returned to Dare County today.  He is being held at the Dare County Detention Center in lieu of a $204,000 bond. 

The case remains under investigation and additional charges may be pending.  




SHERIFF’S BLOTTER

January 16-January 31, 2013
Dare County Unincorporated Areas
Felony Incidents

January 16, 2013
Uttering Forged Instrument, Identity Theft. King Street, Colington.

January 16, 2013
Possession of stolen property, Possession with intent to sell Marijuana. Woodley Ave, Roanoke Island.

January 16, 2013
Larceny, household items. 20000 block of Dean Avenue, Rodanthe.

January 20, 2013
Breaking & Entering of Auto, food items stolen. 7000 Block of Highway 64/264, Manns Harbor.

January 22, 2013
Breaking & Entering, Larceny after B&E, tools and other items stolen. McMullen Road, Avon.

January 29, 2013
Larceny of Property, household items stolen. G A Kohler Court, Rodanthe.

January 30, 2013
Larceny, boat wire stolen. Victor Meekins Road, Manteo.

January 30, 2013
Larceny of firearms (5). 200 block of Highway 64/264, Manteo.




Sheriff’s Report

Jan. 14, 2013


Breaking and entering of United States Post Office in Avon

On Jan. 7, Dare Sheriff’s deputies responded to the report of a suspicious vehicle on Ocean View Drive in Avon, near the Avon Post Office.  When the deputy arrived at the location, an unoccupied vehicle was noticed under a house in the area.  While the deputy was at the house, glass was heard breaking.  The noise came from the direction of the Post Office.  Deputies responded to the Post Office to find that it had been broken into and some items taken.  Deputies on the scene gave the description of the suspicious vehicle they had encountered under the house to assisting agencies.  After a short period of time, a North Carolina State Highway Patrol Trooper spotted the vehicle headed north on Highway 12.  The trooper pulled the vehicle over, and during the stop, items from the Avon post office were recovered in the vehicle. 
 
The operator of the vehicle, Marquis Wade Charity of Roanoke Island, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering and felonious larceny.  He was committed to the Dare County Detention Center in lieu of $25,000 bond

The case is being reviewed by Postal Inspectors regarding possible Federal charges.






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