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Entire police force suspended after NC chief charged
SOUTHPORT (AP) All police operations have been suspended in a North Carolina town in the aftermath of public corruption charges levied against its chief and an officer. Southport Mayor Jerry Dove tells WECT-TV that he and the city board last week asked the Brunswick County Sheriff’s Office to assume all law enforcement functions until further notice. Brunswick […]
Southport police chief arrested after investigation
SOUTHPORT (AP) The police chief of a coastal North Carolina city has been arrested following what authorities say was a “long-term investigation” by the FBI and State Bureau of Investigation. The Brunswick County District Attorney’s office announced Southport Police Chief Gary Smith’s arrest in a brief press release July 26. The press release said the […]
North Carolina couple charged in death of man beaten as baby
BOLIVIA (AP) A North Carolina man who was beaten so badly as a toddler that he became deaf and blind has died, and prosecutors have charged a couple who already served more than a decade in prison for the crime with murder. Robyn Lynn Noffsinger, 41, and her former boyfriend, David Raeford Tripp Jr., 45, […]
Wife’s loan guarantee wrongfully demanded, court rules
In early 2006, Lionel Yow and two business partners borrowed $4.28 million from Regions Bank to develop a residential subdivision in Brunswick County to be known as Lighthouse Cove. Like so many dreams of that era, however, Lighthouse Cove wound up a victim of the financial crisis.
Feds refuse to give Brunswick County back to NC
As far as the federal government is concerned, Brunswick County remains part of South Carolina.
NC high court: Property tax values illegally hiked
The North Carolina Supreme Court says Brunswick County illegally increased the tax value of lots owned by a coastal development company in 2008.
Domestic Relations – Parent & Child – Custody & Visitation – Grandparents – Standing
Rodriguez v. Rodriguez. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-07-0409, 25 pp.) (Donna S. Stroud, J.) (Wanda G. Bryant, J., concurring in part & dissenting in part) Appealed from Brunswick County District Court. (Napoleon B. Barefoot Jr., J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: While the trial court properly considered the juvenile […]
Wilmington Bypass taking nets $3.2M for landowners
The Department of Transportation took 23 acres of the Sellerses’ family farm, which was located on U.S. 17 (the Ocean Highway) near Leland, for the construction of the Wilmington Bypass. As a part of the project, an elevated, controlled-access ramp would be built through the center of the Sellerses’ property, leaving remainders on either side […]
Criminal Practice – Evidence – Prior Conviction – More Than 10 Years Old – Plain-Error Review
State v. Bortone. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-16-0188, 16 pp.) (Martha A. Geer, J.) Appealed from Brunswick County Superior Court. (Ola M. Lewis, J.) N.C. App. Unpub. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Even though more than 10 years had elapsed since defendant’s conviction of felony forgery of deeds or wills when […]
Contract – Municipal – Sewer Services – Expansion – Rates – Anticipatory Breach
Southeast Brunswick Sanitary District v. City of Southport. Where plaintiff notified the defendant-city several times that plaintiff could not move forward on the parties' contract to expand plaintiff's sewage . . .
Real Property – Non-Exclusive Easement – Res Judicata – Attorney’s Fees – Sanctions – Rule 11 – Administrative
Barris v. Town of Long Beach. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1211, 9 pp.) (Barbara Jackson, J.) Appealed from Brunswick County Superior Court. (Ola M. Lewis, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: The plaintiffs failed to exhaust their administrative remedies in challenging the town’s permit application; therefore, the trial court […]
Civil Practice – Action to Recover Principal – Rule 36(b) – Credibility
J.M. Parker & Sons Inc. v. William Barber Inc. (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-07-1219) (Wanda G. Bryant, J.) Appealed from Brunswick County District Court. (William F. Fairley, J.) N.C. App. Click here for the full text of the opinion. Holding: Where a trial court’s denial of a motion for withdrawal of admissions under Rule 36 was […]
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