White Lake PD has busy summer

Rhonda Griffin

Officers with the White Lake Police Department has had a busy yet productive summer with several arrests, some from cases dating back to the end of last year.

In one ongoing case of motor vehicle break ins that occurred last winter, four arrests were made. A group of three individuals were charged with breaking into 19 vehicles on Nov. 15, 2009. Charged with 19 counts each of breaking and entering, larceny and possession of stolen goods were Joseph Paul Butler, 16; Paul David Singletary, 19; and Alex Blake Inman, 18, all of Bladenboro. Three more counts of each offense were added to Butler for the same crime on Dec. 31, 2009, along with three counts of each charge to Dillon Kirk Brisson, 17.

Six people were charged for breaking into a home on Hwy. 53 E. two times on the night of Nov. 6, 2009. According to WLPD Sgt. Terry Fell, the group entered the home one time, then went back to the same house several hours later and broke in again. Charged with felony larceny, breaking and entering and possession of stolen goods were James Tyler Tatum, 18; Adam Strickland, 21; Lisa Landreth, 17; and Anthony Washington, 19, all of Elizabethtown, Jonathan Adam Andrews, 21, of Bladenboro, and Michael Nunnery Jr., 19, of Wilmington.

Christopher Tickle, 26, of White Lake, was charged with breaking and entering and larceny for the June 4 break in of a house on Russ Street.

Brenda Marie Lozano, 45, of Elizabethtown, was charged with larceny by an employee. She was employed with the Scotchman on Hwy. 701 in White Lake.

Allison Leigh Robinson, 23, of Kelly, was charged with obtaining property by false pretense and identity theft on April 27, after she used another individual's Social Security card to obtain a $10,000 from the Sallie Mae Corporation.

Fell said that on top of working these ongoing cases, activity around the White Lake area has, of course, increased with the tourist season with visitors from all over coming to enjoy their vacations at the lake. He added that one of the biggest problems that has been seen in the area in the last few months is underage drinking, with is considerably higher than in years past.