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Paper: High Point Experiences Drop in Crime

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Monday, August 15th, 2011, 10:59am
Paper: High Point Experiences Drop in Crime

High Point has seen a recent drop in crime in a time when it usually spikes, according to the High Point Enterprise.

Violent crime decreased 27 percent from April 13-24 in comparison to the traditional high school spring break period of the past five years, the paper reported.

Maj. Derek Stafford made the announcement in a letter to the High Point Community Against Violence.

“A key element of the success was the use of focused deterrence methods, including face-to-face meetings with gang members with their families to deter violence with the community’s moral voice,” Stafford wrote.

Stafford said police analyzed data to determine when and where violent crime had occurred, the paper reported.

Police also looked at current gang trends to identify groups and individuals responsible for the past crime increases, according to the paper.

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Murder Suspects Orders to Return to Jail After Posting Bond

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Wednesday, July 20th, 2011, 12:33pm
Murder Suspects Orders to Return to Jail After Posting Bond

Two defendants charged in a High Point murder were recently ordered back to jail after being free on bond, the High Point Enterprise reported.

Forsyth County Superior Court Judge Ronald E. Spivey ruled that Trevorri Jamel McFadden, 19, and Antwan Orlando Owens, 20, violated the terms of their pretrial release agreements.

The two were found in contempt of court and sentenced to 30 days in jail for violating their curfews and other restrictions, the paper reported.

McFadden and Owens are charged with fatally shooting 19-year-old Kinitez Dante Gilbert outside a home on Ennis St. in High Point in December 2009.

McFadden’s bond was originally set at $500,000 and was reduced to $65,000, which he posted in early 2010.

Owens has been out of jail during the same period after his bond was reduced from $250,000 to $75,000, the paper reported.

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Man Receives 10 Years for Sex Abuse Charges

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Monday, July 18th, 2011, 9:45am
Man Receives 10 Years for Sex Abuse Charges

A High Point man could be deported back to South America after he serves a prison sentence for allegedly sexual assaulting children.

Boodnarine Persaud, 42, is allegedly responsible for a series of sexual assaults against his girlfriend’s children, according to the High Point Enterprise.

Persaud pleaded guilty Friday to six counts of taking indecent liberties with a child and was sentenced to 8 and 10 years behind bars.

Prosecutors said he abused the children – two girls and one boy, who were 8, 9 and 10 years old at the time – while living with them and their mother on Richland Street in 2007 and 2008.

He initially faced 50 counts of sexual-assault charges, including rape, the paper reported.

Prosecutors dismissed most the charges in a plea agreement, so the case could be resolved without a trial, so the victims would not have to testify.

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High Point Residents Charged in Drug and Firearms Investigation

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Thursday, July 7th, 2011, 12:59pm
High Point Residents Charged in Drug and Firearms Investigation

Several High Point residents were recently arrested recently after a two-year investigation involving alleged drug and firearms violations, the High Point Enterprise reported.

Dwayne Lanny Cuthrell, 44, faces charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. He was in state custody on unrelated charges.

Kenneth Louis Quick, 46, faces charges of possession of a firearm by an armed career criminal. He also was in state custody when charged.

Jose Galvin Vazquez, 31, faces charges of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien. He is an alleged gang member.

Antonios Santos, 19, and Saifur Rehman Khan, 23, face charges of conspiring to sell a firearm to a convicted felon. Santos is an alleged to also be a gang member.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Safe Streets Task Force and the Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Violent Crimes Task Force conducted the investigation.

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Local Woman Warns Others of Scams

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Monday, May 16th, 2011, 11:33am
Local Woman Warns Others of Scams

A Jamestown woman is warning fellow seniors to watch out for a scam to which she and her husband recently fell victim, according to the High Point Enterprise.

The 83-year-old spoke about the “grandparent scam” on condition of anonymity, out of concern that having her name printed could expose her to further harm, the paper reported.

She said she got a phone call on April 26 from someone claiming to be her granddaughter.

The caller said she was in jail after causing a traffic accident in Charlotte, and that her blood alcohol level was over the legal limit.

The caller said she needed money to get out of jail. The woman tried to call her real granddaughter to confirm this, but couldn’t reach her.

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More Charges Added to April 23 Accident Driver

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Wednesday, May 4th, 2011, 11:13am
More Charges Added to April 23 Accident Driver

The driver accused of causing a traffic accident that injured several people last month faces additional charges, according to the High Point Enterprise.

Ryan James Boyd, 26, of Greensboro, was originally cited by traffic officers for driving while impaired and reckless driving. The charges come from the April 23 crash at Johnson Street and Skeet Club Road.

He is now charged with three counts of assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, according to High Point police.

The more serious aggravated assault charges, which are felonies, came after he was released from the hospital last week, the paper reported.

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Sentencing In DMV Fraud Case Rescheduled

Submitted by Joe Borlik, Web Content Producer
Tuesday, March 1st, 2011, 10:43am

Sentencing has been reset for March 10 in the case of a former local license tag office owner convicted of federal fraud and identity-theft charges, according to the High Point Enterprise.

Danny Michael Hancock faces sentencing in U.S. District Court in Greensboro on seven counts that include mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Hancock operated the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles tag office in Thomasville from 1998 to 2008, the paper reported.

Hancock was found guilty in October. A sentencing date of last week was initially set, but court officials agreed to postpone the hearing until next month, according to the High Point Enterprise.

The DMV in July 2008 closed the tag offices in Thomasville and High Point, which was operated by Hancock’s wife, Judith, who was not charged in the case, the paper reported.

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