NHSO

Protect yourself, your loved ones and your environment.
Practice proper disposal of your unwanted medications.
How: Bring your unwanted medications to New Hanover Regional Medical Center’s
FREE Medication Disposal Event
With Drive-Thru Service!
When: Saturday, March 24
9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Where: Medical Mall beside NHRMC
2243 South 17th Street
Wilmington, NC 28401
Medications should be in their original containers to help identify the medication.
Law enforcement will be on hand to accept controlled substances.
Medications can be prescription, over-the-counter, vitamins, or herbal.
Having unnecessary medications in the home can be a hazard to yourself, your loved
ones and the environment.
• You could confuse old medications with current medications.
• Children could ingest them and be poisoned.
• Pets could be harmed if they ingest a pill that is dropped and not picked up.
• Teenagers may be tempted to sell the medications to their classmates.
• Flushing medications down the toilet or washing them down the sink puts
medications directly into the public water system.
• Throwing medications in the trash allows them to break down
and leach into the groundwater.
For more information, contact Kathy Rawlings
at 910.815.5152 or kathy.rawlings@nhrmc.org

MEDIA RELEASE

 

Issued: January 24, 2012                                       Contact: Sergeant J.J. Brewer

For Immediate Release                                          Public Information Officer

New Hanover County Sheriff’s Office

(910) 798-4191 Office

(910) 297-9213 Cellular

 

NHSO Patrol Deputies Catch Thief

      Deputies responded to the 7000 block of Chewning Street early Saturday morning after a call by a concerned citizen to 911.  The citizen stated that there was a suspicious vehicle parked in front of his neighbor’s house. He stated that there was a white male removing property from his neighbor’s storage shed. As Deputies arrived the suspect left on Bailey Avenue at a high rate of speed and before Deputies could catch up to him, he lost control of his vehicle at the intersection of Bailey Avenue and Middle Sound Loop Road where he veered off into a wooded area, wrecking the vehicle.

Casey Christopher Courtright, a 20 year old white male was placed under arrest for breaking and entering. Upon searching Courtright’s vehicle Detectives located additional property from multiple B&E’s in the area.  Courtright has been charged with multiple felony charges and is currently in the New Hanover County Detention Facility under a $17,500 secure bond.

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Casey Christopher Courtright

20 year old white male

B&E Motor Vehicle- felony 5 counts

B&E felony- 2 counts

Larceny after B&E- felony 1 count

Larceny- misdemeanor 5 counts

Speeding to elude arrest- misdemeanor 1- count

 

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After a month long investigation of Tierre Henderson, NHSO Vice and Narcotics Detectives seized the largest amount of heroin in NHSO history.  On Wednesday, January 9^th, Detectives arrested Henderson with 300 bags of heroin along with a large amount of drug paraphernalia.  The bags of heroin were stamped “Breaking Dawn” and “Dream Catcher”. The heroin seized has a street value of more than $9000.00.

Detectives continued their investigation of Henderson which led them to Chrissy Joy Sinclair and a residence in Holly Ridge.  With the assistance of the Holly Ridge Police Department, a search of the home was executed and 5.5 ounces of pure uncut heroin was seized along with $60,000 in cash.  The heroin would produce over 15,000 bags of heroin on the streets of New Hanover County.  Both Tierre Henderson and Chrissy Sinclair are in the New Hanover County Detention Facility.

“Each one of these bags represents a life that was saved by not allowing this poison to hit the streets of New Hanover County”, said Sheriff Ed McMahon.

 

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Charges listed below:

 

 

HENDERSON, TIERRE AHMOND –

Conspire to Traffic Opium/Heroin-2 Counts Felony

PWIMSD Heroin- 4 Felony

Sell/Deliver Schedule I Control Substance- 2 Felony

Maintain Vehicle/Dwelling for Control Substance- 4 Felony

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia- 5 Misdemeanor

Sell/ Deliver Heroin- 2 Felony

Manufacturing Schedule I Control Substance- 1 Felony

Trafficking in Opium- 4 Felony

$2,500,000 Secure Bond

 

SINCLAIR, CHRISSY JOY –

Conspire to Traffic Opium/Heroin-5 Counts Felony

Maintain Vehicle/Dwelling for Control Substance- 2 Counts Felony

Possession of Drug Paraphernalia-1 Count Misdemeanor

$1,000,000 Secure Bond

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Deputy Involved in Head On Collision

Last night shortly after 1:30 am Deputy D. M. Dombrowski was on routine patrol traveling south bound on the MLK Parkway when a vehicle crossed the median and struck Deputy Dombrowski head on.  Deputy Dombrowski was transported to New Hanover Regional Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries. Deputy Dombrowski was released from New Hanover Regional Medical Center earlier this morning.

 

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The NHSO SAFE Unit has received an award from the Governor’s Highway Safety Program for their DWI arrest in 2011. Cpl. J. S. Pope received the award at the beginning of the UNCW men’s basketball game Friday night.  The SAFE unit made over 200 DWI arrest in 2011.